Newsletter 23Rd February 2020
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Welcome to the Catholic parishes of IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SAINT THOMAS MORE Sisters of St Joseph of Peace Parish Priest: Fr Michael Moore 75 Knighton Road 54 New Street Assistant Priests: Fr Kevin Athaide Knighton Oadby and Fr John Owens Leicester LE2 3HN Leicester LE2 4LJ 0116 221 8385 stthomasmoreknighton @gmail.com Primary School: Deacon: Vince Kelly Primary School: Saint John Fisher CVA Saint Thomas More CVA 0116 288 2203 Secondary School: Saint Paul’s 0116 270 6365 Head Mr A Gallagher 0116 241 4057 Head Mrs C Crosse Principal Mrs S Conaghan Parishes Website http://www.le2catholicparishes.info Celebrating the Sacraments Details of Mass, Liturgies and Sacrament of Reconciliation can be found on the back page for week commencing Sunday 23rd February 2020 Baptism If you are thinking about having your baby or child baptised in the parish please speak to Fr. Michael in the first instance. Baptisms usually take place during Sunday Mass or at 12.30pm (Oadby) or 1.00pm (Knighton) Sunday outside of Mass. First Reconciliation and Holy Communion for children of Year 4 and above. Preparation programme involves regular meetings for children and parents commencing September 2019 (Parents only Meetings) and January 2020 (Children only Meetings) Confirmation for young people of secondary school age and above. Preparation programme involves a Rite of Commitment and regular meetings (including celebrating Reconciliation). Marriage If you wish to marry please speak to Fr. Michael at least six months before your proposed wedding date. Please do not make any other arrangements concerning your wedding until Fr. Michael has confirmed the availability of the Church for your wedding. Sacrament of the Sick As this is a Sacrament of Healing it is appropriate to request this if you are sick or before a hospital admission. Hospital chaplains can be contacted through the hospital staff or though our Parish Office. The Sacrament is no longer reserved for extreme circumstances. The Sacrament for the dying is Eucharist (Viaticum i.e. food for the journey). Interested in the Catholic Faith? If you would find out more about the Catholic faith (no obligation to becoming a Catholic) please speak to Jackie Williams c/o the Parish Office about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) which is an enquiry programme for those interested in the faith. Sacrament of Reconciliation is also available on request or by appointment with Fr. Michael Mass Intentions Envelopes are available in the narthex for this. Please indicate if the Mass is for a deceased person, sick person, or other intention. Mass will be celebrated on requested dates if the date is available. Please indicate on envelope your preferred date. SEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Gloria My soul, give thanks to the Lord Glory to God in the highest, all my being, bless his holy name. and on earth peace to people of good will. My soul, give thanks to the Lord We praise you, and never forget all his blessings. we bless you, The Lord is compassion and love. we adore you, we glorify you, It is he who forgives all your guilt, we give you thanks for your great glory, who heals every one of your ills, Lord God, heavenly King, who redeems your life from the grave, O God, almighty Father. who crowns you with love and compassion. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, The Lord is compassion and love. you take away the sins of the world, The Lord is compassion and love, have mercy on us; slow to anger and rich in mercy. you take away the sins of the world, He does not treat us according to our sins receive our prayer; nor repay us according to our faults. you are seated at the right hand of the Father, The Lord is compassion and love. have mercy on us. As far as the east is from the west For you alone are the Holy One, so far does he remove our sins. you alone are the Lord, As a father has compassion on his sons, you alone are the Most High, the Lord has pity on those who fear him. Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, The Lord is compassion and love. in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Second reading 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 Liturgy of the Word Didn’t you realise that you were God’s First reading Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18 temple and that the Spirit of God was living The Lord spoke to Moses; he said: ‘Speak to among you? If anybody should destroy the the whole community of the sons of Israel temple of God, God will destroy him, and say to them: ‘“Be holy, for I, the Lord because the temple of God is sacred; and your God, am holy. ‘“You must not bear you are that temple. Make no mistake about hatred for your brother in your heart. You it: if any one of you thinks of himself as wise, must openly tell him, your neighbour, of his in the ordinary sense of the word, then he offence; this way you will not take a sin must learn to be a fool before he really can upon yourself. You must not exact be wise. Why? Because the wisdom of this vengeance, nor must you bear a grudge world is foolishness to God. As scripture against the children of your people. You says: The Lord knows wise men’s thoughts: must love your neighbour as yourself. I am he knows how useless they are; or again: the Lord.”’ God is not convinced by the arguments of the wise. So there is nothing to boast about Responsorial Psalm in anything human: Paul, Apollos, Cephas, Psalm 102(103):1-4,8,10,12-13 the world, life and death, the present and the future, are all your servants; but you The Lord is compassion and love. belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God. Gospel Acclamation Jn14:23 For us men and for our salvation he came Alleluia, alleluia! If anyone loves me he will down from heaven, keep my word, and my Father will love him, At the words that follow, up to and including and we shall come to him. Alleluia! ‘and became man’, all bow. and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Gospel Matthew 5:38-48 Virgin Mary, and became man. Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You have learnt For our sake he was crucified under Pontius how it was said: Eye for eye and tooth for Pilate, tooth. But I say this to you: offer the wicked he suffered death and was buried, man no resistance. On the contrary, if and rose again on the third day anyone hits you on the right cheek, offer in accordance with the Scriptures. him the other as well; if a man takes you to He ascended into heaven law and would have your tunic, let him have and is seated at the right hand of the Father. your cloak as well. And if anyone orders you He will come again in glory to go one mile, go two miles with him. Give to judge the living and the dead to anyone who asks, and if anyone wants to and his kingdom will have no end. borrow, do not turn away. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the ‘You have learnt how it was said: You must giver of life, love your neighbour and hate your enemy. who proceeds from the Father and the Son, But I say this to you: love your enemies and who with the Father and the Son is adored pray for those who persecute you; in this and glorified, way you will be sons of your Father in who has spoken through the prophets. heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on bad I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic men as well as good, and his rain to fall on Church. honest and dishonest men alike. For if you I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of love those who love you, what right have sins you to claim any credit? Even the tax and I look forward to the resurrection of the collectors do as much, do they not? And if dead you save your greetings for your brothers, and the life of the world to come. Amen. are you doing anything exceptional? Even the pagans do as much, do they not? You Prayer for the Year of the Word… must therefore be perfect just as your Living God, you walk alongside us heavenly Father is perfect.’ and speak to us throughout the Scriptures. Your Son, Jesus Christ, The Nicene Creed listens to our hopes and fears I believe in one God, and shows us how to live for one another. the Father almighty, Send us the Holy Spirit maker of heaven and earth, to open our hearts and minds of all things visible and invisible. so that we may be your witnesses I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, throughout the world. Amen. the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. Memorial Acclamation God from God, Light from Light, We proclaim your Death, O Lord, true God from true God, and profess your Resurrection begotten, not made, consubstantial with the until you come again. Father; Scripture Readings from The Jerusalem Bible © 1966 by Darton Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday and Company Ltd. Excerpts from the English translation and chants of The Roman Missal © through him all things were made.