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Fr. Paul Wilkinson (University of Sussex) Chaplaincy News
Sr. Blanaid McCauley (University of Brighton) for the Universities
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3 Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) of Sussex & Brighton
Mass 6pm: Meeting House Sunday 21st January 2007
Today’s Liturgy saints
Acclamations: 433,34,38 Gathering Mass
Opening: 268 Our God reigns
Gloria: 408 Anderson Agnus Dei: 454 Gathering Mass
Communion: 572 Oh the word of my
A reading from the book of Nehemiah (8:2-6. Lord
8-10)
Ezra read from the law of God and the people Final: 702 The Kingdom of
understood what he read. Heaven
Psalm (18):
The law of the Lord is perfect, Fulfilled in your hearing.
it revives the soul, In today’s Liturgy of the Word we hear the
The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, beginning of Luke’s Gospel. This marks the
It gives wisdom to the simple. start of a journey through Luke’s Gospel over
the coming months. It was originally attached
The precepts of the Lord are right, to Luke’s other work, the Acts of the Apostles,
they gladden the heart. and the way in which the story of Jesus is told
The command of the Lord is clear, in the Gospel may be seen as preparing the way
it gives light to the eyes. for what happens in Acts.
The fear of the Lord is holy,
abiding for ever. When the Jews returned home from exile in
The decrees of the Lord are truth, Babylon, the nation needed to be rebuilt. The
and all of them just. Persians entrusted this task to Ezra. He had
brought with him from exile the book of the
May the spoken words of my mouth, Law of Moses, which he now solemnly
the thoughts of my heart, proclaimed to the people as we hear in today’s
win favour in your sight, O Lord, First Reading. In doing so he called on the
my rescuer, my rock! people to rededicate themselves to God.
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to We hear the proclamation of the word of God
the Corinthians (12:12-30) again in the Gospel, this time by Jesus. In the
You together are Christ’s body; but each of you synagogue in Nazareth, his home town, he
is a different part of it. reads from the book of Isaiah and identifies
himself with what he is reading. He uses it to
Alleluia: 411 Creation Mass vv, 1 & 2
announce the character of his own ministry.
A reading from the Gospel according to He is sent mainly not to the wealthy and the
Luke (1:1-4; 4:14-21) powerful, but to the poor and the lowly, the
This text is being fulfilled today. oppressed and the suffering. Concern for the
poor and the afflicted is a central theme of
This week’s collection is for the Common Luke’s writing.
Fund
Thos poor and afflicted for whom Jesus has
Offertory: 307 The light of Christ special concern, and must, therefore be our
Fr. Paul: Tel. B.698032/678217 E-mail: catholicsussex@aol.com
Sr. Blanaid: Tel. B.642955 E-mail: b.m.mccauley@bton.ac.uk
special concern are those deprived of a far share and to ask ourselves how we might live more
of the world’s riches, the oppressed, those simply, sustainably and in solidarity with the
unjustly treated in any way, and also the poor. There will be more details of the
spiritually poor and those who hunger for truth. livesimply campaign available soon.
- Fr. Paul
Student Retreat in Walsingham
There will be a weekend at The National Shrine
This Week of Our Lady, Walsingham, Norfolk, organised by
the ecumenical chaplaincy of Brighton
Mon Weekday of Ordinary Time
University, from 9th – 11th March. Cost: £65 (talk
Heb.9:15. 24–28; Ps 97; Mk 3:22-30
to a chaplain if the cost is a problem). Places are
12.35pm Mass MH
limited and are filling quickly. Please contact Sr
Tues Weekday Blanaid for further details.
Heb 10:1–10; Ps 39; Mk 3:31-35
8.35am Mass followed by ‘Student Cross’
breakfast, MH The annual Holy Week walking pilgrimage for
Rosary Group: 6.00pm at the students is a wonderful way to celebrate Easter.
Meeting House There will be further details available over the
next few weeks.
Wed St Francis de Sales
Heb10:11–18; Ps 109; Mk 4:1-20 Catholic Parliamentary Internships 2007-2008
1.20pm Mass, Steam House Now in its fourth year, this scheme will provide
Thurs The Conversion of St Paul five recently graduated Catholics with an
Acts 22:3–16; Ps116; Mk 16:15-18 intensive experience of political and social action
12.35pm Mass MH in a spiritual context. Three interns will be
based with Christian MPs at Westminster, and
Fri SS Timothy & Titus two with a Christian MEP in Brussels. All
Heb 10:32–39; Ps 36; Mk 4:26-34 internships will run from September 2007 – July
12.35pm Mass followed by bread & 2008.
cheese lunch in aid of CAFOD, MH
The core elements of the programme are:
Sat Weekday working with a Christian MP or MEP; spiritual
Heb 11:1–2. 8-19; Ps 506; Mk 4:35-41 guidance; studying Catholic social teaching; visits
to EU institutions and the Vatican, exploring the
Looking Ahead Church’s involvement in social action.
Closing date for applications: 1st March 2007.
Please take one of the cards for more details.
‘livesimply’
A network of Catholic organisations has come ‘Called By Name’
together to celebrate the 40th anniversary this A retreat for 20-35 year olds, 2nd – 4th February
year of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Populorum 2007. A weekend exploring your path in life:
Progressio, under the title ‘livesimply’. It was how God is calling you to live life to the full. An
launched nationally as part of National Youth opportunity to reflect upon vocation, identity,
Sunday. and how to discern God’s plan for you. It is
organised by The Vocation Group of the Diocese
A number of students represented our chaplaincy of Arundel & Brighton. For more information
at Arundel Cathedral as Bishop Kieran launched contact Jo Gilbert: 07916 341927,
the livesimply campaign in our diocese., In doing joziegilbert@hotmail.com
so he invited us all to look at how we live our lives
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