Trinity News 30 September 2018 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B

Saturday 29 September 5.30pm St Paul’s For our families and our parish

Sunday 30 September 9.00am Holy Family Noelle Halligon RIP

Hymns: Laudate: 846, 600, 662, 356

10.30am Holy Redeemer Fdn Albert Pearson RIP

Weekday Masses

Monday 1 October St Thérèse of the Child Jesus V Dr

12noon St Paul’s Funeral Mass—Raymond Haskell RIP

Tuesday 2 October The Holy Guardian Angels

NO MASS TODAY

Wednesday 3 October Weekday Mass

9.30am Holy Redeemer Children’s Liturgy of The Word—all welcome

10.00am Holy Redeemeer NO MASS

7.00pm St Paul’s Fd Eileen Pearson intentions

Thursday 4 October St Francis of Assisi

9.15am St Paul’s Children’s Liturgy of The Word—all welcome

4.00pm Holy Redeemer Reception of Michael Gowler RIP

5.30pm St Paul’s Pope Francis’ intentions

6.30pm Holy Family Plymouth Deanery Youth Club

Friday 5 October Weekday Mass

10.00am Holy Redeemer Funeral Mass—Michael Gowler RIP With Rosary after Mass

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B

Saturday 6 October 5.30pm St Paul’s For our families and our parish

Sunday 7 October 9.00am Holy Family Una O'Connell RIP

10.30am Holy Redeemer Mass from Denis Ryan to all those he has met in his life

Parish Office: 01752 361161 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm) at 6 Pemros Road, St Budeaux, PL5 1NE If you need a priest in an emergency please call our Parish Priest, Fr Petroc, on his mobile which is 07717 221265

In our prayers this week Please pray for the repose of the souls of:

Raymond Haskell RIP (funeral 1 Oct, 12noon at St Paul’s), Michael Gowler RIP.

Anniversaries of parishioners: Catherine Cronin, Martin O’Grady, Agnes Beare, Brian Mercer, Nicholas McClure, Peter Crocker, Sister Mary Bridget OSsS, Noelle Halligon.

Anniversaries of clergy: Bishop John Keily, Father George Cantell, Father Peter Symons, Saint Pope John Paul I .

May they rest in peace

Intercession for Clergy Please pray for our Diocesan Clergy: Mon: Anthony Cockram Tue: Mike Cain Wed: Robin Ellis Thu: Colin Furness Fri: Deacon Michael Allen Sat: Deacon Stephen Bearman

Baptism: We welcome Bailey to our parish family this weekend and we pray for both him and his family.

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Saturday 6th October 2018 at Christ The King, Armada Way. A day of prayers and talks on Eucharistic Adoration, with lunch provided. For all adorers and anyone who would like to be involved. Starting at 09:15, with Mass at 10am, and continuing to 15:00. Please feel free to come for part or all of the day.

Pope’s Intentions September 2018 Universal – Young People in Africa That young people in Africa may have access to education and work in their own countries.

The Pope may add a second prayer intention related to current events or urgent needs. Visit: https://youtu.be/Je5frHq_-xA

Welcome Whether you are a regular at our Mass or a visitor to our city we hope that your visit here is spiritually fruitful. Please ask one of our Welcomers or contact the parish office if we can help you in any way.

Sick parishioners Please tell the parish priest or the parish office if you know of someone in the parish who is in need of a visit.

Newsletter Deadline for articles for the newsletter is 4pm on Wednesdays. Please get in touch with the parish office by email or phone.

Parish Giving 16 September 2018 £548.12 Thank you!

Getting married? Congratulations! Please give us at least six months notice if you are planning to marry in the Church.

Baptism If either yourself or your partner is a practicing Catholic and you would like your children to be baptised then please contact the parish office or the parish priest for details of our short course.

Parish Schools St Paul’s Catholic Primary School Pemros Road, Plymouth Telephone 01752 365459 Email: admin @stpaulsplymouth.com

Keyham Barton Catholic School Renown Street, Plymouth Telephone 01752 567684 Email: keyam.barton.rc.primary.school @plymouth.gov.uk

Regular Events in the Parish

Divine Mercy Prayer Group Meets every third Sunday at 6pm in Holy Redeemer Church. Everyone is welcome to join us. Next meeting: TBC October

Soup and Scripture Third Thursday of each month at 20 Whiteford Road, Mannamead, Plymouth PL3 5DL. Contact Joanna Price on 07759 114507.

Evangelisation Group Help spread the word of God. We meet on a Wednesday at St Paul’s Presbytery. Contact: Mark Mesley 07789 274679. Next meeting: Wed 26 Sep starting with Mass at 7pm

Ignatian Prayer Group Contact Joanna Price on 07759 114507. Next meeting: 8 Oct, St Paul’s Presbytery at 7.30pm & 12 Oct, Holy Family Hall at 10.45am.

Catholic Youth Club If you are aged between 11 and 17 then please come and join us in Holy Family Church Hall on Thursdays between 6.30pm and 8.30pm. We meet every Thursday during term time.

Rosary Fridays after the 10.00am Mass at Holy Family Church and

Wednesday at 9.00am at Holy Redeemer Church. Everyone is very welcome.

Focolare 3rd Sunday of each month at 20 Whiteford Road, Mannamead, Plymouth PL3 5DL. Next meeting: Sunday 21 October, time TBC.

You can find the online form by going toholytrinityplymouth.co.uk and clicking on ‘APPLY’ on the top menu

Annual Mass Count This year’s Annual Mass Count begins this Sunday and will continue until the second Sunday of October.

Parish Council Meeting On Wednesday, 10 October at 7.30pm (after the 7pm Mass) at St Paul’s Presbytery. All committee members are asked to attend.

A Week of Guided Prayer An Introductory Talk will be given at all weekend Masses at all our parish churches, St Paul’s, Holy Redeemer and Holy Family on 6th/7th October by Joanna Price, a member of the Diocesan Ignatian Spirituality Team in relation to a Week of Guided Prayer being held in the first week of Advent 2nd Dec – 8th Dec 2018 in our parish. She will be available after each Mass to speak with you and answer any questions you may have. The Week begins on Sunday afternoon, December 2nd with an introduction to the week and a meeting with your Guide to arrange your daily meeting times from Monday to Friday. We conclude with the celebration of Mass and final short meeting together on Saturday morning Dec 8th. A gently prayerful way to prepare for Advent

this year - spending silent time alone with Our Lord in praying the scriptures, together with the guidance of your ‘prayer accompanier’, who seeks to walk alongside you, discerning the action of a loving God in your life and prayer…… ‘Come and see’!!

Rosary on the Hoe Led by the Legion of Mary. Join us on Sunday 7 October at 3pm by the Statue of Our Lady (opposite the Mayflower Steps, on the brow of the hill).

Catechist Training Day Catechists and all interested are welcome to the next Diocesan Catechist Training Day on the Four Dimensions of the Faith: Life in Christ. This will be held on Saturday 6th October at St Peter's Catholic Church, Crownhill, Plymouth, from 11am - 1.30pm, refreshments included. These are great days of faith and practical support, please do consider joining us! For all enquiries please do not hesitate to contact Caroline Farey at carolinefarey@btinternet.com

Liturgy of the Word for Children During our weekend Masses at all our churches. All children are welcome to join us.

Confession Wednesday evening at St Paul’s from 6.30-7.00pm. It is also possible to make your confession after any of the weekday masses in any of the churches—just ask Fr Petroc after the mass.

Parish Giving 23 September 2018 £454.89 Thank you!

Sick parishioners Please tell the office of the parish priest if you know of someone in the parish who is in need of a visit.

In our prayers this week Please pray for the repose of the souls of: Raymond Haskell RIP and Michael Gowler RIP

Anniversaries of parishioners: Edna Willis, James Finnegan, Helen Lacy, Arthur Terry, Samuel Port, Daniels family, Jordan family, Nolan family, Elizabeth Murphy, Edward Dennehy, Linda Bowden, Ivy Antonucci, Catherine Finnegan

Anniversaries of clergy: Father M. Gerard White

Intercession for clergy Mon: Deacon Delian Bower Tue: Deacon Jim Brennan Wed: Deacon Anthony Carey Thu: Deacon Geoffrey Carey Fri: Deacon Brian Cassidy Sat: Deacon Edward Channing

Parish Secretary Fiona Lang

PARISH OFFICE 6 Pemros Road, PL5 1NE Parish Office hours Monday—Friday 9am—3pm

Telephone 01752 361161

Email: plymouth-holytrinity@prcdtr.org.uk

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The Word 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

FIRST READING Numbers 11:25-29 The Lord came down in the Cloud. He spoke with Moses, but took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the spirit came on them they prophesied, but not again.

Two men had stayed back in the camp; one was called Eldad and the other Medad. The spirit came down on them; though they had not gone to the Tent, their names were enrolled among the rest. These began to prophesy in the camp. The young man ran to tell this to Moses, ‘Look,’ he said ‘Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.’ Then said Joshua the son of Nun, who had served Moses from his youth, ‘My Lord Moses, stop them!’ Moses answered him, ‘Are you jealous on my account? If only the whole people of the Lord were prophets, and the Lord gave his Spirit to them all!’

Psalm Response The precepts of the Lord gladden the heart.

SECOND READING James 5:1-6 An answer for the rich. Start crying, weep for the miseries that are coming to you. Your wealth is all rotting, your clothes are all eaten up by moths. All your gold and your silver are corroding away, and the same corrosion will be your own sentence, and eat into your body. It was a burning fire that you stored up as your treasure for the last days. Labourers mowed your fields, and you cheated them – listen to the wages that you kept back, calling out; realise that the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. On earth you have had a life of comfort and luxury; in the time of slaughter you went on eating to your heart’s content. It was you who condemned the innocent and killed them; they offered you no resistance.

Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Your word is truth, O Lord: consecrate us in the truth. Alleluia!

GOSPEL Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48 John said to Jesus, ‘Master, we saw a man who is not one of us casting out devils in your name; and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.’ But Jesus said, ‘You must not stop him: no one who works a miracle in my name is likely to speak evil of me. Anyone who is not against us is for us.

‘If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink just because you belong to Christ, then I tell you solemnly, he will most certainly not lose his reward.

‘But anyone who is an obstacle to bring down one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his

neck. And if your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than to have two hands and go to hell, into the fire that cannot be put out. And if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame, than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell where their worm does not die nor their fire go out.’

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Reflection on The Word Today’s Gospel challenges us to be child-like servants of God. Simplicity of heart marks a loving child, and is also a “little virtue” that St. Francis de Sales emphasizes:

Like an infant whose one desire is to be fed by its mother, our heart is simple when we have only one desire and that is to love God. We allow our Lord to carry us as we walk according to the desires of God and not our own preferences. A truly simple person spends time with the Lord. They are like the little child who desires only to rest in his mother’s arms because here is where he is nourished and cared for.

Simplicity requires that our interior self match our exterior self. Yet, we do not lack simplicity when we put on a smiling face while we feel upset. It is true you are agitated within when you are facing some difficulty. This is natural for our misery tends to follow an extreme course. Although we admit the feeling, we do not have to consent to it. Thus when we are troubled by something and smile, it means we accept our difficulty in a good, wholesome, simple way that helps us to flourish as a child of God.

Walk simply and you will walk confidently. If you are with someone who is moody, don’t be concerned about what to do. Simply be your cheerful self. Just now she is sad, but at some other time you will be like her. Help her and yourself to enjoy the time you have together. And at another time she will help you do the same. In this way you are a child-like servant of God to others. We come closer to God’s love the more we detach ourselves from things that hinder us from loving God and others. Simplicity places every event in God’s hands. Happy are they who no longer journey with their own feet, that is, according to their own thoughts, desires, preferences and inclinations, but according to those of their God! For in their simplicity of heart they will find God’s love and peace.

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