Responsorial Psalm:

My soul, give praise to the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, Alleluia!

Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:

you have the message of eternal life

Alleluia!

Money Matters Offertory Collection last weekend:

£761.91 of which £453.50 was Gift Aided.

Flowers collection: £169.96

Gift Aid: If you are a Tax Payer, please consider filling out the Gift

Aid form which is in the church porch to receive a box of weekly

envelopes for your offertory donation or for a one-off

donation then please use the Green envelopes.

Please remember to write your name, address, sign and date the

green envelope.

Thank you for supporting our Parish.

Let us pray for the Sick

Joan Lawrence, Gay McCornick, Moira Catherall, Lea Hill, Fred Battersby, Anne Turner, Mary Rowe, Rose Bryan, Jenny Mansley, Jennifer Rowley, Nancy Wilson, Joe Goggin, Joe & Luisa Desena, Peggy Edwards, Shelagh Fulham, Mar-garet Stubbs, Philomena Lamano, and Leo McManus.

We remember in our prayers Those whose anniversaries

occur this week (5th Sept) John E.Jones, Elizabeth Griffiths, Edward Dean Fryer, Mary Ann Hughes, (6th Sept) Patrick Carroll (Sept 7th) Margarita Brenan, (8th Sept) Una Johnson, (9th Sept) Sa-rah Griffith, Catherine Kenny, Thomas Owens, (10th Sept) Mary Forshaw, (11th Sept) Mary Thompson

Wine & Cheese Evening 19th September at 7.30pm

You are invited to a relaxed evening at St David's church hall on Saturday 19th of September at 7.30pm to enjoy some lovely wines, with good

cheeses and a variety of homemade breads.

You can book a place by email at

mumipad2@me.com or by putting your name on the notice list in

the church foyer. Cost £10 each. Any cash raised will be put towards the cost of the Church foyer refurbishment. Please feel free to invite friends along.

Look forward to seeing you. Bob and Sheila Naybour

Eglwys Catholig Dewi Sant, Yr Wyddgrug St.David’s Catholic Church, Mold

Parish Priest: Fr. Pius Mathew CMI, St.David’s Presbytery, St.David’s Lane, Mold. CH7 1LH

Email: piuscmi@gmail.com 01352 752087

Deacon David Joy:01352 754722 LSUConvent:01352 700121 http://www.stdavidsmold.org.uk/

5th September Saturday Mass 5.30pm

For People of the Parish

6th September Sunday Mass 10am

Int. David & Margaret Joy (Phyllis & Joe Goggin)

Monday : Liturgy of the day 7th Sep Mass 9.15am Brendan Towey RIP (Bea Towey) Tuesday: Feast: Nativity of the Blessed V.Mary

8th Sep Mass 7pm Anne King RIP (Mary McCarry)) Wednesday: Liturgy of the day 9th Sep Mass 9.15am Hannah Hill RIP (Mary & Alan McDonald) Thursday Liturgy of the day 10th Sep Mass 9.15am Ann Temple Morris RIP (Julia Fawcett) Friday Liturgy of the day 11th Sep Mass 9.15am Fr.Seamun Brennan RIP (Kathleen Jones)

LITURGY OF THE WEEK: Psalter Week III

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

Saturdays 10.30am to

11.30am & Before the Vigil

Mass (4.45-5.20pm)

Sundays before the Mass

(9.30-9.50am)

And at any time on request

6th September 2015 23rd Sunday Year B

13th September Sunday

Mass at 10am

Eileen Joyce RIP (Colette & Jacky )

12th September Saturday

Mass 5.30pm

For People of the Parish

Eucharistic Adoration with

Rosary and Benediction

Every Sunday At 4pm.

Everyone is Welcome

T he Jewish people couldn’t wait for

the Messiah to come. The prophets had prom-ised that when he did arrive, things would be very different and it would be a time of great rejoicing. Isaiah paints a picture of blind people seeing once more, deaf people hearing again and disabled people jumping like deer. There was a tremendous feel-ing of longing and yearn-

ing for the Messiah, es-pecially since the land was currently occupied by a foreign army.

So when Jesus appears on the scene people begin to wonder whether or not he might be the Messiah they were ex-pecting. By the end of today’s gospel they have made their minds up.

“He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak”, they say, quot-ing what Isaiah had pre-dicted would happen.

Jesus hasn’t gone away. He’s still with us till the end of time through the Spirit. So what about these “happy days”, these Messianic signs? Have they disappeared? Or is Jesus still doing “all things well”?

T o have faith means to see

and hear things differ-ently. We often speak about people having the eyes of faith. It doesn’t mean that they see dif-ferent things but that they are able to see things in a different per-spective, from God’s perspective. That’s why when they see grief and suffering they feel the same pity as an atheist but they are able to see beyond the grave. When they walk in the country-side and listen to the singing of the birds they are aware of nature but they know that there is someone who created our natural world around

us.

Faith in Jesus the Mes-siah opens our eyes to what lies beyond physi-cal sight; it opens our ears to hear good news in the midst of the world’s troubles; it pro-

vides us with a cause for joy because it reminds us that God will not abandon us.

The Jewish people did not fear the coming of the Messiah, because they had an expectant hope that he would set them free from all that prevented them from living the life that their God had promised them. Christians too welcome Jesus as Messiah, for he comes to set us free, to release us from a blurred vision of our world, from being deaf to the voice of God in our surroundings. He invites us to sing for joy!

HAPPY DAYS FAITH IN FOCUS:

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As you know from previous pastoral letters and articles in the LINK I have been consulting with the priests as to making necessary changes in Mass times in order to enable priests to cover for each other’s absences. This has been part of a bigger review that I am undertaking for the whole Diocese. You may also be aware that there are currently three parishes without a resident priest and I have only been able to maintain Mass there through the generosity of the retired priests of the Diocese and a bit of ‘mixing and matching’ by some others. It is in the interests of each and every one of us and my responsibility to do the best for the health and wellbeing of every priest. It is also the right of every priest to have time off and to take a holiday; fewer priests in the Diocese make this more and more challenging and difficult to ar-range. I have therefore decided that for the time being and without prejudice to any future chang-es within the Deanery and across the Diocese the Mass times in Buckley and Mold parishes will have to change in order to retain your op-portunities to celebrate Mass on the Lord’s Day and that your priests get a holiday this autumn.

From the weekend of 19th/20th Sep-

tember the Mass times in these two parishes will be as follows: Saturday (Vigil Mass of Sunday) 5.30pm Mold Sunday morning

9 o’clock Buckley 11 o’clock Mold Sunday evening 5 o’clock Buckley I know this will not suit everyone and I am sorry for the inconvenience it may cause. I am though most grateful to you for accepting the changes and to your priests for agreeing to celebrate the extra Masses when necessary to ensure you have a choice of Mass times in your Parish and Church. Please be assured of my continued prayers. With every good wish and blessings, † Peter Brignall, Bishop of Wrexham

Flower Rota:

Please note there is a new rota for the rest of this year on the noticeboard in the entrance area. Please would you kindly take your named copy so that I can check who has and of course who has not taken their copy. Thank you for all of your lovely handiwork.

Carole Philpot

SVP Awareness Month

The St. Vincent de Paul Society

in England and Wales has around 10,000 members who, last year, made over

500,000 visits to those in need.

September is SVP Awareness month and the theme this year is ''Happy Families?". Each week throughout the month there will be a changing set of posters pinned to our notice board in the porch.

Could I ask you to take a moment to view them. Finding, loving and serving God in our communities is fundamental to the society's work.. The SVP is always in need of new members to carry out this work. I would like to invite any parishioners; young, old, male or female, who would wish to find out more about the work of St. David's SVP conference, to come to an 'open meeting' in the convent on Tues-day 22nd September at 7.30pm. You will be made very welcome.

Brian Cullen - President.

The Link; The September issue of Diocesan Newsletter is in the porch. Please take a copy.

Our Diocesan website has got a new-look. Have a look!

http://www.wrexhamdiocese.org.uk

Choir Rehearsals On Tuesday evenings from 6 pm until 6.50

pm starting Tuesday 8th September.

ALL WELCOME.