Newsletter 4th August 2024
Sunday Masses: Saturday 6.30pm first Mass of Sunday
– Sunday 9.30 and 11am and 5pm.The
Monday to Friday: Mass at 8am.
Saturday Mass at 10am
and 6.30pm
Confessions: Saturday 12 to 1
Today is the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Tuesday is the feast of the Transfiguration, Thursday the feast of St. Dominic and Saturday the feast of St. Lawrence – he appears in one of the stained-glass windows in the Church.
The various works on the Church properties should have been completed. The entrance gates look very smart. The Angelus Room has been redecorated. Please, no feet put up against the wall leaving black marks!
It is has come far too quickly but I have now reached my final month as Parish Priest. This week the school will be coming to collect many of my books. There will be no room for them in the flat so it is good that they can be used elsewhere.
During this month, the organists and the choirs are taking a break. There will be a Latin Mass at 11am today but this will be a said Mass without music.
The repairs to the organ were delayed: the organ builder caught Covid – but the repairs have now been completed.
Thank you for all the forms for First Communion and Confirmation classes.
I will pass these to the new priest, and he will be in touch with you to let you know when the classes have been organised.
And some Belloc this week:
Matilda told such dreadful lies
It made one gasp and stretch one’s eyes;
Her Aunt, who from her earliest youth,
Had kept a strict regard for truth,
Attempted to believe Matilda;
The effort very nearly killed her.
And a prayer:
Lord, fill our hearts with the spirit of your charity, that we may please you by our thoughts and in our love for those around us.
Put an egg in a ramekin and bake in the oven in a dish of water until the egg is just set. Leave to cool and add some mayonnaise. To finish, add some peeled prawns on top. Serve at room temperature.
Plenty of apples in the garden this year. You are welcome to take some home if you can find some good ones before the birds and animals peck them. The fig tree continues to flourish.
Some extra-ordinary things have appeared during the clear out: a 1960s map of the Madrid trolleybus system and a programme for a late-night special trip to unused stations on the Paris Metro. Life has been interesting!
The boy and his sister both had very enjoyable birthdays. They will be coming to the celebration on 1st September and have been given special tasks to read at the Mass.
Cabin Crew – prepare for landing.
Best wishes to you all,
Monsignor Nicholas Rothon.