LENT
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Time to Get Ready for Easter!
No public Masses or services will take place from this Friday March 20th until further notice - please disregard all times listed here or elsewhere on this website.
MASS IN LENT
Mass
in Lent is bare and spare, as we empty our church of flowers, keep it plain, and
decorate it only with the grand sobriety of purple. “Alleluia!” vanishes from
every text, and there’s no music before, during, or after mass - no music at
all, unless we’re actually singing. And the readings - creation, desert,
departure, transfiguration, water and water, anointing and spittle, the
promises and Jerusalem. . . all leading us up to that moment when we leave Lent
behind on Holy Thursday night and enter liturgically and sacramentally into the
Lord’s Passion, going with him through the glimpse of glory at the Last Supper,
into the desolation of Good Friday and
the dead, silent Sabbath; and taking up the candlelit watch of the Vigil until,
as we renew the vows of our baptism, Christ brings us up into the fullness of his
risen life at the First Mass of Easter.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
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Fridays
in Lent
Once
more, on Fridays during Lent our parish can follow the Stations of the Cross
together - at 9.15am at OLHoC, and at 11.00am at St Joseph’s. Stations aren’t
just for trains and buses! A “station” means a place on a journey where you
make a stop – and as we follow Jesus along the path of sorrow – the Via Dolorosa - from Pilate’s Court to
the tomb, we make fourteen stops places to be with Jesus on this way of
suffering. The Stations of the Cross is a devotion that reaches deep into people’s
hearts, and prepares us to enter into the heart of the Paschal Mystery at
Easter.
LENTEN
STUDY & LUNCH: ST JUDE
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Wednesday,
March 4th onwards.
As
in previous years, the parish Lent Study Course will meet on Wednesdays during
Lent, starting on March 4th at 12.30pm in Our Lady Help of Christians Parish
Hall, sharing soup and rolls for lunch before we begin to explore the
Letter of Jude. St Jude’s
message for the Church during the second half of the first century warned against
the false teaching in her midst. The same warnings that are found in this short
letter are seen to be highly relevant for the Christian living in the 21st
century! The western church faces the tension in trying to balance the
authority of scripture with a secular culture - one that today has a very
different and aggressive agenda! Jude’s letter is known as one of the ‘Catholic
Epistles’ along with the letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter and 1, 2 and 3 John -
“Catholic” because they were all written for the whole Church and not addressed
to specific individuals or congregations. Come and learn more together from
Wednesday March 4th onwards!
DIVINE
RENOVATION COURSE DURING LENT
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Tuesday
March 3rd onwards:
Fr
Jamie will re-run his very popular study group exploring Fr James Mallon’s book
Divine Renovation - a book full of
ideas about discipleship and mission in an ordinary parish. This time round
it’s in the evening - starting on
Tuesday March 3rd at 7.00pm in the Parish Hall at Our Lady Help of
Christians. This study group is a brilliant resource for Lent. (you can also
order the book from our Parish Bookshop).
Please Note: members
of the parish from BOTH
St. Joseph’s AND
OLHoC are very welcome, as before!
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