Sunday Collections since lockdown. Loose £ 58.59. Envelopes: £ 1041.

Easter offering: £615. Thanks for your constant support.

First Reading Wisdom 12:13,16-19 Psalm 85– O Lord, you are good and for-

giving Second Reading Romans 8: 26-27 Gospel Matthew 13: 24– 30

MASS INTENTIONS Monday Catherine, John, Jennifer and Families INT

Tuesday Adrian Gibbons INT Wednesday Fr Adalbert Sprinkmeier OP, RIP

Thursday Jesuina Mendes RIP Friday Adrian Gibbons INT Saturday 6:30pm

People of the Parish Sunday 9:00am Adrian Gibbons INT 11:00am Mary Meen-

aghan RIP

Please remember in your prayers the sick:

Adrian Gibbons, Daniel Manu, Terry Kennedy, Peter Arthur, Jason Coutinho,

Roseanna Lawler, Katherine Lewis, Michele Peiris, Michelle Moran, Joanne

Brooks, Don Bernard Kathriaratchi, Lumen Rodrigues,

and those suffering from COVID 19,

the recently deceased and their loved ones:

Fr Freddie Jackson

and the faithful departed whose anniversaries occur at about this time:

Bridie and Martin Hogan, and Vincenzo Massini.

Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for July. Our Families We pray that today’s families may be accompanied with love, respect and guid-ance.

MASS TIMES. Saturday Vigil (1st Mass of Sunday) 6.30pm . Sunday Mass

9.00am and 11.00am. Weekday Mass Monday to Friday- 9.15am. Confessions

Saturday 10:30am– 11:30am by appointment only.

Roman Catholic Church of All Saints

Presbytery: 2 A Salehurst Close,

Kenton, HA3 OUG

Telephone:020 8204 3550

kenton@rcdow.org.uk

http://parish.rcdow.org.uk/kenton/

Parish Priest: Father Hector Rouco

Catechetical Co-Ordinator: Pat Edwards

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

19th July 2020

Westminster Diocese Lourdes Virtual Pilgrimage 2020

Programme of events

Sunday 26th July: Invitation to Pilgrimage Opening Mass

Monday 27th July: Penitential service

Tuesday 28th July: Rosary Marian Torchlight Procession

Wednesday 29th July: International Mass

Thursday 30th July: Blessed Sacrament Procession.

Blessing of the Sick

Friday 31st July: Stations of the Cross

Saturday 1st August: Closing Mass and Ceremony

and lighting of the 2020 Diocesan Candle

Join us online: https://rcdow.org.uk/diocese/pilgrimages/

Our Lady of Lourdes,

pray for us.

New stewards and cleaners. A big thank-you to the parishioners and mem-bers of the Tamil Chaplaincy who attended the training session on Saturday. Without the help and support of parish volunteers we would not be able to open the church for public liturgies.

Ticketing system. Please remember to use the ticketing system on the parish website events section to book seats for Mass. Only if you do not have internet access call the parish office to reserve places for Mass. Please do not call to book places the same day of the Mass you wish to attend as mes-sages left on the answering machine may not be listened to immediately. At this time when there is no office staff in the parish please be patient with mes-sages, emails and requests.

Justice and Peace events: Wednesday 22nd July 6:00pm: Mass Online for CAFOD friends and sup-porters worldwide. Register at: https://www.bigmarker.com/cafod/Eucharistic-Celebration

Thursday 23rd July: Caritas Westminster and the Irish Chaplaincy – Supporting Gypsy, Roma and Travelling Communities during COVID19 and beyond. 3.00pm - 5.00pm. Register here: https://www.caritaswestminster.org.uk/supporting-gypsy-roma-and-travelling-communities-during-covid-19-beyond-by-the-irish-chaplaincy-and-caritas-westminster-1043.php

Friday 24th July from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. A Catholic Response to George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. An event exploring how we respond to racial injustice and discrimination as a diverse and multicultural Catholic com-munity. This online event takes place on . Guest speakers include Baroness Scotland (London, UK) and Leslye Colvin (Alabama, USA) who will guide a reflection on responses and what action to take. Register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-catholic-response-to-george-floyd-and-black-livesmatter-tickets-112811815176

Thursday 30th July: Pax Christi, Catholic Nonviolence Initiative –

Spreading the word and the vision . 5.30pm -7.00pm. An event led by Pat

Gaffney. Come and learn more about the Initiative. Book by email or online

here: https://paxchristi.org.uk/event/catholic-nonviolence-initiative-spreading-

the-word-and-the-vision/?instance_id=911

Sunday 9th August: Pax Christi - Witness outside Westminster Cathedral

10:00am-11.30am, a silent, outdoor, socially-distanced presence. If you can

safely join us, please come and stand in silence for a while. The plaza space

is large so you will be able to maintain a distance. You might like to bring a

candle, some flowers, or a sign, but just to be present will be enough.

Joy According to the New Testament

No one is excluded from the joy brought by the Lord. The great joy announced by the angel on Christmas night is truly for all the people, both for the people of Israel then anxiously awaiting a Saviour, and for the numberless people made up of all those who, in time to come, would receive its message and strive to live by it. The Blessed Virgin Mary was the first to have received its announcement, from the angel Gabriel, and her Magnificat was already the exultant hymn of all the humble. Whenever we say the rosary, the joyful mys-teries thus place us once more before the inexpressible event which is the center and summit of history: the coming on earth of Emmanuel, God with us. John the Baptist, whose mission is to point Him out to the expectation of Isra-el, had himself leapt for joy, in His presence, in the womb of his mother. When Jesus begins His ministry, John "rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice."

Let us now pause to contemplate the person of Jesus during His earthly life. In His humanity He had experienced our joys. He has manifestly known, ap-preciated, and celebrated a whole range of human joys, those simple daily joys within the reach of everyone. The depth of His interior life did not blunt His concrete attitude or His sensitivity. He admires the birds of heaven, the lilies of the field. He immediately grasps God's attitude towards creation at the dawn of history. He willingly extols the joy of the sower and the harvester, the joy of the man who finds a hidden treasure, the joy of the shepherd who re-covers his sheep or of the woman who finds her lost coin, the joy of those in-vited to the feast, the joy of a marriage celebration, the joy of the father who embraces his son returning from a prodigal life, and the joy of the woman who has just brought her child into the world. For Jesus, these joys are real be-cause for Him they are the signs of the spiritual joys of the kingdom of God: the joy of people who enter this kingdom return there or work there, the joy of the Father who welcomes them. And for His part Jesus Himself manifests His satisfaction and His tenderness when He meets children wishing to approach Him, a rich young man who is faithful and wants to do more, friends who open their home to Him, like Martha, Mary and Lazarus. His happiness is above all to see the Word accepted, the possessed delivered, a sinful woman or a pub-lican like Zacchaeus converted, a widow taking from her poverty and giving. He even exults with joy when He states that the little ones have the revelation of the kingdom which remains hidden from the wise and able. Yes, because Christ was "a man like us in all things but sin,"(21) He accepted and experi-enced affective and spiritual joys, as a gift of God. And He did not rest until "to the poor he proclaimed the good news of salvation...and to those in sorrow, joy." The Gospel of Saint Luke particularly gives witness to this seed of joy. The miracles of Jesus and His words of pardon are so many signs of divine goodness: all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by Him, and gave glory to God. For the Christian as for Jesus, it is a question of living, in thanksgiving to the Father, the human joys, that the Creator gives him. Taken from the APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION OF HIS HOLINESS PAUL VI GAUDETE IN DOMINO (ON CHRISTIAN JOY) May 9, 1975