Newsletter 23rd October 2016

NOTICES:
​The Coffee Morning will take place as usual this Tuesday from 10am in the meeting area at the back of Church.
Final Reminder. The Autumn Fayre will be held this Saturday at St Andrews Community Centre from10.00am - all details on the previous post.

FORTHCOMING SERVICES:
​Tuesday 12 noon, All Saints
​Wednesday 9.30am. All Souls
​Sunday 9.30am Parish Mass

LATEST READINGS:
First Reading: Ecclesiasticus 35:12-14. 16-19
A reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus.
The Lord is a judge who is no respecter of personages. He shows no respect of personages to the detriment of a poor man....
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4:6-8. 16-18
A reading from the second letter of St Paul to Timothy.
My life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone. I have fought the good fight to the end....
Gospel: Luke 18:9-14
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous and despised everyone else....

​Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33
I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise always on my lips;
in the Lord my soul shall make its boast.
The humble shall hear and be glad.
Response: This poor man called; the Lord heard him.
The Lord turns his face against the wicked
to destroy their remembrance from the earth.
The just call and the Lord hears
and rescues them in all their distress.
Response: This poor man called; the Lord heard him.
The Lord is close to the broken-hearted;
those whose spirit is crushed he will save.
The Lord ransoms the souls of his servants.
Those who hide in him shall not be condemned.
Response: This poor man called; the Lord heard him.