The journey of Lent to Easter is an opportunity to review our spiritual lives as Christians and to begin to look into the future with the Pastoral Plan and the vision it has for the Catholics in the Diocese. Our reflection on the journey Christ takes as his destiny is revealed is reflected in the words of Scripture and of the Way of the Cross, together with the Lenten devotions and special resources. Do make the most of the time.
Prayer
One of the key features of Lent is the practice of Prayer. We have been invited by the Bishop to have time before the Blessed Sacrament and so next Sunday after the Mass there will be 30 minutes of Adoration concluding with Benediction. You could see this as an extended time of thanksgiving after Holy Communion. Available from the Bishops of England and Wales are weekly sessions exploring the Our Father. Session 1 can be found at (click to CBCEW)
Invited – The Diocesan Mission
Please follow this link for more information.
CAFOD Fast Day
Next Friday is CAFOD Fast Day, when we reduce what we take and are generous in donating to the work of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. (The envelopes include – only if you wish – fund raising mechanisms. There is no obligation to commit to these.)
Ecology
Care for our Common Home and the Planet are the subject of a workshop with the title “Let us dream “which will be held in the hall at St George’s Church, Court Farm Road, Hangleton. BN3 7QR. Saturday 2nd March 10am – 1pm.
Mass Schedule
First Sunday of Lent Mass 10am
Wednesday Lent Mass 9.30am
Friday Short Stations & Mass 7pm
(10,30am Requiem for Bernard Regan RIP St Mary’s )
Second Sunday of Lent. Mass 10am – followed by 30 minutes Adoration.
Seamus O’Donnell RIP
A former parishioner and local dentist has died at St Mary’s House. May he rest in peace.
He will not ask the fickle crowd’s acclaim,
Nor flaunt the Sonship, which is his by right,
Nor seem distrustful of the Father’s name,
Who bids us walk by faith and not by sight.
He seeks no kingdom but by cross and grave,
For love of sinners spurning Satan’s throne
His triumph seen in those he died to save,
Who to his glory, worship God alone.
St Thomas More Church, Patcham, Brighton 