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Daily Prayers Lent 3

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ST PATRICK PATRON OF IRELAND 17TH MARCH

DEACON GEORGE’S HOMILY FOR SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT

Jesus often went up a mountain to be alone, to pray and converse with his Father.     And today was no different.  Now, a week earlier, Jesus had asked Peter, “Who do you say I am?  Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  So this time, Jesus decides to take with him, Peter, James and John, his closest disciples, and go up the mountain.  Whilst on the mountain top, Jesus receives an answer, and a response to his prayer.     Jesus is transformed, his appearance changes, and his garments shine with heavenly brightness.  His face does not belong to this world but is like that of the world to come.  The disciples are having a glimpse of the glorified Christ.  This glory denotes the presence of heavenly royalty, and the Kingdom of God is in the midst of his people…..

Complete Homily for 2nd Sunday in Lent

Daily Prayers Lent 2

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STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN CHURCH EVERY FRIDAY AT 11.15AM

Bishop’s Pastoral Letter First Sunday of Lent 2025.
My dear people,
With the placing of the blessed ash on our foreheads we have begun once more the Holy Season of Lent, remembering that we are dust, and into dust we will one day return. We may be familiar with Lent, with its penances, its call to more heartfelt prayer and its call to share more generously with the poor, but this is a new Lent for us all. We are asked not merely to repeat what we have done before, but to go deeper into the life of Christ. The world has changed over these past twelve months, not all for the better, and we too have all grown older.
Let us take a moment to pray for our Holy Father, Pope Francis, as he continues to struggle with poor health and the frailty of his years. He still leads us. His example is a rich lesson in Christian discipleship….

Bishop’s Pastoral Letter Lent 2025

Daily Prayers Lent 1

MASS AT KENDAL WILL BE AT 12 NOON AND 7PM ON WEDNESDAY 5TH MARCH

AND AT KIRKBY LONSDALE ON TUESDAY 4TH MARCH AT 5.30PM

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Fr Hugh’s Homily for 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time

There are some of us, of course I am not including myself, who when asked directions we just want to be helpful.  So the car pulls up beside us full of tourists, or a lorry from away somewhere, and they ask us the way to Staveley for example, or how to get to the Spar in Heron Hill.  And for some reason we give them directions when we are really not sure at all of the way.  How the one-way system will be a real problem, or what roads are open and so on.  So off they go, and we feel quite pleased with ourselves, leaving them going off in all sorts of directions, but never the right one…..

Complete Homily for 8th Sunday

Daily Prayers Week 8

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Fr Hugh’s Homily for 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Many of you may know the story of John Pridmore.  He grew up in the East End of London, mother a Catholic but the family did not practice.  Father left home early in John’s life.  He quickly began fighting and then discovered that dealing in drugs made him a lot of fast money.  He basically became a gangster.  Lived a life of violence and promiscuity. At 19 he was in prison.  As he said, he never actually decided on this way of life, it simply happened.  At some point his step-father gave him a Bible and with little to do he began to read it and he came across the story of the Prodigal Son, which we all know so well.  This was the moment he began to change. What he discovered was that, just like the younger son who went off with his Father’s money and wasted it, his life felt completely empty…..

Complete Homily for 7th Sunday

Daily Prayers Week 7

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I have called you by your name… you are mine!

As Catholics we are called to bring God’s Light to the world. Our faith is not just a matter of what we believe nor is it just a matter of how we live our lives. We exist so the world might find its salvation in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Faith is a matter of what we are and who we are and we are sons and daughters of God. God, the Creator of the Universe, the One who knows what is happening on remote planets in solar systems millions of light years away from here, looks at us and says, “They are mine! They entered my family when they were baptised. I did not just give them life. I gave them my life.” Many of us are confirmed, the Lord looks on us and says, “These are the leaders of my people. They are my front line. I am giving them my Power, my Holy Spirit so they can bring others to me. They are mine and I am theirs.” What are we? We are the people of God. May we have the courage to be the people God created us to be.

RACIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY: This weekend the Catholic Church in England and Wales will celebrate Racial Justice Sunday – the theme is: “You are at the heart of the Church”. We will celebrate the contribution of Travelling Communities to the Church in England and Wales. It is an opportunity for us to pray for, reflect on and respond to racial justice matters within the Church and wider society. There are plenty of leaflets for this in church – please take one.

HCPT CHILDREN’S PILGRIMAGES TO LOURDES –  There will be a meeting at 12 noon on Saturday 15th February in the parish centre if you are interested in finding out more details about the HCPT & Lourdes Pilgrimages.

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Some years ago now, the Church changed today’s feast from a Feast of Mary, the Purification, to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Since Simeon called Jesus the Light of the Nations, this feast is also the day that candles are blessed and for that reason is sometimes called Candlemas. In the Eastern Church, today’s feast is called the Feast of the Encounter; the first encounter of the Old Testament, represented by Simeon, Anna and the Temple, with the New Testament represented by the Lord. Jesus is presented in the Temple following the ancient Jewish Laws. In the New Law of the Kingdom of God, Jesus’ own body will become the New Temple. For us any encounter with the Lord is a step into the spiritual; a step into New Life. The material things we have now will be lost at the end of our lives, but Christ and His love and the way we love Him in others, that is the new life that is forever. On this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, we ask God to transform us from people tied to the material to those whose encounters with Christ leads us to live for the new, for the spiritual.

We will be having a POWER OF ATTORNEY AND DNR MEETING in the parish centre on Saturday 8^th February at 10.30am.  We will be joined by a nurse and a doctor who will talk to us about the use of Power of Attorney and ‘do not resuscitate’ forms.  If this may be of use or helpful to you please do come along.

The latest Parish Magazine is now available.  Paper copies are in church or you can download your copy here    Parish Magazine Issue 5 Winter 2020

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Peter and Andrew, James and John heard the Lord’s call, dropped everything and followed Him.  They weren’t the sort of people anyone would suspect of being religious; they were simple fishermen.   They weren’t the sort of people anyone would suspect could convince others to change their lives nor were they the sort of people that anyone would suspect could take the position of leadership in the conversion of the world – but they were!  They responded to a call and God worked His wonders through them. They, and their companions, weren’t an easy bunch to train in the Lord’s way. They wanted Jesus to call down fire and brimstone on the Samaritans.  They fought over who would have the greatest authority in the Kingdom of heaven.  They ran in fear when Jesus was arrested.  There must have been times when Mary just rolled her eyes!  But they did learn and as a result we are here, members of the Church.  The disciples had a secret teacher, a mystical teacher; they had the Holy Spirit.  Filled with the Holy Spirit they were able to transform their lives and convey the joy of serving Christ to their companions…  …and so can we!

First Holy Communion Children

This weekend we welcome the children who are setting out on their journey to making their First Holy Communion.  The first part of their journey will be to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  Please keep them all in your prayers as they are presented to the parish today.

Delight at new latrines!  Parishioners at Sitima Parish extend their greetings and sincere thanks to the parishioners of Holy Trinity and St George for their generosity in funding the build of two new latrines and the restoration of others.

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