3rd July 2022 - 14th Sunday of the Year - Year C

 

                                                      (Parish News follows Liturgy of the Word)


                                                  LITURGY OF THE WORD


First Reading:  A reading from the prophet Isaiah [66:10-14]
Towards her I send flowing peace, like a river.
Rejoice, Jerusalem, be glad for her, all you who love her! Rejoice, rejoice for her, all you who mourned her!  That you may be suckled, filled, from her consoling breast, that you may savour with delight her glorious breasts.  For thus says the Lord: Now towards her I send flowing peace, like a river, and like a stream in spate the glory of the nations. At her breast will her nurselings be carried and fondled in her lap.  Like a son comforted by his mother will I comfort you.  And by Jerusalem you will be comforted.  At the sight your heart will rejoice, and your bones flourish like the grass. To his servants the Lord will reveal his hand.
© 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman and Todd, and Doubleday and Co Inc., and used by permission.
 

Responsorial Psalm [Ps 65:1-7. 16. 20]
Response:  Cry out with joy to God all the earth.

Cry out with joy to God all the earth,
O sing to the glory of his name.
O render him glorious praise.
Say to God: ‘How tremendous your deeds!’

‘Before you all the earth shall bow;
shall sing to you, sing to your name!’
Come and see the works of God,
tremendous his deeds among men.

He turned the sea into dry land,
they passed through the river dry-shod.
Let our joy then be in him;
He rules for ever by his might.

Come and hear, all who fear God.
I will tell what he did for my soul.
Blessed be God who did not reject my prayer
nor withhold his love from me.

Second Reading:  A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Galatians [6:14-18]
The marks on my body are those of the Lord Jesus.
The only thing I can boast about is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.  It does not matter if a person is circumcised or not; what matters is for him to become an altogether new creature.  Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, who form the Israel of God.  I want no more trouble from anybody after this; the marks on my body are those of Jesus.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, my brothers. Amen.
© 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman and Todd, and Doubleday and Co Inc., and used by permission.

Alleluia, alleluia!
I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you
everything I have learnt from my Father.
Alleluia!

Gospel:  A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke [10:1-12. 17-20]
Your peace will rest on that man.
The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him, in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit.  He said to them, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.  Start off now, but remember, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.  Carry no purse, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road.  Whatever house you go into, let your first words be, “Peace to this house!”  And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you.  Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the labourer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house.  Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is set before you.  Cure those in it who are sick, and say, “The kingdom of God is very near to you”.  But whenever you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into its streets and say, “We wipe off the very dust of your town that clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God is very near.”  I tell you, on that day it will not go as hard with Sodom as with that town.  The seventy-two came back rejoicing. ‘Lord,’ they said ‘even the devils submit to us when we use your name.’  He said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven.  Yes, I have given you power to tread underfoot serpents and scorpions and the whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you.  Yet do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice rather that your names are written in heaven.’
© 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman and Todd, and Doubleday and Co Inc., and used by permission.


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                                                     PARISH NEWS

WELCOME
If you are just visiting our parish today, we bid you welcome.  If this is the first time you have been to Mass for a while, welcome back!  We hope our time together unites us in God’s love.

PLEASE REMEMBER
Please remember in your prayers those who are on holiday and travelling at this time, may the Lord continue to watch over them and bless them with his care.

SECOND COLLECTION
The second collection this weekend in St Patrick’s is in aid of the Building Fund.

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK
If you know of a forthcoming visit to hospital involving serious illness or an operation and you wish to receive the Sacrament of Anointing, please speak to the parish priest and arrange to be anointed before admission.
Once in hospital, if you wish the Sacraments [Holy Communion, Confession, Anointing], please ensure that you make your wishes known to the hospital chaplaincy through the Charge Nurse on the ward.  Please do not leave your request to the last minute as you may not be guaranteed an immediate response.

ST PATRICK’S 100 CLUB WINNERS - 19/06/2022
1st Prize  No 50 - £100.00              Alistair Dalton
2nd Prize No 76 - £  50.00              Alison Matthews
Numbers are still available.  Subscription is only £1 per week and numbered envelopes are provided.  A draw will take place every 4 weeks, the prizes being 1st Prize - £100 and 2nd Prize - £50.

DIVINE MERCY
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is recited each Monday at 9:30am, before 10:00am Mass in Ss Kenneth & Bernard’s and each Thursday after the10:00am Mass in St Bride’s.

ORATORY
This group is open to all primary school children aged 6 - 12 years of age.  The group will meet each Friday in St Patrick’s hall between 4.00pm and 6.00pm.  Cost is £1-00.
Meetings will resume after the summer holidays.
 

            Attendance/Offertory Collections Sunday, 26th June 2022