Parishes of OUR LADY OF LOURDES & ST VINCENT DE PAUL

(HARROW RD) and

OUR LADY OF SORROWS, (PADDINGTON)

APRIL - MONTH OF HOLY EUCHARIST 28TH APRIL 2019

2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER (DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY)

Presbytery

337 Harrow Road, London, W9 3RB Tel: 020 7286 2170

Parish Priest

Fr. Michael Jarmulowicz michaeljarmulowicz@rcdow.org.uk

Harrow Rd Office

Parish Administrator: Mrs Jennifer Ellis

Office Hours: Mon & Friday 9 - 3 pm

Tel No: 020 7286 2170

E-mail: harrowroad@rcdow.org.uk

Website: parish.rcdow.org.uk/harrowroad

Paddington Office

Parish Administrator: Mrs Mandy O’Sullivan-Whitting

Office Hours; Thursday 10 - 2 pm

Tel No: 020 7286 2672

E-mail: paddington@rcdow.org.uk

Website: parish.rcdow.org.uk/paddington

Mass Times

Monday: 10:00 am (Harrow Rd)

Tuesday: 10:00 am (Paddington)

Wednesday No Mass

Thursday 10:00 am (Paddington

Friday 10:00 am (Harrow Rd)

Saturday: 10:00 am (Paddington)

6:00 pm (Harrow Rd)

(Vigil Mass of Sunday)

Sunday: 9:30 am (Paddington)

11:30 am (Harrow Rd)

Eucharistic Adoration

One hour before weekday morning Masses

plus

Friday: 10:30 - 11:00 am

Saturday: 5:00 - 5:45 pm

Confessions

During periods of exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

The Feast of Divine Mercy

The Church has always taught about God’s mercy, but it was only in the year

2000, during the canonisation Mass of St Faustina, that Pope John Paul II de-

clared that the Sunday after Easter should be kept as the Feast of Divine Mercy.

Pope John Paul II made two very important statements about mercy. First, he

wrote, "Mercy is love's second name." Secondly, he taught that mercy is "the

greatest attribute of God."

1) Mercy is Love's Second Name: Love can be defined as a sharing and giving

of oneself to another; a selfless seeking of the good of another. So mercy flows

from our love of neighbour. Mercy is not love itself but the practical expres-

sion of that love. Although playing games with one's children, or enjoying and

sharing conjugal love with one's spouse, or singing the praises of the Lord at

Mass would be considered acts of "love" we would not call them acts of

"mercy." On the other hand, giving bread to the hungry, drink to the thirsty,

clothes to the naked, and shelter to the homeless—or indeed bringing the

Good News of Jesus Christ to the lost and the broken—these are all acts of

merciful love: love stooping down to lift people out of their physical and spir-

itual miseries.

2) Mercy is the Greatest Attribute of God... Saint Thomas Aquinas defined

mercy as "the compassion in our hearts for another person's misery, a compas-

sion which drives us to do what we can to help him." Divine Mercy, therefore,

is the form that God's eternal love takes when he reaches out to us in the midst

of our need and our brokenness. Whatever our need or misery might be — sin,

guilt, suffering, or death — He is always ready to pour out his merciful, com-

passionate love for us, to help in time of need.

The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us — all of us.

And, he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that

we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to

others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.

The Divine Mercy message is one we can call to mind simply by remembering

ABC:

A - Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly,

repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon

the whole world.

B - Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us

to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does

to us.

C - Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His

mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we

will receive.

Please take this newsletter home with you

Parish News

Thank you. A very special thank you to all who made the

churches look so beautiful for our Easter celebrations as

well as those who participated in other ways. Also many

thanks to the gifts and cards you gave me. They are greatly

appreciated.

Pilgrimage to Lourdes. I plan to go, with any parishioners

keen to come, to the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes at the

end of July (20th—26th July). Please let me know if you are

interested so we can book same hotel etc. Cost vary from

£540 by coach, £665 by train or £825 by air. So far only two

people have expressed an interest.

Diocesan News

Who cares? Responding to the cry of the Earth. Caritas West-

minster invites you to an evening of practical suggestions for

how your parish can respond to the environmental crisis on

Wednesday 29 May 2019 from 6:30pm until 8:30pm at

Vaughan House, 46 Francis Street, London, SW1P 1QN. There

will be contributions from local and national organisations

including CAFOD, CaFE, the Felix Project and more. To get your

free ticket please email caritaswestminster@rcdow.org.uk or

telephone 020 7931 6077 or search the event title on Event-

brite.

Prayer Within a Busy Life takes place on Saturday 1 June

2019 from 11:00am—4:00pm led by Chris Chapman at Mount

Street Jesuit Centre, 114 Mount Street, W1K 3AH, website

pathwaystogod.org, telephone number 020 7495 1673. Many

of us find it difficult to fit times of prayer into daily life - espe-

cially when demands of care for others, or of work are great,

or when the pattern of each day is different, lacking a regular

structure. This day will explore ways of weaving prayer in and

out of daily activities so that even within the most taxing of

days there are points of prayerful meeting, conversation and

rest.

The Caritas Volunteer Service will be holding its annual Vol-

unteers’ Fair showcasing volunteering opportunities from

across the Diocese. Those attending will have the chance to

chat with different charities and find out more about their

work and the roles available and hear talks and testimonials

from different organisations. The event will be on Saturday 8

June, from 1:00pm—3:00pm, at St Aloysius’ Parish Hall, Phoe-

nix Road, Euston, NW1 1TA. To get your free ticket please

email caritaswestminster@rcdow.org.uk, telephone 020 7931

6077, or search the event title on Eventbrite.

Physics and Mathematics Undergraduate Summer Internship

Programme 2019. The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School

will be running a four-week Physics and Mathematics Intern-

ship

Programme over the summer term 2019. Offering undergrad-

uate university students the opportunity to be placed in a

number of schools in West, East and North London. Partici-

pants will receive a £300 per week bursary for the four week

programme, a total of £1200. For further information and an

application form please go to:BIT.LY/CVMSINTERNSHIP2019.

Parish Mass Book: Page 262. Eucharistic Prayer III (page 28).

Entrance Antiphon

Like newborn infants, you must long for the pure, spiritual milk,

that in him you may grow to salvation, alleluia.

Responsorial Psalm antiphon

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Jesus said: ‘You believe because you

can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.'

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Reflection for the week

What to Do about Distractions

People say, “I become distracted whenever I try to pray.” My re-

sponse to this is to suggest that people make the distraction the

content of their prayer - to hear God’s word in this person, situa-

tion, or whatever it might be. It is usually the very situation or

person that we should be thinking, reflecting, praying about in

the presence of the Lord. So I think most of the distractions we

get are really not distractions. —J.J. O’Leary, SJ, Finding God in All

Things: A Marquette Prayer Book

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

(Psalm 19:14)

Follow Fr. O’Leary’s advice; make distractions part of your prayer.

Funeral Notices

The Reception and Requiem Mass of the late Maria Theresa Herd

will take place at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Harrow Road on

Thursday 2nd May at 11:30 with

committal at West London Crematorium, at 12:45 pm.

The Reception and Requiem Mass of the late Matthew Oliver

Nicholas will take place at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Harrow

Road on Thursday 9th May at 11:15 with burial at St Mary’s

Cemetery, Harrow Road, at 12:45 pm.

Other deaths notified,

but funeral details not confirmed.

The late Mary Welch of Athens Court

&

The late Mavis Aherne of Great Western Road