Mass Times
Weekend Masses: Saturday evening at 6:00 pm
and Sunday at 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 12 noon
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Welcome everyone to OLSG parish. Advent Blessings. Please keep up to date with the events in our Parish through our newsletters.
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Words from Canon Niall ~
Repentance is a daily experience that renews our baptism. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand What should be our response to the coming of heaven? Should it be worship, praise and giving thanks? Ironically, those are good responses, but in Matthew's gospel, not the ideal ones. Jesus never reprimands people for failing to worship or give thanks in this gospel compare Luke *7:17-18), but he does rebuke those who have witnessed his mighty works and not repented (11:20-24). For Matthew, the ideal response seems to be repentance. We know from Jesus’ teaching in Matthew that people can worship God with their lips even when their deeds demonstrate that their hearts are far from God (15 3-9). Thus, the responsive worship of the crowds in 9.8and 5:31 is commendable but will be in vain if performed with unrepentant hearts. It is Matthew's warning to the overtly religious of his day, the Pharisees and Sadducees and perhaps to us in this season of Advent it is good to want to celebrate and praise, but make your priority repentance. Let the coming one change our lives.
Have a blessed week.
Adoration: The last day for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be Wednesday 17th December, 2025. Adoration will resume on Monday 5th January, 2026.
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Reverse Advent Calendar see poster on Noticeboard and included in newsletter. We are inviting you to collect items throughout Advent by following our Reverse Advent Calendar. All the items you collect can be placed in a box or container, wrapped or decorated for Christmas, and then donated so you can decide what donations you can make towards helping families in need, in our Parish. Closing date Sunday 21st December.
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Christmas Season ~
Our parish Carol Service will be on Sunday 21st of December at 5pm in the church.
Masses for Christmas Eve will be at 6pm for the family Mass and 8pm for the other Mass.
Please note that there will be no midnight Mass.
Masses for Christmas Day will be 8:30am, 10am and 12 noon.
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Thresholds of Hope : the Vicariate for Adult Formation - another wonderful tool when proclaiming the good news of God's grace to all. St John Henry Newman believed that the lay faithful were to take a full part in the life of the Church, to be confident in expressing their Catholic Faith and willing to share its beauty with others. Hope you find this resource useful; more here https://thresholdsofhope.co.uk/
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