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St Martin de Porres Catholic Church, Luton Fr Michael Patey • 366 Leagrave High Street • Luton • LU4 0NG
01582 663706 • [email protected] www.stmartindeporreschurch.org.uk
@stmartins1962
F i r s t S u n d a y o f L e n t
STATIONS OF THE CROSS – today (Sunday) at 4pm and Friday at 6:30pm.
CAFOD FAST DAY – is on Friday 23rd February – the second collection next Sunday will be for the proceeds of our fasting. There are CAFOD gift aid envelopes in the porch – these are particularly useful if UK tax payers fill in the details
FRIDAY LUNCH CLUB – Profits go to CAFOD during Lent.
BOOKS – There are lots of Catholic books in the porch waiting to be read – help yourself for a small donation.
FRIDAYS OF LENT – 9am Mass celebrated by Fr Peter.
PARISH ADMINISTRATOR – we welcome Jenny Duffy to the parish office from this Monday. Jenny’s hours/days are Monday to Thursday, 9:15am – 1:15pm.
NEWSLETTER ITEMS – need to be received by Wednesday to be considered for the following Sunday’s newsletter.
LENTEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS Thanks to all our volunteers who will lead/coordinate the stations on Fridays at 6:30pm. Please open the Church by 6pm and prepare the cross and the orders of service ready for the service. 1-3 people can carry the cross from station to station while the leader leads the spoken parts and sings the verse between stations.
Friday 23rd February Legion of Mary Friday 2nd March CFC (Couples for Christ) Friday 9th March Clara Bailey & team Friday 16th March Michael Williams & team Friday 23rd March YFC (Youth for Christ) Friday 30th March Good Friday
SISTER EILEEN O’MAHONY RIP– A memorial Mass is arranged to mark the passing in January of Sister Eileen O’Mahony, a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, who established the Charity that is NOAH Enterprise back in 1987. Bishop Peter will be celebrating Mass which will be at 12.45pm on Thursday, 8th March 2018, at Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 52 Castle Street, Luton LU1 3HG, followed by refreshments in the Church Hall. It would be great if you were free on the day to concelebrate.
REQUIESCANT IN PACE - Please pray for the repose of the soul of Bridget Bell, RIP
(mother of our senior server at 11am Mass, James). Bridget died in the early hours of Friday morning, 16th February, aged 90.
- We pray for Pamela Kelly, RIP who died on Friday 9th February, aged 82. Pamela’s funeral Mass will take place on Thursday 8th March at 1pm.
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING COURSE DATES – Sat 17th March, Sat 21st April & Sat 26th May. 3.00 – 5.30pm.
CONFIRMATION SESSION – the second session is this Thursday 22nd February from 6:45pm – 8:30pm.
NEXT FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLASS – Friday 23rd Feb, 5:30pm (Group 1) and Saturday 24th Feb, 11am (Group 2).
SUNDAY 18TH FEBRUARY 2018 Sat 6:30pm Thanda Ittira, RIP
9:00am The People of the Parish
11:00am Lucy Brajkovic, RIP
4:00pm Stations of the Cross
Monday – Weekday of Lent
9:00am Margaret Little, RIP
Tuesday – Weekday of Lent
9:00am Alice Lonergan, Int.
Wednesday – Weekday of Lent
6:30pm Tony Lynch (good health)
7:00 – 7:30pm Adoration & Confessions
Thursday – St Peter’s Chair
9:00am Anne McKenna, RIP
Friday – St Polycarp
9:00am Michael O’Donoghue, RIP
6:30pm Stations of the Cross
SATURDAY – CONFESSIONS 5:30PM – 6:00PM
SATURDAY – MASS AT 6:30PM
Next Sunday – Second Sunday of Lent
Sat 6:30pm Bridget McLoughlin, RIP
9:00am Bern Corrigan, RIP
11:00am The People of the Parish
4:00pm Stations of the Cross
Charismatic Prayer Group: Friday 7:30pm in the Lady Chapel. Legion of Mary: Friday 7:30pm in the Hall. Lunch Club: Fridays 11:30am onwards.
The Word this Week
We begin our Lenten journey at the decisive moment of
the flood, when God establishes his first Covenant with
man, in the person of Noah. Noah was saved from the
waters, while we (as Saint Peter points out) are saved
by the waters of Baptism. This is the Covenant we live
in, thanks to Christ, who came to establish this “new
and eternal Covenant in his blood”. He is the only one
who can do this, because he is without sin, despite
“having been tempted in every way that we are”.
First Reading – Genesis 9:8-15
God's covenant with Noah after he had saved him from the waters of the flood.
God spoke to Noah and his sons, ‘See, I establish my Covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; also with every living creature to be found with you, birds, cattle and every wild beast with you: everything that came out of the ark, everything that lives on the earth. I establish my Covenant with you: no thing of flesh shall be swept away again by the waters of the flood. There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again.’
God said, ‘Here is the sign of the Covenant I make between myself and you and every living creature with you for all generations: I set my bow in the clouds and it shall be a sign of the Covenant between me and the earth. When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, I will recall the Covenant between myself and you and every living creature of every kind. And so the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all things of flesh.’
Responsorial Psalm – 24(25):4-6,7b-9 YOUR WAYS, LORD, ARE FAITHFULNESS AND LOVE FOR THOSE WHO KEEP YOUR COVENANT.
Second Reading – 1 Peter 3:18-22 That water is a type of baptism which saves you now.
Christ himself, innocent though he was, had died once for
sins, died for the guilty, to lead us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life, and, in the spirit, he went to preach to the spirits in prison. Now it was long ago, when Noah was still building that ark which saved only a small group of eight people ‘by water’, and when God was still waiting patiently, that these spirits refused to believe. That water is a type of the baptism which saves you now, and which is not the washing off of physical dirt but a pledge made to God from a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has entered heaven and is at God’s right hand, now that he has made the angels and Dominations and Powers his subjects.
Gospel Acclamation MAN DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.
Gospel – Mark 1:12-15 Jesus was tempted by Satan, and the angels looked after him.
The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the angels looked after him.
After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.’
Thanks to our Offertory Counters This Week: Team 3: Josephine & Tabitha Next Week: Team 4: Breda & Anne H Thanks to our Church Cleaners This Week: Team 1: Sheila, Betty, Anne & Mary Next Week: Team 2: Charismatic Prayer Group Useful Contact Details + Charlotte Seery (Parish Secretary)
[email protected] + Jenny Duffy (Parish Administrator) [email protected] + Parish Hall Bookings: Contact Maura on 01582 724623
between 6pm-8pm. THANK YOU FOR YOUR OFFERINGS Collection: Sunday 11th February – £1187.17
