NEWSLETTER

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament one hour before Mass or Eucharistic Services followed by Prayer of the Church.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Tuesday evening after Mass and By Appointment.

SUNDAY: Stations of the Cross at 5.00 p.m.

FRANCES HOGAN: Frances will be visiting St. Michael’s for Holy week this year and our Lenten preparations will be based on the Holy Week programme she has prepared. Details of talks and services will be made available as soon as possible.

NEW PARISHIONERS: If you are new to the Parish or have been here only a short while please take one of the Welcome packs in the porch. These packs contain a lot of information which new parishioners should find helpful.

THANK-YOU to the Ladies of the Catholic Women’s Guild for their most generous gift to St. Michael’s Church of £500.00.

REFLECTION FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT.

As we saw in last week’s Gospel:

• Lent is also the time to go into the desert with Jesus.
• There we confront our own sinfulness and weakness.
• We are confronted by the demons who try to stop us persevering.
• There we meet God in a deeper way and commit ourselves to Him forever.

Following the wilderness experience we will:

• Like the Apostles SEE Jesus transformed into LIGHT (see Psalm 104:1-2).
• HEAR God the Father reveal who Jesus really is.
• SEE a vision of Moses an Elijah (Law and Prophets) showing the place of Jesus as the fulfilment of God’s Word.
He is THE WORD INCARNATE.

The veil is closed again so that the Apostles continue their journey of faith and hope.
Today the Church lets US have a preview of the glory to come in order to encourage us to go deeply into the Lenten mystery, keeping our eyes fixed on the glory to come.