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Novena Prayer for the

Year of the Priest

O Jesus, our great High Priest,

during this Pastoral Area Novena,

hear our humble prayers on behalf of

your priests.

Give them a deep faith and a bright and firm hope, which will ever increase in the course of their priestly lives;

In their loneliness, comfort them,

In their sorrows, strengthen them,

In their frustrations, point out to them, that it is through suffering that the soul is purified and show them that they are needed in the Church, they are needed by souls, they are needed for the work of redemption.

O loving Mother Mary, Mother of Priests take to your heart your Sons who are close to you because of their priestly ordination, and because of the power which they have received to carry on the work of Christ, in a world which needs them so much.

Be their comfort, be their joy, be their strength, and help them to live and to defend the ideals of their ministry.  Amen.

Our Lady Mother of God   Pray for us

St Gregory   Pray for us

St John Mary Vianney  Pray for us

 

 


DAY FOR LIFE
Theme :
 Lord , for your faithful people, life is changed, not ended.
 A day dedicated to raising awareness about the meaning of human life at every stage and in every condition.  
It will help unpack the Church’s teaching on death; it will highlight the importance of the sacrament of the dying, of praying for the dead and of accompanying the dying person as they journey towards God.  
 It will also point towards the presence and consolidation of the community of faith and all those who ‘have gone before us marked with the sign of faith’.
 There will be a second collection to support Day for Life after all Masses this weekend.
 Proceeds will go to the Anscombe Bioethics Centre (formerly the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics) and other life-related activities supported by the church.  
 Please feel free to take one of the leaflets from the back of Church.  

Saints Joachim & Anne (26 July)
 "Celebrating Grandparents"
In the Scriptures, Matthew and Luke furnish a legal family history of Jesus, tracing ancestry to show that Jesus is the culmination of great promises. Not only is his mother’s family neglected, we also know nothing factual about them except that they existed. Even the names Joachim and Anne come from a legendary source written more than a century after Jesus died.
Whether or not Joachim and Anne are the real names of Mary's parents, this date is a good opportunity to celebrate grandparents everywhere. It reminds grandparents of their responsibility to establish a tone for generations to come and it reminds the younger generation that older people’s greater perspective, depth of experience and appreciation of life’s profound rhythms are all part of a wisdom not to be taken lightly or ignored.