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MASSES & SERVICES THIS WEEK
Sunday 19th April— Third Sunday of Easter - B (Missal p667)
08.30 St. Edmund’s Cecily Crofton-Sleigh †
10.30 St. Edmund’s Maureen Senior †
10.30 Our Lady’s, Lawshall Marie & John Wright †
14.00 St Edmund’s First Reconciliation Service
16.30 St Edmund’s Adoration & Benediction
18.00 St Edmund’s For the Parish
10.30 ‘Montana’, Gt Barton
Monday 20th April Easter Feria
07.30 St Edmund’s Bob Scarlett †
Tuesday 21st April Easter Feria
09.30 Our Lady’s, Lawshall Lydia Meakins †
Wednesday 22nd April Easter Feria
10.00 St Edmund’s Christian & Jackie Booker †
10.30 - St Edmund’s Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
12.noon Confession & Benediction
Thursday 23rd April St George
10.00 St Edmund’s Requiem Mass for Gwen McAnally
19.30 St Edmund’s Moira Hartigan †
Friday 24th April Easter Feroa
09.30 St Edmund’s Maria & James Kirby’s Intention
40th Wedding Anniversary
10.15 Our Lady’s, Lawshall Mary McGarry †
Saturday 25th April St Mark
10.00 St Edmund’s Don & Bridget Manuel †
WEEK DAY MASSES AT ‘MONTANA’, GT BARTON
Sunday 10.30; Mon - Fri 08.15; Eucharistic Service Sat 08.15;
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Wednesday after 10.00 Mass; Saturday 10.30 – 11.00 & by appointment.
FORTHCOMING SPECIAL LANGAUAGE MASSES
Saturday 2nd May (1st Sat of month) Malayalam Mass at 16.00
Saturday 16th May (3rd Sat of month) Polish Mass at 16.00
St Edmund’s
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21 Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QG
Tel: 01284 754358/07511 852161 email: [email protected]
Registered Charity No. 278742 www.stedmundkm.org.uk
Twinned with St John’s Parish, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Sunday 19th April 2015 - 3rd Sunday of Easter - Year B
I really enjoy the readings directly after Easter; the Apostles living in fear for their lives yet finding the courage, through The Risen Lord, to eventually go out and preach the good news. In the Lenten course this year I spoke about how much I can relate to Peter, to his fears and his regular bouts of doubt yet, like Peter, Christ is really patient and tolerant with me too. He always seems to wait for me to catch up with Him, He waits for me to trust Him and often sends me signs of hope and encourage-ment. This is as important for me today as it was for Peter and the first brave disciples - many of whom were crucified or put to death by the might of Rome. I am really in awe of Peter in this week’s first reading and how he really does bear witness to Christ in the most profound of ways; to think that this was a man who, only a short time ago, denied Christ three times in one night! The two on their way to Emmaus spoke about how their hearts burned when talking to Christ, can you begin to imag-ine the atmosphere in the room when Christ appeared, invited them to touch him and even watched him eat their fish?
Move forward to our world today and I find that my heart goes out to those Christians who are living in fear for their very lives and their way of living. Right across the Middle East, but particularly in Iraq and Syria, we see whole communities, ancient monasteries and our fellow Christians being persecut-ed, their buildings, traditions and history destroyed. These people are having to flee in fear and many land up as refugees whilst others are enslaved or even murdered for their belief in Christ.
If I am not careful this can lead me down the path of feeling helpless or feelings of hopelessness and doubt. I often try to find how I can be challenged in the readings from the mass and this week is no different. It is so full of challenges for all of us who live in such a free and tolerant society. Our free-dom to express our Christianity and, indeed, our Catholicism is something I don’t take for granted. How do I take this with me everyday to my community, to Bury St Edmunds and to the wider world? Do the people I deal with on a day to day basis see something different in me? Am I living up to the challenges and the graces of the New Evangelisation which the bishop has asked us all to promote? These are tough questions to grapple with - but nowhere near as tough as the life that my brothers and sisters in the Middle East are living on a day to day basis. Let us all remember them in our daily prayers and devotions.
With peace in The Risen Lord Alan
PRAYERS FOR OUR PARISH
FOR OUR SICK: Sheila Bedingfeld, Jane Corbett, James Couper, Stephen Crotty, Pat Dowson, Nicolette Finch, Janis and Malcolm Fincham Jacques, Margaret Farrow, Robert Fleming, Des Greene, Monica and Pauline Gittings, Teresa Gleeson, Roy Herbert, John Higgins, Ursula Hennessey, Frank Hibbert, Fr Chris Hogan, Janet Jarman, Johann Hopfensperger, Veronica Leech, Fr Bill Mason, Peter Matthews, Brendan McMullen, Gerry McNamara, Fr Paul Mercer, Leonora O’Hanlon, Tony Sumner, Norah Richardson, Katrina Rowland, Etty Smith, Evelyn Stirling, Jason Stronza, Tim Udall, Francis Watts, Ken Warner, Peter Whelan, Romayne Wright. May the Lord bring them comfort and healing.
FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY ARE AT THIS TIME: Margaret Cecil, Tomas Sims, Zygmunt Leczycki, Edward Riches, Ethel Stenson, Vera Conyers, Robert Scarlett, Margaret Dyer, Cecily Crofton-Sleigh, May Street, Kathy Colosimo, Thomas Gethings, Edward Harvey, Francis Staniland, Leslei Allen, Maureen Burrows, Frederick Upton, George Hurrell, Mary McGarry, Joan Snook, Eileen Lilley, James Papa, Thomas Manion, Barbara Newcombe, Kenneth O’Brien
CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS & KATE CHAMBERLAIN who were married in the parish last week. May they be blessed with many years of happiness.
GOING INTO HOSPITAL? If you are, PLEASE let us know other-wise the Chaplain will not know you are there; the only way we can find you is if you tell us, so please let us know if you would like a visit. If you or one of your relatives needs a priest in emergency, i.e. imminent danger death, please ask a member of staff to ring the switchboard & bleep the Catholic Chaplain. We have the pager with us at all times.
THANK YOU for your generosity. Last week you gave £1299.23 in the collection and £625.00 by standing orders and £165.95 from Lawshall.
The Collection for SVP on Maundy Thursday come to £493.50. Many thanks.
Next week end there will be a collection for the Training of Future Priests.
STOREHOUSE FOODBANK Donations can be placed in the box in the nar-thex of the Church, Bury St Edmunds. Thank you for your support.
USED STAMPS to raise money for Guide Dogs for Deaf. Please put your used stamps in the box in the church porch.
CHURCH CLEANERS always needed. If you can spare an hour, please turn up after 07.30 Mass on Mondays or after the morning school run.
HELPING HANDS’ GROUP if you are, or know of anyone who is housebound, lonely or in need of practical help, shopping, changing a light bulb etc, or just a visit, or a lift to the doctors etc., contact Sue Fullman 488147 or Mike Sinnott 764236.
OFFERTORY ENVELOPES. The numbered envelopes are now available from the church porch. If you do not already have envelopes and would like some or if you are a tax payer and have not already signed a Gift Aid Form, please contact the office 754358.
WALSINGHAM ASSOCIATION Subscriptions are now due. £10 single, £17 family membership. Please hand in at the Presbytery. Thank you.
DIOCESAN YEAR BOOKS are now available from the porch. The cover price is £3.50 and the parish will be charged for them. But as they are so late, please take one, and if possible, make a donation to help cover the costs.
DAN LACY SCOTT wishes to thank all those who were so helpful when, from an overdose of piety, she kissed the pavement at the church steps on Maundy Thursday. She is on the mend.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
SPRING CONCERT Thursday 30th April, 19.45 in St Edmund’s Church when the Bury Community Choir are kindly singing to raise funds for the Nyabihu School for the deaf in Rwanda. Admission free . . . .however, raffle tickets, interval refreshments and sale of African goods will all contribute to the fund.
ST EDMUND’S CLUB AGM will be held in the Crypt at 20.00.
CURRY SUPPER at ‘MONTANA’ Great Barton on Saturday 2nd May, 17.00—20.00. A fund raising event for the residents of ‘Montana’. Come and enjoy great food, great service and a great atmosphere. Donations of £12, Chil-dren £6. Contact Sr Thaya 787321.
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM on Monday 4th May led by Bishop Alan Hopes. Procession from Friday Market 12.30, Sacrament of Reconciliation on arrival at the Shrine. Mass at 15.00. Please sign the list in the porch to book a seat on the coach.
TRADITIONAL CREAM TEA fundraiser for Cancer Research organised by ‘Fred’s Team’ from St Louis Middle School on Saturday 9th May in the Crypt 15.00—17.00. £5 per person. Tickets in advance from the School, by hand or post in sealed envelope. All welcome.
ANNUAL CELEBRATE - EAST ANGLIA will be held at St Benedict’s School, Beetons Way 30th — 31st May. For further information contact Philip Wal-ters 07910 157584 or go to www.celebrateconference.org/eastanglia
LONDON TO WALSINGHAM WALK 3rd to 11th OCTOBER 2015. Contact Peter Walters 01799 550398 or www.walsinghamwalkers.co.uk
IGNITE—CATHOLIC YOUTH FESTIVAL on 2/3/4 May 2015.
At Sacred Heart School, Swaffham, PE37 7QW,
Camping, tuck shop, prayer, activities, Mass, food, talks, live music, workshops and much more. Organised by the Diocese of East Anglia for all young people.
All Confirmation Candidates are expected to attend.
Tickets £13 available from www.ignitefestival.co.uk
THIS COMING WEEK
SUNDAY 19th APRIL
SACRAMENT OF FIRST RECONCILIATION for our young people at 14.00. Please keep them in your prayers.
ST EDMUND’S CLUB: Bar open 12.00—14.00 & 19.30 – 22.30. Bingo 2.00
MONDAY 20th APRIL
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION meeting for Parents in the Crypt 19.30.
TUESDAY 21st APRIL
CONFIRMATION CLASSES continue at 16.15 in the Crypt.
WEDNESDAY 22ndAPRIL
CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP meeting today 16.30 in the Presbytery.
PARISH AGM in the Crypt at 19.30. All Parishioners are warmly invited to attend. Nomination forms for membership on the Parish Council are available from the back of church.
THURSDAY 23rd APRIL
LUNCH TIME CONCERT presented by St Benedict’s School at 13.00 here in St Edmund’s Church. All welcome.
FRIDAY 24th APRIL
ST EDMUND’S CLUB: Bar open 20.00 – 23.00.
SUNDAY 26th APRIL
ST EDMUND’S CLUB: Bar open 12.00—14.00 & 19.30 – 22.30.
THE WORD OF GOD Luke 24:35-48
The disciples told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognised Jesus at the breaking of bread. They were still talking about this when Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 'Peace be with you!' In a state of alarm and fright, they thought they were seeing a ghost. But he said, 'Why are you so agi-tated, and why are these doubts rising in your hearts? Look at my hands and feet; yes, it is I indeed. Touch me and see for yourselves; a ghost has no flesh and bones as you can see I have.' And as he said this he showed them his hands and feet. Their joy was so great that they could not believe it, and they stood there dumbfounded; 4o he said to them, 'Have you anything here to eat?' And they offered him a piece of grilled fish, which he took and ate before their eyes.
Then he told them, 'This is what I meant when I said, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, in the Prophets and in the Psalms, has to be fulfilled.' He then opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, 'So you see how it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that, in his name, repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all the nations, beginning from Jerusa-lem. You are witnesses to this.' REFLECTION
Before it concludes, the Gospel of Luke gives us an account of the ap-pearance of Jesus to the eleven in Jerusalem and his departure from them. The two disciples who had met Jesus on the road to Emmaus have given their report. Nevertheless, when Jesus appears, the disciples are still slow to believe. They were not gullible individuals, easily deceived. They struggle to comprehend what they are seeing.
Jesus demonstrates the reality of his risen body. Though transformed, he appears to them in bodily form. Jesus teaches them, as he taught the two disciples on the road, that the Scriptures can help them to grasp what has happened. The writings of the Law, Prophets and Psalms have been ful-filled. Israel's hopes and dreams of salvation have been realised. The
challenge of faith invites all people to embrace a new life.
The disciples are sent out as witnesses to the world. The story of the spread of the gospel begins, and still continues today. The good news of Christ Risen must be told to all, beginning from Jerusalem and extending to the ends of the earth.
Do I realise that faith is seeking to come to know the Risen Lord more fully day by day?
Do I strive for a love and deeper understanding of the Holy Scriptures?
Let us pray that the whole Church may be renewed in this Easter season.
Let us pray for the mission of the Church to the world of today
Reflections on the Sunday Gospels, written by Fr. Adrian Graffy are available each week on the Diocesan Website:
http:www.catholiceastanglia.org
ANNUAL CELEBRATE - EAST ANGLIA at St Benedict’s School, Beetons Way
30th — 31st May. The weekend includes Mass each day, excellent teach-
ings, special groups for the children and young people, praise and worship, adoration, workshops, drama.
For further information contact Philip Walters 07910 157584
or go to www.celebrateconference.org/eastanglia
