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Newsletter 27th November 2016

11/28/2016

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NOTICES:
The Christmas Dinner takes place at the Milton commencing at 7.00pm on Monday 5th December.
Time is running out to obtain tickets for the Christmas Concert featuring Worsbrough Brass, who will be playing a selection of Christmas themed songs and carols. This is taking place in church on Thursday 15th December 2016 at 7.30pm. Cost is £6.00 to include refreshments. The draw will also take place for the Christmas Hamper and a variety of other prizes. Tickets for the concert are available at the Tuesday Coffee Mornings which are held in the meeting area at the back of the church from 10.00am to 11.45am.
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SERVICES:
​Wednesday 30th Nov 6.30pm. St Andrews Patronal Festival 6.30pm.
​Thursday 1st Dec Feria 9.30am.
​Sunday 4th Dec 2nd Sunday in Advent 9.30am.
LATEST READINGS:
First Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5
A reading from the prophet Isaiah.
The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In the days to come the mountain of the Temple of the Lord shall tower above the mountains and be lifted higher....
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Second Reading: Romans 13:11-14
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans.
You know “the time” has come: you must wake up now: our salvation is even nearer than it was when we were converted.....
Gospel: Matthew 24:37-44
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes. For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept all away....




Responsorial Psalm Psalm 121
I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”
And now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Response: I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”

It is there that the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord.
For Israel’s law it is,
there to praise the Lord’s name.
There were set the thrones of judgement
of the house of David.
Response: I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”

For the peace of Jerusalem pray:
“Peace be to your homes!
May peace reign in your walls,
in your palaces, peace!”
Response: I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.” 


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Newsletter 20th November 2016

11/20/2016

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NOTICES:
There are still tickets available for the Christmas Concert featuring Worsbrough Brass who will be playing a selection of Christmas themed songs and carols. This is taking place in church on Thursday 15th December 2016 at 7.30pm. Cost is £6.00 to include refreshments. The draw will also take place for the Christmas Hamper and other prizes.
Tickets for the concert are available at the Tuesday Coffee Mornings which are held in the meeting area at the back of the church from 10.00am to 11.45am. Catch up on the news from your friends or come along and make new ones.  
The Christmas Dinner will take place on Monday 5th December at 7.00pm, see poster below for full details.
SERVICES:
Thursday 24th 9.30am Said Mass
​Sunday 27th 9.30am 1st in Advent Parish Mass
Wednesday 6.30pm Patronal Festival of St Andrew

Christmas Services:
Sunday 11th   Christingle  St Andrew’s 4.30pm
Sunday 18th   
9 Lessons & Carols 
  St Peter’s 4.00pm
Christmas Eve   
Crib Service   St Peter’s 4.00pm
Christmas Eve  
Midnight Mass    St Andrew’s 11.30pm
Christmas Morning   
Mass    St Peter’s 10.00am
 
LATEST READINGS:
First Reading: 2 Samuel 5:1-3

A reading from the second book of Samuel.
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron. “Look,” they said, “we are your own flesh and blood. In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel in all their exploits....
Second Reading: Colossians 1:12-20
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Colossians.
We give thanks to the Father who has made it possible for you to join the saints and with them to inherit the light. Because that is what he has done: he has taken us out of the power of darkness....
Gospel: Luke 23:35-43
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
The people stayed there before the cross, watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”....



Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 121
I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”
And now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Response: I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”

Jerusalem is built as a city
strongly compact.
It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord.
Response: I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”
For Israel’s law it is,
there to praise the Lord’s name.
There were set the thrones of judgement
of the house of David.
Response: I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”

 

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