for Mass at St Leo’s on November 8th

by | Nov 7, 2020 | Uncategorized

for Mass at St Leo’s on November 8th and notes

Sympathy to Mary Gethens and her family and friends on the death of her husband Eddie Gethens.   The funeral Mass is on Monday at 11.00 in St Leo’s.
The parish Mass is at 10.00 as usual

 

Remembrance Sunday

may-the-souls

Intercessions

Let us pray for all who suffer as a result of conflict,
and ask that God may give us peace:
for the servicemen and women who have died in the violence of war,
each one remembered by and known to God; may God give peace.
Lord, hear us

For people everywhere whose lives are disfigured by war or terror,
calling to mind in penitence
the anger and hatreds of humanity;  may God give peace.  
Lord, hear us

For peacemakers and peacekeepers,
who seek to keep this world secure and free; may God give peace.
Lord, hear us

We pray for healing for people everywhere who are ill, anxious, or housebound  within our families and community, including Teresa Kidd, Margaret McLean, Andrine Mansi, Fred Newman, Mary Clunie, Sean Fitzgerald, Ishbel MacMillan, Bessie Malane, Bill Harrison, Jack Rae, Fr Peter Dowling, Anne Judge, Thomas Boyle, Catherine Mulrine, Yvonne Watt, Rae McVey, John Gibson, Eleanor Reid, for those being treated in the local Hospice, and for all who support them.     Lord, hear us

We pray for our dead, the parish dead of the past year,  and for those who mourn – including Eddie Gethens, Canon Willie McDade, Ellen Gannon, Tommy Slavin, Mary Carey, Jennifer Stirling, Alkis Constantouris, Agnes Burns and Rene McPherson; and for those whose anniversaries fall about now: including Hugh Bradley, Charlie Hamilton, Tommy and  Annie McMahon, May McNulty, Charlie Devlin, Bernard Corrigan, Anne Cara and May Conroy.    Lord, hear us

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Before Coming to Mass – Saturday Vigil at 6.00 p.m.  Sunday at 10.30

  • Please try and book a place on the booking system at  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/  or on the St Leo the Great Facebook Group and register for a mass as soon as possible. REMEMBER some spaces are held back but are filled on the day.
  • There is NO Guarantee that you can get in booked or not booked.
  • Remember that there must be restrictions on not only the number of people that can attend (50) but seating available depending on individual or family groups attending.
  • Consider if you can come on a mid- weekday INSTEAD of a Sunday vigil or Sunday.
  • Be prepared to be asked to not attend if seating is not available.

 

Coming to Mass

  • Try and arrive 5-10 minutes before the start of mass. The earlier the better.
  • On approach maintain a 2m distance from other households
  • Put your Mask on (Cover your mouth and your nose)
  • Check in on entry (Legal requirement to monitor who attends for Track and Trace services)
  • Use the hand sanitiser
  • Keep moving maintaining a 2m Distances
  • Please follow instructions for seating positions.
  • Be prepared to NOT Sit in YOUR seat.  This behaviour cannot be accommodated.
  • On entry fill up seats from the front of the church regardless if directed at busier mass times

During Mass

  • Please do not kneel.
  • Please maintain the discipline when taking communion passing
  • Please relax and enjoy the service.

At the end of Mass

    • Please exit the church from the rear of the church as directed
    • Please maintain a 2m distance and allow for slower moving parishioners.
    • Keep your masks on when leaving the church
    • Use the hand gel
    • Don’t forget the collections
    • Move away from the door as soon as you can.
    • It is good to but if you do please maintain a 2m distance and respect other people and keep you mask on.

Mass

Entry: Just as Jesus died and rose,
so those who sleep in him will be restored by God.
As in Adam all have died, so all will live in Christ.  Glory to the Father . . .  . .

First reading Wisdom 6:12-1
Wisdom is bright, and does not grow dim.
By those who love her she is readily seen,
and found by those who look for her.
Quick to anticipate those who desire her,
she makes herself known to them.
Watch for her early and you will have no trouble;
you will find her sitting at your gates.
Even to think about her is understanding fully grown;
be on the alert for her and anxiety will quickly leave you.
She herself walks about looking for those who are worthy of her
and graciously shows herself to them as they go,
in every thought of theirs coming to meet them.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 62(63):2-8 ©
O God, you are my God, for you I long
O God, you are my God, for you I long; for you my soul is thirsting.
My body pines for you  like a dry, weary land without water.
O God, you are my God, for you I long
I gaze on you in the sanctuary  to see your strength and your glory.
For your love is better than life itself, my lips will speak your praise.
O God, you are my God, for you I long
On you I muse throughout the night; on my bed I remember you.
for you have been my help; in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.
O God, you are my God, for you I long
Second reading
1 Thessalonians 4:13-1

Do not grieve about those who have died in Jesus

We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him. We can tell you this from the Lord’s own teaching, that any of us who are left alive until the Lord’s coming will not have any advantage over those who have died. At the trumpet of God, the voice of the archangel will call out the command and the Lord himself will come down from heaven; those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise, and then those of us who are still alive will be taken up in the clouds, together with them; to meet the Lord in the air. So we shall stay with the Lord for ever. With such thoughts as these you should comfort one another.
Gospel Matthew 25:1-13 ©
Jesus told this parable to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of heaven will be like this: Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones did take their lamps, but they brought no oil, whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps. The bridegroom was late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep. But at midnight there was a cry, “The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet him.” At this, all those bridesmaids woke up and trimmed their lamps, and the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, “Give us some of your oil: our lamps are going out.” But they replied, “There may not be enough for us and for you; you had better go to those who sell it and buy some for yourselves.” They had gone off to buy it when the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall and the door was closed. The other bridesmaids arrived later. “Lord, Lord,” they said “open the door for us.” But he replied, “I tell you solemnly, I do not know you.” So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour.’

St Leo’s Day  falls on Tuesday 10th November, and St Martin of Tours is on the 11th.

A prayer for the feast of St Leo:
Lord, remember your pilgrim church.
Let us rejoice in the good things of this world
but let us also have the shrewdness to recognise
that so many contemporary values are those of the corrupt Babylon.
Do not let us be drowned in shallowness
but rather be able to cherish the beauty of your creation.
and to look forward to the coming of your kingdom
through Christ our Lord. Amen.