Church News
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Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 28 July, 4, 11, and 18 August 2024
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (John 6:1-15) For the next few weeks our regular reading of the Gospel of Mark is interrupted as we read the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John. The chapter begins with the multiplication of the loaves, which is followed by extended words of Jesus in dialogue with the Jews. […]
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) 21 July 2024
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 6:30-34) The disciples have been sent out ‘two by two’ by Jesus in order to preach repentance and to heal the sick. After some time they return. While the evangelist normally refers to the followers of Jesus as ‘disciples’, those who are in the process of learning, as […]
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SS Peter and Paul, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Sundays in Ordinary Time 30 June, 7 and 14 July
Ss Peter & Paul (Matthew 16:13-19) Today, we celebrate the feast of the two great apostles, Peter and Paul. One was with Jesus at the beginning of his ministry and accompanied him until the end. His faith was sorely tested by seeing his Messiah suffer. The life of the other was dramatically changed by an […]
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Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9,16 and 23 June 2024
NEWSLETTER for Catholics on the Tendring Peninsula Parish Priest: Father Joseph Whisstock Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9 June 2024 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 16 June 2024 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 23 June 2024 Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 3:20-35) Members of Jesus’ family are so concerned about Jesus […]
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Seventh Sunday of Easter 12 May and Pentecost Sunday 19 May 2024
Seventh Sunday (John 17:11-19) This lengthy prayer is a deep and intimate prayer, focused on the disciples, but also focused on us, as Jesus leaves us to return to the father. Jesus prays that we be kept true to his name. It is easy to show enthusiasm in the beginning, but the life of faith […]
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Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Sunday of Easter 21 and 28 April and 5 May 2024
Fourth Sunday (John 10:11-18) Jesus is the good shepherd who gives his very life for his sheep. His knowledge of them, his familiarity with them as he enfolds them in his loving care, reflects the close relationship between the Father and the Son. The flock of Jesus Christ is not composed only of those who […]