26th June 2022 - 13th Sunday of the Year - Year C

 

                                                                        (Parish News follows Liturgy of the Word)


                                                                                       LITURGY OF THE WORD


First Reading:  A reading from the first book of Kings [19:16. 19-21]
Elisha rose and followed Elijah.
The Lord said to Elijah: ‘Go, you are to anoint Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel Meholah, as prophet to succeed you.’

Leaving there, Elijah came on Elisha son of Shaphat as he was ploughing behind twelve yoke of oxen, he himself being with the twelfth. Elijah passed near to him and threw his cloak over him.  Elisha left his oxen and ran after Elijah. ‘Let me kiss my father and mother, then I will follow you’ he said. Elijah answered, ‘Go, go back; for have I done anything to you?’  Elisha turned away, took the pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He used the plough for cooking the oxen, then gave to his men, who ate. He then rose, and followed Elijah and became his servant.
© 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman and Todd, and Doubleday and Co Inc., and used by permission.
 

Responsorial Psalm [Ps 15:1-2. 5. 7-11]
Response:  O Lord, it is you who are my portion.

Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you.
I say to the Lord: ‘You are my God.’
O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup;
it is you yourself who are my prize.

I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel,
who even at night directs my heart.
I keep the Lord ever in my sight:
since he is at my right hand, I shall stand firm.

And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad;
even my body shall rest in safety.
For you will not leave my soul among the dead,
nor let your beloved know decay.

You will show me the path of life,
the fullness of joy in your presence,
at your right hand happiness for ever.

Second Reading:  A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Galatians  [5:1. 13-18]
You were called to liberty.
When Christ freed us, he meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.

My brothers, you were called, as you know, to liberty; but be careful, or this liberty will provide an opening for self-indulgence. Serve one another, rather, in works of love, since the whole of the Law is summarised in a single command:

Love your neighbour as yourself.  If you go snapping at each other and tearing each other to pieces, you had better watch or you will destroy the whole community.

Let me put it like this: if you are guided by the Spirit you will be in no danger of yielding to self-indulgence, since self-indulgence is the opposite of the Spirit, the Spirit is totally against such a thing, and it is precisely because the two are so opposed that you do not always carry out your good intentions.  If you are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you.
© 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman and Todd, and Doubleday and Co Inc., and used by permission.

Alleluia, alleluia!
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:
you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!

Gospel:  A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke [9:51-62]
Jesus resolutely took the road for Jerusalem.  I will follow you wherever you go.
As the time drew near for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely took the road for Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive him because he was making for Jerusalem.  Seeing this, the disciples James and John said, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?’  But he turned and rebuked them, and they went off to another village.

As they travelled along they met a man on the road who said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go’.  Jesus answered, ‘Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head’.

Another to whom he said, ‘Follow me’, replied, ‘Let me go and bury my father first’.  But he answered, ‘Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God’.

Another said, ‘I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say good-bye to my people at home’.  Jesus said to him, ‘Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God’.
© 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman and Todd, and Doubleday and Co Inc., and used by permission.


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                                                                                                    PARISH NEWS

WELCOME
If you are just visiting our parish today, we bid you welcome.  If this is the first time you have been to Mass for a while, welcome back!  We hope our time together unites us in God’s love.

SECOND COLLECTION
The second collection this weekend is in aid of Peter’s Pence.
Next weekend there will be a second collection in St Patrick’s in aid of the Building Fund.

HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
This Wednesday is the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul.  Please note changes to our usual Mass timetable.

LEAVERS MASSES
Leavers Mass this Monday at 10.00am in Ss Kenneth & Bernard’s church with the children from St Kenneth’s primary school.
Leavers Mass this Wednesday at 10.00am in St Patrick’s church with the children from St Patrick’s primary school.
These pupils will shortly be moving on to Secondary Education, please remember them in your prayers.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Charlize Tennant, daughter of Michael & Marta, who was baptised last Saturday in St Bride’s church.  We welcome her as a child of God.

WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES
The World Meeting of Families will take place in Rome this week with the Holy Father, the theme will be Family Love: a Vocation and a Path to Holiness.
We are asked to join with Pope Francis spiritually in prayer and celebration this weekend.  Please pick up a prayer card from the back of our churches.

DIVINE MERCY
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is recited each Monday at 9:30am, before 10:00am Mass in Ss Kenneth & Bernard’s and each Thursday after the 10:00am Mass in St Bride’s.

ORATORY
This group is open to all primary school children aged 6 - 12 years of age.  The group will meet each Friday in St Patrick’s hall between 4.00pm and 6.00pm.  Cost is £1-00.
Meetings will resume after the summer holidays.

                   Attendance/Offertory Collections Sunday, 19th June 2022