21st Sunday Ordinary Time 21st August 2016

Responsorial Psalm:
Go out to the whole world;
proclaim the Good News.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
If anyone loves me he will
keep my word and my
Father will love him and we
shall come to him.
Alleluia!
Suggestions for readers
at Mass at St David's
1. Always prepare the reading, so that
you understand the important points to
stress.
2. Try to project your voice. Direct it
closely to the microphone.
The full benefit of any amplification
system can only be gained when the
microphone receives a good, clear input.
3. Wait a few seconds before you start,
so that you have everyone's attention.
4. Don't rush. Read slowly and carefully.
What you are reading is important - the
Lord's word.
5. Please avoid the following:
“This is”..( at the end of the reading,
just say ‘The Word of the Lord’)
“The First Reading”,
“The Second Reading”
The Reader should just introduce each
reading as “ A Reading from….”
“Please stand to greet the Gospel”
(No need for such extraneous
instructions)
Money Matters :
Eglwys Catholig Dewi Sant, Yr Wyddgrug
St.David’s Catholic Church, Mold
Offertory Collection last weekend
£543.97 of which £299.11 was Gift Aided.
Gift Aid: If you are a Tax Payer, please
consider filling out the Gift Aid form which
is in the church porch to receive a box of
weekly envelopes for your offertory donation or for a one-off donation then please
use the Green envelopes. Please remember to write your name, address, sign and
date the green envelope.
Thank you for supporting our Parish.
Let us pray for the Sick
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
www.wrexhamdiocese.org.uk http://www.cmi.org.in
21st August 2016
Michael Jones, Anne Jones, Jim Hughes,
21st Sunday Ordinary Time
LITURGY OF THE WEEK: Psalter Week I
20th August Saturday
Mass 5.30pm
Margaret Carr, Judith Rowe, Margaret Evans, Fred Battersby, Gwen Jones,Joe Goggin,, Debra Ann Roberts,Tricia Twizell, Rosa Maria, Joan Lawrence, Gay McCornick,
Moira Catherall, Lea Hill, Anne Turner,
Mary Rowe, Jenny Mansley, Jennifer Rowley, Nancy Wilson, Joe & Luisa Desena,
Shelagh Fulham, Margaret Stubbs, Philomena Lamano, and Leo McManus.
For People of the Parish
21st August Sunday
Mass 11am
Teresa McKeogh RIP
(John Goggin)
We remember in our prayers
Those whose anniversaries
Occur this week
(20th Aug) James Jones (22nd Aug) Thomas
Larkin, Fritz Rohnstock, Winefride Irene Jones,
Michael Weston, Patricia Appleton, (23rd Aug)
Ann McHugh, Deirdre Jackson, Mary Peal (24th
Aug) John O’Neill, Edwin Jones, Florence Muriel
Price, William Godwin, Stephen Deponio (25th
Aug) Michael George Byrne, Canon Thomas
Eadsforth, Margaret Durkin, Stephen Foster (26th
Aug) Julia Elliott, Sarah Shannon, Mary Barbara
Davies
Parish Picnic/ Barbecue
(Please note the change of date)
Sunday 18th September, after the
School/Parish Mass there will be a Parish
Celebration to mark the 50th anniversary
of the Church.
Everyone is invited to a Parish Picnic/
Barbecue immediately after Mass.
There will be family games, lots of food
and great celebrations. Further details to
follow.
Year C
Monday :
22nd Aug
Tuesday:
23rd Aug
Mem. The Queenship of BV Mary
Mass 9.15am
Kenneth Catherall RIP (Patrick Oliver)
Liturgy of the day
Mass 7pm
Mary Johnson RIP (Sam Doak)
Wednesday: Feast: St. Bartholomew, apostle
24th Aug
Mass 9.15am
Int. Michael Cresswell (Cresswell Family)
Thursday:
Liturgy of the day
25th Aug
Mass 9.15am
Int.Lawrence Jones(Jenny&Dave Mansely)
Friday:
Liturgy of the day
26th Aug
Mass 9.15am
Int. Joane & John Butterworth
27th August Saturday
Mass at 5.30pm
28th August Sunday
Mass 11am
Mrs. Maura McCourt RIP
(Maire&Mike Greaney)
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)
Shake it off ! Never Give up
FAITH IN FOCUS:
DO YOU BELIEVE IN HELL?
I
n medieval times there
was a lot of emphasis
on hell. You only have to
look at much of the art
which has survived to this
day and you will see paintings of the Last Judgement
abound with the Devil’s
helpers herding the souls of
the damned into all sorts of
awful punishments. The
fronts of many a European
cathedral would not be
complete without scenes
intended to shock the
passer-by.
But today we hear very little
about hell. It’s rather embarrassing for us these
days. We don’t like to talk
about it and we hardly ever
hear anyone preach about
it. In religious terms it simply isn’t politically correct. So
it comes as a bit of nuisance when our liturgy devotes the whole of the gospel today to the concept of
hell.
of someone being prodded
by a fork and roasting on a
fire is probably not what
Jesus had in mind anyway.
So we tend then to opt for
the metaphorical approach
to hell. We speak about the
gospel statements not as
physical descriptions but as
e’re quick off the
mark to point out
that we cannot takes Jesus’
words literally about fire,
brimstone, weeping and
gnashing of teeth. The idea
ut then some people
try to point out that if
God is loving then would he
ever condemn anyone to
o do you believe in
eternal punishment? But
hell or not? And which
unfortunately this would be one do you (not) believe in?
W
symbolic ways of describing the reality of being separated from God and knowing that we have made our
final choice.
B
to overrule our freewill.
What if someone really
wanted to be in hell? Would
God stop them and intervene? Wouldn’t this make
them little better than robots with no ability to
choose?
F
inally, we end up positing hell as complete
annihilation. People who
don’t achieve heaven, this
argument goes, are simply
eternally obliterated rather
than punished because the
prospect of eternal punishment is too horrific for God.
Uncomfortable though it is,
we have to accept the fact
that it is possible for men
and women to experience
God and to make a deliberate, informed, conscious
decision to reject the goodness and holiness of what
God is calling us to. And it
is not possible to hear today’s gospel and come up
with a sugar-daddy God
who simply overrides human freedom and autonomy.
S
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well.
The animal cried for hours as the farmer tried to
figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered
up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the
donkey. He invited all his neighbours to come
over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel
and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked
down the well. He was astonished at what he
saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back,
the donkey was doing something amazing. He
would shake it off and take a step up. As the
farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on
top of the animal, he would shake it off and take
a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as
the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well
and happily trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt.
The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it
off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a
stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest
wells by not stopping and to never give up!
Shake it off and take a step up.
Do you need????
Compost :
If you would like to have
compost for your garden,
please come to the Presbytery Garden and collect as
much as you need from the
compost pit. There is no need
to ask me.
Logs:
The leylandii hedge around
the the Presbytery garden has
‘died’ of a fungal disease
called Pestalotiopsis and so it
is being removed to be replaced with a wooden fence.
If you or your friends need
logs, plenty there! Please
come and take as many as
you want or all of them, as
soon as possible, to clear the
area for the rest of the work.
Mayor of Mold’s Variety Concert Wednesday 24th August, 7.30pm , Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Theatre Clwyd,
in aid of the Mayor’s Save a Life appeal,
An evening of music, dance and magic! special guests include 12 year old singing sensation Beau Dermott, star of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent final and 2013 semi finalist
Jodi Bird.
There will also be performances from Flint Male Voice Choir, Elsber School of Dance,
Cambria Band, singers Angie Parker and David Palmer, Black Veil Tribal, comedian
John Sellers, illusionist Jay Gatling and winners of Mold’s Got Talent singer RhianCarys Jones and street dancers All Stars.
Tickets only £18.00, available from the theatre box office, Mold Town Council, 1st Floor
Town Hall, Earl Road, Mold, CH7 1AB , Bargain Booze Mold or Vaughan Davies
King’s Christian Centre:
Ladies Day
10th September 2016 : At Old
Library from 9.45am to 4pm.
Poster on the Noticeboard
Next Weekend :
Collection for Flowers For the Altar
Hell is a place, a time and a consciousness in
which there is no love. (Richard Bach)