SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 19 JULY 2020 ST MARY’S MANCHESTER A place of prayer at the heart of our city Serving the people of Manchester since 1794 _____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ THE WORD THIS SUNDAY THE WORD THIS WEEK The daily readings of the Mass _____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Wisdom; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 Jeremiah comes a few years later than Micah: he was born in 646 B.C., and is the prophet of the destruction of Jerusalem. Judah is Jesus put another parable before under threat from the Babylonian Empire; they keep trying to play the crowds: ‘The kingdom of Egypt against Babylon, but this is a dangerous game, as Jeremiah heaven may be compared to a reminds them. It was in his time that Jerusalem fell in 587. man who sowed good seed in his Throughout this Jeremiah constantly calls for a return to the wor- field. ship of God. While everybody was asleep his In the Gospels (Matthew 12-13) we finish the narrative section and enemy came, sowed darnel all move into a great collection of Parables of the Kingdom: we begin with the parable of the Sower. among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted ______________________________________________________________________ and ripened, the darnel appeared MASS AND PRAYER INTENTIONS as well. The owner’s servants ______________________________________________________________________ went to him and said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?” “Some enemy has done this” he answered. And the servants said, “Do you want us to go and weed it out?” But he said, “No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn.”’ There is no room in a good field for weeds and rubbish: so in the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no room for all things that provoke offences, and all who do evil . They must be got rid of, for The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be celebrated for the following the sake of the good wheat, for the sake of the good subjects of intentions, received at St Mary’s this week: the kingdom. But this weeding out will not take place Holy Souls; Joan Kane (LD); Tom Nolan (BR); Arthur Langford (S); until harvest time - in case one piece of good wheat is destroyed P J Cahill (LD); Michael Connors (LD); Hugh Coyle (LD); Betty and with the weeds. Sandy Wilkie RIP; Dorothea Dargantes (A); Catherine and John Walsh RIP; Fr Pat Boyle (SI); Kathleen and Michael Campbell (SI); This shows the mercy of God: everyone has chance after chance Jack Bramall (BR); Jason (LD); Camillus Mendis (BR & A) to prove that they are wheat, not darnel; there are no quick ______________________________________________________________________ judgements in the kingdom of heaven, and things are never as black and white as we think. Only at the end of time will evil stand LD= Lately dead, A=Anniversary, S=Sick, B=Birthday out clearly, so that it can be disposed of, and only the Son of Man SI= Special Intention, BR=Birthday Remembrance ______________________________________________________________________ can judge. THE WEEK AHEAD AT ST MARY’S THE CHURCH IS OPEN EACH FOR QUIET PRAYER Mon 20 July Tues 21 July Wed 22 July Thurs 23 July Fri 24 July Sat 25 July Sunday 25 July Weekday Weekday St Mary Magdalene St Brigid Weekday St James 17th Sunday of Sweden Apostle in Ordinary Time Patron of Europe Micah 6:1-4.6-8 Micah 7:14-15.18-20 Song 3:1-4; Galatians 2:19-20; Jeremiah 3:14-17; 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 1 Kings 3:5.7-12 Matthew 12:38-42 Matthew 12:46-50 John 20:1-2.11-18 John 15:1-8 Matthew 13:18-23 Matthew 20:20-28 Romans8:28-30 Matthew 13:44-52 11.00am 11.00am 11.00am 11.00am 11.00am 10.30am 09.00am Church opens Church opens Church opens Church opens Church opens Church opens Church opens 11.00am - 12.25pm 11.00am - 12.25pm 11.00am - 12.25pm 11.00am - 12.25pm 11.00am - 12.25pm 10.30am - 11.45am 10.00am Adoration of the Adoration of the Adoration of the Adoration of the Adoration of the Adoration of the Holy Mass Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament 12 noon 12.10pm 12.10pm 12.10pm 12.10pm 12.10pm 11.30am Holy Mass Holy Rosary Holy Rosary Holy Rosary Holy Rosary Holy Rosary Holy Rosary 1.00pm 12.30pm 12.30pm 12.30pm 12.30pm 12.30pm 11.45am Church closes Holy Mass Holy Mass Holy Mass Holy Mass Holy Mass Benediction 1.00pm - 2.30pm 1.00pm - 2.30pm 1.00pm - 2.30pm 1.00pm - 2.30pm 1.00pm - 2.30pm 12 noon Adoration of the Adoration of the Adoration of the Adoration of the Adoration of the Holy Mass Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament Blessed Sacrament 5.15pm 2.30pm 5.15pm 2.30pm 5.15pm 2.30pm Vigil Mass Church closes Holy Mass Church closes Holy Mass Church closes of Sunday 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm Church closes Church closes Church closes THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT ST MARY’S and for your SUPPORT of our parish Thank you for your generosity; Please remember to Gift Aid any donations to St Mary’s to help us in our Mission ______________________________________________________________________ The Concluding Rites of the Mass are deliberately brief, and should ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ______________________________________________________________________ not be extended: in one sense, Mass ends with the silence after communion, which is “sealed” with the prayer and the blessing, In line with our desire to have more after which all are dismissed. Parishes should be wary of “adding” opportunities for Adoration of the elements to the Concluding Rites—indeed in some ways it is alien Blessed Sacrament at this time, and to the traditions of the Roman Rite to have a final hymn. The “final” because we have the benefit of volunteer welcomers in the church all hymn of Mass wThe “final” hymn of Mass would be a hymn of the time that it is open, we have thanksgiving after holy communion. This deliberate brevity is decided, for the moment, to have because there is a job to be done, a mission to be embraced: in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at Mass we have gathered as the Church, listened attentively to the the following times this week: Word of God, offered ourselves with Jesus and received Him in return. Now it is time for us to put all that into practice as we are Monday to Friday, in the mornings (11am - 12.25pm) sent back into the world. Monday to Friday, in the afternoons (1.00pm - 2.30pm), And Saturday mornings (10.30am –11.45am, concluding There are three forms of dismissal: the first is simple and to the with Benediction) point “Go forth, the Mass is ended,” but the other two give us lots to think about: “Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord” or “Go in Please take extra care during these times to respect the silence of peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.” Both of these dismissals set the church. ______________________________________________________________________ out a clear mission for every member of the congregation, which we each need to apply to the circumstances and possibilities of our THE SACRAMENTS ______________________________________________________________________ coming week. “How will I announce the Gospel?” “How will my life glorify the Lord?” It is now possible for priests to hear confessions but it is recommended that this is done outdoors. This isn’t really practical One question remains: how has our participation in the Mass on Mulberry Street, but we hope to be in a position to resume changed us? Every week it is meant to “do something to us” confessions, as before, as soon as is practically and safely possible. Recently Pope Francis gave a series of talks on the Mass, and ended by talking about this: Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals can now be celebrated in church but are subject to different rules enforced by the government, with “We know well that when Mass ends, the commitment to Christian a limit of 30 people at present. witness opens up. Christians do not go to Mass to do a weekly task ______________________________________________________________________ and then forget, no. Christians go to Mass to participate in the VACANCY Passion and Resurrection of the Lord and then live more as ______________________________________________________________________ Christians: the commitment to Christian witness opens up. We FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR leave the church to "go in peace" to bring God's blessing in daily A part-time post which involves an interesting variety of activities, in our homes, in the workplace, among the occupations administrative and financial tasks as part of the Finance Team of the of the earthly city, "glorifying the Lord with our lives". Every time I Sisters of Evron, a small religious congregation based in the North leave Mass, I have to go out better than I entered, with more life, West. Please request full details from Sister Maura Considine: with more strength, with more desire to give Christian witness [email protected] Closing date for applications 3 August 2020. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ NEXT SUNDAY’S GOSPEL Matthew 13:44-46 LIVING THE SUNDAY EUCHARIST ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Jesus said to the crowds: ‘The kingdom of As we begin to make our way back to church and to the celebration heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which of Holy Mass, it is an opportunity for us to reflect on what we are someone has found; he hides it again, goes doing when we come together to celebrate the Eucharist.