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Sunday, 19th February 2012

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Isaiah 48:18-19.21-22.24-25
No need to think about what was done before.

Second Reading: Corinthians 1:18-22
Remember it is God who assures us all.

Gospel: Mark 2:1-12
My child your sins are forgiven you.

Sunday, 19th February 2012

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic: “My child, your sins are forgiven.” The sick man in the Gospel came to Jesus looking for health and he was offered forgiveness, good health followed. We often look for wealth and we are offered peace, our possessions then don’t seem just as important. We look for pleasure and we are offered joy, the ordinary things of life are so pleasurable. We look for power and we are offered love, the greatest power of all because it helps us to forget ourselves. The sins we most often need forgiveness for are found in the ways we look for the wrong things in life and miss out on the really important ones. Those important things are first of all to be found in the intimate relationships we have in marriage and family life and secondly in the wider community that can bring us life.

Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.

Lent

Begins this Wednesday, 22nd February ASH WEDNESDAY

Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is this week on 22nd February. It is a day of both fast and abstinence. Fasting - having only one meal and two small meals - is obligatory for those aged between eighteen and sixty, with the exception of those are ill or have a medical condition. Abstinence, which means abstaining from meat, is obligatory for all those who are over fourteen years of age. The Masses on Ash Wednesday will be in the Sacred Heart Church at 8 am, 10 am, and 7.30 pm. Ashes will be distributed after all Masses on Wednesday.

Lenten Mass During the season of Lent there will be an 8 am Mass in the Sacred Heart Church from Monday to Friday. Come along and make this part of your Lenten practices.

God alone can give faith, But you can be his witness.
God alone can give hope,
But you can give confidence to your brothers and sisters.
God alone can give love, But you can teach others how to love.
God alone can give peace, But you can sow the seeds of unity.
God alone can give strength, But you can help the weak.
God alone is the Way, But you can show it to others.
God alone is light, But you can make it shine in the eyes of all.
God alone is life, But you can share your desire to live.
God alone can do the impossible, But you can do all that is possible.
God alone is enough, But he prefers to count on your help.

(Brazilian prayer)