THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: CONFESSIONS: SATURDAY 5.15 – 5.45pm
Before every Mass and by appointment with the Priest.
Before every Mass and by appointment with the Priest.
COLLECTIONS
Last week’s Collection: £480
Gift Aided Direct Debit: £243
Organ project: £43,000
Apostleship of the Sea £66
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING GENEROSITY TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
WELCOME
A warm welcome to the members of the Bevan Family who are here for a Concert on Saturday night based on the music of Compline. This highly talented musical family some of whom live in our parish and sing regularly at the 11.00am Mass, are singing to support our organ appeal. We are grateful to them for all they do to enhance the beauty of the Sacred Liturgy by using the gift of Music, and not least to Ryan Wigglesworth the director of Music. Bless you all! Also, we welcome Brother Samuel Burke OP and Fratello Francesco OP who are here for Sunday. Brother Samuel is a Deacon and will preach at the 11.00am Mass. Brother Francesco is Italian and is in Oxford to learn English. Last week we had a Jesuit Priest at the 11.00am and now a Dominican. It is such a tonic to see young deacons, priests, and Religious around.
AN INVITATION….
SALVA NOS DOMINE - MUSIC FOR COMPLINE
SATURDAY 14th JULY at 7.45pm
in the Church of Saint Birinus, Dorchester-on-Thames.
Admission free, with a suggested donation of £20
To guarantee reserved seats, please e.mail: music.stbirinus@gmail.com
THE BEVAN FAMILY CONSORT
Directed by RYAN WIGGLESWORTH
THE MONTH OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
The first Sunday in July is, traditionally, the Feast of the Most Precious Blood, and the whole month of July is dedicated to this devotion to “the price of our Redemption, the pledge of salvation and life eternal”. This is how Pope St John XXIII described Our Lord’s Blood in his 1960 Apostolic Letter about this beautiful Catholic devotion. He wrote: “ as often as the Faithful come worthily to this holy altar, they will receive more abundant fruits of the Redemption and Resurrection and eternal life, won for all by the Blood of Christ, shed through the Holy Spirit. Nourished by His Body and Blood, sharing the Divine strength that has sustained countless martyrs, they will stand up to the slings and arrows of each day’s fortunes – even, if need be, to martyrdom itself, for the sake of Christian virtue and the Kingdom of God. Theirs will be the experience of that burning love which made St John Chrysostom cry out: “Let us then come back from that Table like lions breathing out fire, thus becoming terrifying to the Devil, and remaining mindful of our head, and the love He has shown us. This blood then, when worthily received drives away demons and puts them at a distance from us, and even summons to us angels and the Lord of angels. This Blood, poured out in abundance, has washed the whole world clean. This is the price of the world; by it, Christ purchased the Church…this thought will check in us unruly passions. How long, in truth, shall we be attached to the present things? How long shall we not take thought of our own salvation?”
Last week’s Collection: £480
Gift Aided Direct Debit: £243
Organ project: £43,000
Apostleship of the Sea £66
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING GENEROSITY TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
WELCOME
A warm welcome to the members of the Bevan Family who are here for a Concert on Saturday night based on the music of Compline. This highly talented musical family some of whom live in our parish and sing regularly at the 11.00am Mass, are singing to support our organ appeal. We are grateful to them for all they do to enhance the beauty of the Sacred Liturgy by using the gift of Music, and not least to Ryan Wigglesworth the director of Music. Bless you all! Also, we welcome Brother Samuel Burke OP and Fratello Francesco OP who are here for Sunday. Brother Samuel is a Deacon and will preach at the 11.00am Mass. Brother Francesco is Italian and is in Oxford to learn English. Last week we had a Jesuit Priest at the 11.00am and now a Dominican. It is such a tonic to see young deacons, priests, and Religious around.
AN INVITATION….
SALVA NOS DOMINE - MUSIC FOR COMPLINE
SATURDAY 14th JULY at 7.45pm
in the Church of Saint Birinus, Dorchester-on-Thames.
Admission free, with a suggested donation of £20
To guarantee reserved seats, please e.mail: music.stbirinus@gmail.com
THE BEVAN FAMILY CONSORT
Directed by RYAN WIGGLESWORTH
THE MONTH OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
The first Sunday in July is, traditionally, the Feast of the Most Precious Blood, and the whole month of July is dedicated to this devotion to “the price of our Redemption, the pledge of salvation and life eternal”. This is how Pope St John XXIII described Our Lord’s Blood in his 1960 Apostolic Letter about this beautiful Catholic devotion. He wrote: “ as often as the Faithful come worthily to this holy altar, they will receive more abundant fruits of the Redemption and Resurrection and eternal life, won for all by the Blood of Christ, shed through the Holy Spirit. Nourished by His Body and Blood, sharing the Divine strength that has sustained countless martyrs, they will stand up to the slings and arrows of each day’s fortunes – even, if need be, to martyrdom itself, for the sake of Christian virtue and the Kingdom of God. Theirs will be the experience of that burning love which made St John Chrysostom cry out: “Let us then come back from that Table like lions breathing out fire, thus becoming terrifying to the Devil, and remaining mindful of our head, and the love He has shown us. This blood then, when worthily received drives away demons and puts them at a distance from us, and even summons to us angels and the Lord of angels. This Blood, poured out in abundance, has washed the whole world clean. This is the price of the world; by it, Christ purchased the Church…this thought will check in us unruly passions. How long, in truth, shall we be attached to the present things? How long shall we not take thought of our own salvation?”
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A.M.D.G Abbreviation of Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (for the greater glory of God).
B.P.M.F. Abbreviation of Birmingham Perpetual Mass Fund.
Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. Click here.
This 24 hour Catholic Television network can be found on channel 589 for users of SKY.
EWTN Radio network is on channel 0147.
Click here to go to the EWTN page.
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A.M.D.G Abbreviation of Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (for the greater glory of God).
B.P.M.F. Abbreviation of Birmingham Perpetual Mass Fund.
Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. Click here.