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Our Parish Liturgy . East Worthing th COMMUNION 18.00 I will recount all your Parish Priest This Week (7 Ordinary A) ANTIPHON wonders, I will rejoice in you Rev Fr Daryl George JCL Parish Newsletter and be glad, and sing St Charles’ Presbytery DIVINE OFFICE WEEK 3 psalms to your name, O Chesswood Road the Roman Catholic communities Most High. WORTHING of Holy Family, Lancing ENTRANCE 18.00 706 10.30 SONG FOR THE TABLE : below West Sussex ANTIPHON 10.30 ANTIPHON : below & St Charles, Worthing BN11 2AE part of the Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Trust, (01903) 239611 a Registered Charity No. 252878 [email protected] th th Volume 10 Issue 13 19 February 2017 : 7 Sunday Year A EastWorthingParish.org THIS WEEK: BIBLE READING PLAN The Politics of Peace . PENITENTIAL 18.00 Said SUN N U M . 3 4 - 35; ACTS 19:1 - 20 MON NUM.36; ACTS 19:21 - 40 In his fiftieth message for World evil. Does he mean us to roll over RITE 10.30 Said TUE D T . 1 - 2; ACTS 20:1 - 16 Peace Day last month, Pope and allow our enemies to walk all THANKSGIVING 18.00 924 WED D T . 3 - 4:24; ACTS 20:1 7 - 38 Francis said, “… I would like to over us? THU D T . 4 : 2 5 - 5:33; ACTS 21:1 - 16 GLORIA 18.00 Missal Tone 10.30 649 FRI D T . 6 - 7; ACTS 21:17 - 36 reflect on nonviolence as a style It’s very easy for us to love our 10.30 S 532 SAT D T . 8 - 9; ACTS21:37 - 22: 1 6 RECESSION 18.00 847 of politics for peace. I ask friends. Only loving those who 10.30 847 God to help all of us to cultivate are easy to love doesn’t provide FIRST Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 READING Financial News . nonviolence in our most personal very much of a challenge, You must love your neighbour as th yourself. Next Week (8 Ordinary A) Weekend of 12/02/17 thoughts and values. May charity and consequently doesn’t earn us 1st £ 182:88 and nonviolence govern how much of a reward. The challenge DIVINE OFFICE WEEK 4 PSALM 18.00 The Lord is compassion and we treat each other as Jesus poses today is to meet our 2nd £ 54:53 Parish Maint. Fund RESPONSE love. individuals, within society and in enemies with love. Jesus’ advice FIRST Isaiah 49:14-15 10.30 SONG FOR THE WORD : below READING I will never forget you. 2nd Collection . international life. When victims of is to meet violence with non- SECOND This Weekend 19/02/17 violence are able to resist the violence and to meet force with 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 READING The Lord will reveal the secret 2nd Parish Charity Fund temptation to retaliate, they acquiescence. If we only love become the most credible those who love us back we are intentions of men’s hearts. Gift Aid members are able to make this collection tax efficient by using ? promotors of nonviolent peace- not doing anything more than GOSPEL Matthew 6:24-34 READING Do not worry about tomorrow. making. “ anyone else, but if we love our SECOND 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 Next Weekend 26/02/17 enemies, we show ourselves to READING All are your servants, but you Music and text of Antiphons from Psallite, © 2005 2nd None belong to Christ and Christ belongs Collegeville Composers Group. Published by Liturgical be true disciples of Christ. Many thanks for your continuing to God. Press, MN56321. In our conflict-ridden world, Used with Permission. Calamus Licence No.0338 generosity to your Parish. today’s gospel has never GOSPEL 18.00 Alleluia, alleluia! If anyone been more relevant. Never has ACCLAMATION loves me he will keep my there been a better time for word, and my Father will Christians to get more involved in love him, and we shall come campaigning for non-violent to him. Alleluia! It is now possible to make an online donation to the Parish strategies. The world has never 10.30 544 via our Homepage: been more ready. EastWorthingParish.org GOSPEL Matthew 5:38-48 READING Love your enemies. Bite Size . Question of the week - PRESENTATION 18.00 609 Is there some person, some Pope Francis takes his lead from situation in my life through which OF THE GIFTS 10.30 609 Nonviolence means Jesus’ teachings. “If anyone God is calling me to embrace avoiding not only strikes you on the right cheek, Jesus’ revolutionary invitation to SANCTUS 18.00 S 553 external physical 10.30 S 584 But I say to you: love your enemies and pray for turn the other also.” “If anyone transform the world by love? those who persecute you (Matthew 5:44). violence but also forces you to go one mile go also MEMORIAL 18.00 S 554 B internal violence of the second mile….” “If anyone ACCLAMATION 10.30 S 585 C sues you for your outer garment, spirit. You not only give them your undergarment GREAT AMEN 18.00 S 555 refuse to shoot a too.” Jesus tells us not to resist 10.30 S 586 man, but you refuse Before Mass - Talk to God During Mass - Listen to God After Mass - Talk to your friends to hate him. AGNUS DEI 18.00 Said Martin Luther King, Jr. In the event of an emergency when a priest is urgently required and there is no answer at 10.30 Said the above telephone number please ring St Mary’s (200416) or St Peter’s (01273 452654). P A G E 2 Parish Office . Church Mouse (cub reporter). P A G E 7 Parish Deacons: Rev. John Body 762038 The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Rev. Patrick Moloney Parish over the past seven days . Rev. Phil Richardson 752292 Fr D has been ‘flying around’ this week as he tries to get all sorts of things Office Hours : Monday - Wednesday & Friday 09.30 - 11.30am sorted before having a little break. He has also taken delivery of a new dining table and chairs for the presbytery (the old table and chairs will be transferred to the Holy Fr Daryl’s Surgery this week : None this week, sorry. Family rear office where the present table and chairs have been found to have woodworm in Newsletter Editorial : Items for possible inclusion in the Parish them!). He has managed to move the chairs over in his car on various trips but will need to Newsletter (if there is room) need to be received (in writing please) at organise something bigger to get the table across (this will now have to wait until his return home). The one carver chair he intends to put in the confessional at the Holy Family since the the Parish Office by midday on Wednesday. chair already there is very uncomfortable when he has to sit for any period of time. On Monday he had his regular monthly Ministry to Priest’s Support Group, this time in Hythe, General Parish Information . Kent. It was a very long way away and he didn’t get back home until 21.50 having left at 09.00! Parishioner Registration : Every household within the Parish is As usual the day was very good and he was delighted to hear Fr Tony sounding much more like his old self. requested to complete a ‘Parishioner Registration/Census’ form so that our Parish records may be kept up to date. These forms can be found in On Tuesday all of the clergy of the Worthing Deanery met at St Mary’s, Worthing, for their the church narthex and should be completed fully before being returned monthly Deanery Meeting. One of the ‘hot’ topics under discussion was the possible provision of to the Parish Office. a Deanery Marriage Preparation Course. Fr D and Fr Graham Ricketts have been doing a fair Should you move address within the Parish at any time please complete amount of research into what is available and what might work in our local area. Several Parishes a new form and write ‘AMENDMENT’ across the top of the form. Thank have also found possible couples who would be prepared to undergo training in order to present you. a course. The clergy accepted the plans and we now move on to obtaining the resources that will enable training to begin; the plan at the moment is that a first ‘pilot’ course will take place this Hospital : Parishioners are advised that our local General Hospital autumn. All of this follows on closely from Bishop Richard’s decision that all couples getting (Worthing) in Lyndhurst Road does not give the names of inpatients to married from the diocese now need to give a minimum of twelve months notice before they can the Chaplaincy Department. This means that should you find yourself be married; this is in order that good quality marriage preparation can be undertaken. admitted as an emergency case to the hospital you will need to inform On Wednesday and Thursday Fr D was over at Bishop’s House fulfilling his Marriage Tribunal the staff that you wish the Roman Catholic Chaplaincy to be informed, duties; he was trying to ‘clear the decks’ so that his ‘in-tray’ was empty before going off. On the either yourself or through a relative. Thursday he had a long interview with one of his clients before coming home to go off on a If you are going into hospital as a ‘planned admission’ you are strongly shopping trip to get everything needed for the up-coming ‘Pancake and Quiz Night,’ The last encouraged to contact the Parish Priest well beforehand so that, if opportunity to obtain tickets (£1 a head) will be after this weekend’s Masses at which point appropriate, the Sacrament of the Sick can be celebrated beforehand.