Pentecost 15th May 2016
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Pentecost 15th May 2016
Money Matters Offertory Collection last weekend £626.87 of which £326.00 was Gift Aided. Eglwys Catholig Dewi Sant, Yr Wyddgrug St.David’s Catholic Church, Mold We remember in our prayers Those whose anniversaries (14th May) Geo Herbert Alletson, James Brennan, Teresa Ryle, Margaret Scanlon(15th May) Gift Aid: If you are a Tax Payer, Helen Duffy (16th May)William Lewis, Margaret please consider filling out the Gift Aid Mitchell, Sydney Cooper,Adam Parry (17th May) form which is in the church porch to receive a box of weekly envelopes for your David William Kinney(, Thomas Williams (18th offertory donation or for a one-off May) Thomas O’Brien (20th May) Bridget Nolan, donation then please use the Stanley Barrett Kennedy Green envelopes. Please remember to write your name, address, sign and date the green envelope. Sequence Holy Spirit, Lord of Light, From the clear celestial height. Thy pure beaming radiance give. Come, thou Father of the poor, Come, with treasures which endure; Come, thou Light of all that live! Thou, of all consolers best, Thou, the soul's delightful guest, Dost refreshing peace bestow. Thou in toil art comfort sweet; Pleasant coolness in the heat; Solace in the midst of woe. Light immortal, Light divine, Visit thou these hearts of thine, And our inmost being fill. If thou take thy grace away, Nothing pure in man will stay; All his good is turned to ill. Heal our wounds, our strength renew; On our dryness pour thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away. Bend the stubborn heart and will; Melt the frozen, warm the chill; Guide the steps that go astray. Thou, on us who evermore Thee confess and thee adore, With thy sevenfold gifts descend. Give us comfort when we die; Give us life with thee on high; Give us joys that never end. Let us pray for the Sick Joan Shephard, Alfredo Fecci,Margaret Evans, Pat and Terry Loftus, Fred Battersby, Gwen Jones,Joe Goggin, Ian Byron, Debra Ann Roberts,Tricia Twizell, Rosa Maria, Joan Lawrence, Gay McCornick, Moira Catherall, Lea Hill, Anne Turner, Mary Rowe, Rose Bryan, Jenny Mansley, Jennifer Rowley, Nancy Wilson, Joe & Luisa Desena, Shelagh Fulham, Margaret Stubbs, Philomena Lamano, and Leo McManus. Neil Anthony Edney RIP Neil Edney has gone home to the Lord. His Funeral Mass will take place here on this Thursday (19th) at 2pm. Our condolence and prayers to Maura and to their family. May he rest in peace and rise in glory! Responsorial Psalm: Send forth your Spirit O Lord, and renew the face of the earth. Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Alleluia! Parish Priest: Fr. Pius Mathew CMI, St.David’s Presbytery, St.David’s Lane, Mold. CH7 1LH Email: [email protected] 01352 752087 Deacon David Joy:01352 754722 LSUConvent:01352 700121 Website: http://www.stdavidsmold.org.uk/ www.wrexhamdiocese.org.uk http://www.cmi.org.in 15th May 2016 Pentecost Sunday Year C LITURGY OF THE WEEK: Psalter Week III 14th May Saturday Mass 5.30pm Angela Morris RIP (Sheila McKnight) 15th May Sunday Mass 11am For People of the Parish Monday : 16th May Tuesday: 17th May Liturgy of the day Mass 9.15am Int. Billington Family (Brian & Win Eagan) Liturgy of the day Mass 7pm Geoff Russell RIP (Helen Russell) Wednesday: Liturgy of the day 18th May Mass 9.15am Int. Fr.Pascale Burlington (Mrs.S.Swain) Thursday: Liturgy of the day 19th May Mass 9.15am Int.Sr.Maura (Sr.Mary O’Callaghan) 2pm : Requiem Mass for Neil Edney RIP Friday: 20th May Liturgy of the day Mass 9.15am Mildred Sims RIP (Sue Norris-Clamp) 21st May Saturday Mass at 5.30pm 22nd May Sunday Mass 11am Richard White RIP (Gareth Lynch) For People of the Parish Eucharistic Adoration with Rosary and Benediction Every Friday following the morning Mass at 9.15am Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) Saturdays 10.30am to 11.30am & Before the Vigil Mass (4.45-5.20pm) Sundays before the Mass (10.30-10.50am) FAITH IN FOCUS: T ADVOCATING CHANGE here’s a medieval song that was sung in Latin at Pentecost while the deacon carried the gospel-book in the procession at Mass, prior to proclaiming the gospel itself. It’s called the Pentecost Sequence and it contains line after line that speaks about the gift of the Holy Spirit. It describes the Spirit as Lord of Light, Father of the Poor, Best Consoler, Sweet Comfort, Healer, Giver of Strength, Renewer, etc. I n today’s Gospel Jesus says he will ask the Father to send the “Advocate”. We tend to think of an advocate as someone who campaigns on a particular topic: an advocate for equal rights or an advocate for better housing conditions. In fact, the word advocate really means someone whom you call to stand by your side in solidarity. It’s the equivalent of the other strangesounding word, Paraclete. Pentecost rounds off Jesus’ saving work on earth as the Spirit completes the action of Jesus in taking on our humanity and humanising it to the point where it can glimpse the divine. What we see happening at that first Pentecost is that Jesus has not left us alone like and nation. S omeone once said that we should pray as if everything depended on God but act as if everything depended on us. Certainly this is true of the Spirit. We are only too aware of our weakness and our inability to “go it alone” when it comes to living out our faith and telling others about it. That’s why we pray constantly for the outpouring of the Spirit in our lives, that we may be transformed, strengthened, inspired and supported in our orphans; he has sent the Christian lives. Holy Spirit, the Advocate, to ne thing that we canbe by our side. And the not do is to restrict effects are immediate. From being a frightened the Spirit. If we ask for the bunch of weak men, hud- Advocate then we agree to dled for safety behind a an adventure in faith that locked door, the apostles has no boundaries. After are transformed by the all, we call on the Spirit just Spirit’s presence, are em- to make us feel good; we boldened to go out and ask for the Spirit to come confront their fears, pro- and transform creation: claiming their faith in Christ Lord, send out your Spirit to people from every race and renew the face of the earth! O St David's Jubilee Year 2016 Jubilee pens inscribed: St David's Church, Mold Golden Jubilee, 1966-2016 will be on sale after Masses, 30p each or 4 for £1. Give one to all your friends, neighbours and relatives to show we have something to celebrate this year. (Any profits to the Visamo Orphanage fund.) Margaret and David Joy Done well !! Our Mini Vinnies organised a Bring n Buy Sale to raise money. A grand total of £112 was raised. This money will go to help continue the work of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Sudan. L’Arche Flintshire Bedding Plants & Hanging Basket Sale Order now and collect from St.David’s Church Hall On Saturday 21st May Between 2pm and 5pm. Contact Jane Dowell 01244 545758 St.David’s Jubilee Year 2016 Lourdes Pilgrimage: Airport transport arrangements: Taxis to St David’s Park, Ewloe will leave our Church car park at 9.30am on Sunday, 22nd May. Helen Russell P.S 14 of us from our parish will be joining the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes from next Sunday 22nd– to 27th Friday. You will be in our prayers at the Shrine. Next Weekend: Collection for Flowers Christian Aid Week May 15th—21st Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed to distribute and collect the envelopes in the area surrounding our church. If you can help, please get in touch with Deacon David Joy St David's Parish Gift Aid During the last financial year with some of the generous donations to the church being Gift Aided, we were able to recover £9,224.57 from HM Customs and Revenue. A record amount due both to increased Gift Aid donations and also some changes in HMRC rules. This 'free money' certainly helped offset the cost of running the parish and carrying out the recent improvements to the church and parish hall. Over the next few weeks, Mike Bunting will be in the church porch with the new envelopes for those signed up for the scheme and if there are any existing or new parish members who pay tax and would like to join then he has the forms and can answer any questions that you may have. Red Boxes The Missio Red Boxes are now due to be emptied; please leave them in the Sacristy. Please ensure your names are on the boxes when you drop them off. If you forgot to collect your boxes last time, you will find them in the porch. Tricia Hird John Howard RIP (Buckley Par ish) The Requiem Mass for John Howard RIP will take place in Our Lady of the Rosary, Buckley on this Thursday (19th) at 12 noon. (will be Received into the church on Wednesday at 6.30pm)