28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
View from a Pew
Matthew’s gospel yet again, reads as angry, urgent and with a sense of climax, of time running out. The king is throwing a party for his son, who would not relish an invitation? Well many it seems although when would they get such a chance again to meet royalty. The king’s anger in part must be because he feels hurt for his son. The parables are getting more and more pointed, increasingly the closeness of the father and the son emphasised. The bottom line seems to be to seize the day , be alert, and to remember that by rejecting the father you are rejecting his son, and that to rejoice with the son is to rejoice with the father. Must say I do feel a bit sorry for the guest without appropriate wedding outfit. Poor man, he might just have been swept in with the crowd,
at least he should have been given a second chance don’t you think?
Notices
LIVE STREAMING – When possible Morning and Evening Prayer and the weekday masses will continue to be live streamed via www.facebook.com/frandrewswift
ROSARY GROUP
Meets on:
Second Wednesdays at S. Werburgh’s (6.30pm)
Third Thursdays at S. Saviour’s (10.30am)
Fourth Fridays at Holy Trinity (11.30am)
APCM dates:
Sunday 25th October
CONFIRMATION
Bishop Jonathan will be coming to the Team to confirm on Sunday 22nd November, Christ the King. There will therefore be only one Parish Mass that day, at 11am in S. Werburgh’s in order to best accommodate everyone!
THIS WEEK’S DIARY
TWENTY-EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
Lectionary Cycle – Sundays Year A – Weekdays Year II
Monday 12th October Wilfrid, Bp & Missionary (W)
(for the SSWH)
9.00am Morning Prayer (SS)
6.00pm Evening Prayer (SS)
7.00pm Mass (SS)
Tuesday 13th October S. Edward the Confessor, King (W)
(for Her Majesty the Queen)
9.00am Morning Prayer (HT)
10.00am Mass (HT)
6.00pm Evening Prayer (HT)
Wednesday 14th October S. Callistus, PM & M (R)
(for the sick and needy)
9.00am Morning Prayer (SW)
6.30pm Rosary Group (SW)
6.00pm Evening Prayer (SW)
7.00pm Mass (SW)
Thursday 15th October S. Teresa of Avila, V & Dr (W)
(for fortitude in the face of ridicule)
9.00am Morning Prayer (SS)
10.00am Mass (SS)
6.00pm Evening Prayer (SW)
Friday 16th October S. Hedwig, Rel (W)
(for the church in Poland)
9.00am Morning Prayer (SW)
12noon Mass (HT)
6.00pm Evening Prayer (HT)
Saturday 17th October S. Ignatius of Antioch, Bp & M (R)
(for the church in Syria)
10.00am Holy Communion (SW)
Sunday 18th October TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY
(Our parish, mission and outreach) IN ORDINARY TIME (G)
9.30am SAID PARISH MASS (SW)
10.30am SAID PARISH MASS (HT)
11.30 am SAID PARISH MASS (SS)
