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Take this wick, let it glow for the one come to show way to God, Christ to know, Baptist at the river, new life to deliver.
Shine O candle, shine, burn with love divine, to the night comes the light of the Father’s glory.
REJOICE
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SAINT HELEN’S PARISH
ADVENT SUNDAY 3 GAUDETE–‘REJOICE!’–SUNDAY
SEASON OF ADVENT~CHRISTMAS 17th December 2017
Make His Paths Straight!
THE WORD THIS WEEK ‘A voice cries in the wilderness’: The same line as last Sunday. A powerful voice, because they all come out to hear and see. They / we are still looking for… Who? What are we hoping for? How will we recognise it, or Him? John opens the ‘via negativa’, eliminating what we do know to get an inkling of what more may be beyond. Like John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, both Isaiah and Paul point us to the Spirit, to the high gifts she reveals and brings, and to the joy we find in trusting beyond our vision, like bride or groom in excited hope. Gaudete, ‘Rejoice!
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: (Psalter: Week 3)
Isaiah 61: 1 – 2, 10 – 11. I exalt for joy in the Lord.
Response: Luke 1: 46 – 54. My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my saviour. He looks at his servant in her nothingness; hence forth all ages will call me blessed.
The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy his name! His mercy is from age to age, on those who fear him.
He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty. He protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy.
1 Thessalonians 5: 16 – 24. May you all be kept safe, spirit, soul and body, for the coming of the Lord.
Acclamation for the Gospel: Alleluia, Alleluia. Alleluia! The spirit of the Lord has been given to me. He has sent me to bring good news to the poor. Alleluia, Alleluia. Alleluia!
John 1: 6 – 8, 19 – 28. There stands among you, unknown to you, the one who is coming after me.
Prayer of the Faithful: R/. Come, Lord Jesus, come!
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MASS AND SERVICES DURING THE WEEK: Sat 16th December
6.30pm
3rd Sunday of ADVENT (Gaudete Sunday) Rosemary + Michael Kelly (SW)
Sun 17th Dec
O Wisdom
10.30am
3rd Sunday of ADVENT (Gaudete Sunday) For the People of the Parish
Mon 18th Dec
O Leader of Israel
6.45pm
7.00pm Evening Prayer of the Church
Holy Souls (MW)
Tues 19th Dec O Branch of Jesse
9.45am
10.00am Morning Prayer of the Church
Raymond Britton (MB)
Wed 20th Dec
O Key of David
9.45am
10.00am 7.00 – 8.00pm
Morning Prayer of the Church Mae Hartnell (WS) Adoration 2 to 4 pm & 6 to 8 pm ‘The Light is on for You’ ~ Reconciliation
Thurs 21st Dec O Rising Sun
6.30am ‘Rorate Mass’ Ethne + Robert Morgan
Fri 22nd December O King
9.45am
10.00am
Morning Prayer of the Church
Carmel Thomas (TT)
Sat 23rd Dec
O Immanuel
5.45 – 6.15pm
6.30pm
The Sacrament of Reconciliation 4th Sunday of ADVENT For the People of the Parish
Sun 24th December
10.30am
4th Sunday of ADVENT Children of the Parish
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THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:
Wednesday 7.00 – 8.00pm with a visiting confessor, Saturday 5.45pm to 6.15pm, or at any time by arrangement with the priest.
Bereaved? BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT provides a safe place to enable you to come
to terms with your grief. One-to-one and group support available. For details contact 02920 863450.
JOINING THE CHURCH AS AN ADULT: To learn more about the Catholic Faith,
please come along to the Hall every second Wednesday at 7.30pm for ‘Catholicism, an introduction’. The next gathering will be Wednesday 3rd January. Come and see.
“Love cannot bear not to have sight of what it loves. That is why holy people felt their life worth nothing if they could not see the Lord. That is why love that longs to see God has the spirit of devotion. Finally that is why the nations fashioned idols:- in these false things they wanted to see with their own eyes what they were worshipping.” Saint Peter Chrysologus
PARISH PRAYER LIST: In our prayers we are asked to pray for all who are sick or
housebound, and those who care for them, including: Pamela Griffiths Teresa Meade Sheila Harris Gerry Phenis Graham Jenkins Sandra Bray Jean Kerrigan Lloyd Jones John Maguire Cecelia Mawby Pat Emanuelli Dorothy Warmsley Isobel Cummins Pauline Richards David Mabey Valerie Donovan Paul Costigan Margaret Jones Carol Morrissey Claris Howell
Tess Thomas Grace Donovan Mary Camwell Wilson Brown Alice Jones
David Warmsley Mary + Bill Morrissey
The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ 6.00pm Carols
6.30pm Vigil Mass (The people of the Parish)
11.30pm Carols
12midnight Midnight Mass (Our Loved ones)
Thus 25th December 10.30am Day Mass (The people of the Parish)
REJOICE !
Today is ‘GAUDETE (or Rejoicing) SUNDAY’ and also ‘BAMBINELLI SUNDAY’. Please lay the baby Jesus figure from your crib set under the Advent wreath, to be blessed at the end of Mass, so that you can then take it home to put in the crib on Christmas night, the first and best Christmas present.
‘Make a Straight Path’: For health and safety and, more importantly, for a proper and
dignified celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, plenty of preparation and volunteering for the many different rolls and ministries is necessary. In particular we need Welcomers and
Ushers, especially to manage the large crowds at 6.30 Mass on Christmas Eve: If you can help, please sign up on the list in the porch. Thank you. We also need all the ‘regulars’ to be bold and loud and confident in their actions and responses at Mass, to open the way and lead visiting worshippers less familiar with our rituals. This too is part of our ‘Ministry of Welcome’.
We are invited to join in the HOSPITAL CAROL SERVICE at YYF, Ystrad
Mynach Hospital, this Tuesday at 7pm in the Cafeteria: Carols, poems, and readings, followed by coffee and mince pies: All are welcome!
‘RORATE MASS’, ‘pour down you dawning light, O Lord’: Following a
tradition of an early morning Mass to finalise our preparations for the birth of Our Saviour, we will have an early (6.30am!) Mass on Thursday, 21st, the Shortest Day, followed by breakfast: Book that dawn!
And then it’s Christmas. Oh No It’s Not! The fourth Sunday of Advent comes first, with the usual Mass times.
CHRSITMAS MASS TIMES: The Vigil Mass of Christmas Eve (with Blessing of the Crib and the Readings of the
Mass in the Night) will be at 6.30pm, with Carols before starting at 6.00pm. Please
arrive in good time so as not to disturb the carols and prayer. If you come in after 6pm,
please do so quietly and respectfully.
The Midnight Mass of Christmas (with Readings of the Mass in the Night) will
be at 12 Midnight, with Carols before starting at 11.30pm. Come to share the
wonder.
The Day Mass of Christmas day (with its own Readings) will be at 10.30am.
What better way to start the dawn and new day of our salvation.
‘SHARE THE JOURNEY’: Pope Francis has asked us to share
the journey of people on the move: War, persecution, natural disaster and poverty force millions of people from their homes. Most come from
poor countries and seek safety in poor countries nearby. As we remember the journey of Joseph and the expectant Mary to Bethlehem, and their latter flight to Egypt with the infant Jesus, we cannot turn away. The Migrants are human beings, with hopes, fears, desires and stories to share, just like each one of us. As World leaders negotiate two global agreements on refugees and migration between now and autumn 2018 when they are due to be agreed at the United Nations, the Pope asks us to work on our leaders not to turn away. To learn more, please go to www. cafod.org.uk/Campaign/Refugee-action. You may also enjoy the Cafod Advent Calendar on www.cafod.org.uk/Pray/Advent-Calendar.
JUST DESSERTS for the Night Shelter! With grateful thanks and more requests we are looking for Desserts for the Night Shelter on each Sunday evening from the 31st December through to the 25th February. Nick Trodd will be at the back of Church at 6:30pm Mass and Cliff Bray at the 10:30 Mass to make up the list. We are most grateful for these donations and Thank you.
REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS, AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE !
AGAIN I SAY REJOICE !
REJOICE !
SAINT HELEN’S COMMUNITY CENTRE – THIS WEEK:
Date Time Event
Wed 20th December 9.30am Parents & Toddlers
Thurs 21st December 7.00am 9.30am
Breakfast ! Parents & Toddlers
Sun 24th December 11.30am Tea, Coffee, & Biscuits
OFFERTORY COLLECTION 10th December 2017
Gift Aid Weekly £ 135.00
Non Gift Aid Weekly £ 113.52
Gift Aid Standing Orders £ 502.04
Non Gift Aid Standing Orders £ 65.00
Loose £ 220.75
TOTAL £1036.31 Many thanks
Sick and Retired Clergy Fund £ 338.80
LOTTERY BONUS BALL CONGRATULATIONS to Pat Davies, the winner of the Bonus
Ball no. 40. A total of £75.00 was made for parish funds. No winners on the second or third sheet. TRY YOUR LUCK AGAIN THIS WEEK.
Attention all Gift Aiders! We now have the letters from the Archdiocese regarding your
contribution for 2016-17. If you would like yours, for tax or other purposes, please email [email protected] or leave a message with Canon John.
The CRIB OFFERINGS this year will go to Llamau and other Welfare Charities for Children
and Young People in Wales at risk and in need of physical, emotional, and spiritual support.
CHRISTIAN PRAYER (From the Catechism of the Catholic Church) Section Two: The Lord’s Prayer: ‘Our Father’ Article 3: The Seven Petitions.
V. ‘And Forgive Us Our Trespasses As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us’. And forgive us our trespasses….
(2839) With bold confidence, we began praying to our Father. In begging him that his name
be hallowed, we were in fact asking him that we ourselves might be always made more holy.
But though we are clothed with the baptismal garment, we do not cease to sin, to turn away
from God. Now, in this new petition, we return to him like the prodigal son and, like the tax
collector, recognize that we are sinners before him. (Cf. Luke 15: 11-32; 18: 13.) Our petition begins
with a ‘confession’ of our wretchedness and his mercy. Our hope is firm because, in his Son,
‘we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.’ (Colossians 1: 14; Ephesians 1: 7.) We find the
efficacious and undoubted sign of his forgiveness in the sacraments of his Church. (Cf. Matthew
26: 28; John 20: 23.)
Catechism of the Catholic Church 1992
Parish Directory Priest: Revd. John Kelly 20883192; Chair of Parish Council: Graham Taylor 20860919
Church Student: Elliot Hanson: 20883192; Safeguarding Officer: 20864112 SVP: 20866838
Bereavement support: 20863450 Cafod: 20861930 Marriage Care: [email protected]
Music: Brett Pugh 07971848734. Hall: 20883192 Piety shop: Norma Bromily 20862998
Saint Helen’s School: 20852532 Cardinal Newman School: 01443 494110
Newsletter items: 20883192 Calendar Additions: [email protected]
[email protected] www.sthelenscaerphilly.com Website Additions: [email protected]
Saint Helen is a Parish of the Archdiocese of Cardiff, a Registered Charity.
THANK YOU for the generous response to the retiring collection for the
Sick & Retired Clergy last week. If you missed it, there are envelope for it in the porch.
