Colette Adams-Duff 26 July 2020 SOLEMNITY OF ST. ANNE · 2020-07-26 · SOLEMNITY OF ST. ANNE Readings: 1st Reading Ecclesiasticus, The Word of The Lord, Psalm, Gospel Matthew 13:16-17,

The Parishes of St. Anne, Ormskirk & St. Elizabeth, Scarisbrick

Registered Charity no. 1063237 Priests: Very Rev.Fr. Godric Timney OSB, Rev.Fr. Boniface Moran OSB &

Rev. Fr Hugh Somerville Knapman OSB Deacons: Rev.Des Bill & Rev.Peter Mawtus

Youth Minister: Mike Price: [email protected]

St. Anne’s Priory 23 Prescot Road Ormskirk L39 4TG Tel: 01695 572168

Office e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.st-annes-ormskirk.org.uk Parish Administrator: Colette Adams-Duff

St. Elizabeth’s Presbytery

10 Hall Road Scarisbrick L40 9QE Tel: 01704 880226 Parish Administrator: Mary Ormsby

Office e-mail: [email protected]

26 July 2020

SOLEMNITY OF ST. ANNE Readings: 1st Reading Ecclesiasticus, The Word of The Lord, Psalm,

Gospel Matthew 13:16-17, The Gospel

Mass at St Anne’s Mass at St Elizabeth’s

Sunday 26 11.00am All Parishioners 9.30am All Parishioners Monday 27 Noon Irene Holland Friday 31 Noon John Sweetnam Sunday 2 11.00am All Parishioners 9.30am All Parishioners

The following Mass Intentions will be said one day this week or in the near future by one of our priests.

St Elizabeth’s Intentions: Michael Delaney, Ada & Thomas Simpson, Klaus Plettau, Deacon Philip McDermott, David William Ellis. St Anne’s Intentions: All Parishioners, John Sweetnam, Special Intention, Bob Gregory, Charlie McAuley, Sally Walker’s cousin, Irene Holland, Fr. Leszek Wichieski, Tony O’Carroll, Paul Hannon.

Booking ahead when attending Mass on a Sunday at St Anne’s. It was good to see so many people, including families, celebrating Mass together on Sunday. This makes it even more important to book a place (or places) for each Sunday Mass by

emailing [email protected] or by phoning the Priory (01695 572168, Option 1) by Saturday 12 noon. We will let you know when the maximum number of people allowed in church at any one time has been reached. Thank you for thinking of those who are unable to attend Mass on a Monday or Friday.

St Anne's, every Wednesday Mass streamed at noon: Mass via Facebook St Anne's Church Ormskirk, and on YouTube (search for St Anne's Church, Ormskirk). St Elizabeth's, Mass streamed Monday to Saturday at 9.30am, via Facebook St Elizabeth's. Scarisbrick and on YouTube (search St Elizabeth's Church, Scarisbrick).

Dear Parishioners and Friends

A week or two ago I came across a reflection by St Ambrose, one of the great preachers,

theologians and saints of the 4th century. He was talking about Psalm 117 one of the psalms

we pray in the Divine Office every Sunday. I have always loved this psalm and in particular

the short phrase, ‘Open to me the gates of holiness that I may enter in’. One of the great

messages that emerged from the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s was The Universal

Call to Holiness. It’s amazing that for many people this came across, at the time, as

something new! And here is St Ambrose from the 4th century offering a prayer that all of us

can take to heart and make our own.

We are always going in and out of doors, closing them behind us, opening them in front of

us; lovely imagery with which to play! I am delighted to share this with you.

My father and I will come to him and make our home with him. Open wide your door to the

one who comes. Open your soul, throw open the depths of your heart to see the riches of

simplicity, the treasures of peace, the sweetness of grace.

Open your heart and run to meet the Sun of eternal light that illuminates all men. Indeed,

that true light shines on all; but if anyone closes his shutters against it then he will defraud

himself of the eternal light. To close the doors of your mind is to exclude Christ. Of course, he

is capable of entering even so, but he does not want to force his way in or seize you against

your will.

Born of the Virgin’s womb, he shone on the whole world to give light to all. It is received by those who desire the brightness of perpetual light that no night can obscure. For the sun that we see daily in the sky is followed by darkness and night; but the Sun of righteousness never sets, since evil cannot defeat wisdom. Blessed is he, therefore, at whose door Christ comes knocking. Faith is the door of the soul, and if it is strong then it fortifies the whole house. Through this door Christ enters. Thus, it is that the Church herself says, ‘The voice of my brother is knocking on the door. Listen to him knocking, listen to him asking to be let in: Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my hair with the drops of night’.

You see that when the Word of God knocks hardest on your door, it is when his hair is wet

with the dew of the night. In fact, he chooses to visit those who are in tribulation and trial,

lest one of them be overwhelmed by distress. So, his head is covered with dew, with drops,

when his body is labouring hard. It is important to keep watch so that when the Bridegroom

comes, he is not shut out. If you are asleep and your heart is not keeping watch, he will go

away without knocking; but if your heart is alert for his coming, he knocks and asks for the

door to be opened to him.

Thus you see that our soul has a door, but we have gates too, as the psalm says: Gates, raise

your heads. Stand up, eternal doors, and let the king of glory enter. If you choose to raise

your gates, the King of glory will come to you, celebrating the triumph of his own Passion.

For righteousness has gates, as we see it written when the Lord Jesus speaks through his

prophets: Open to me the gates of righteousness.

It is the soul that has its door, it is the soul that has its gates. To that door Christ comes and

knocks, he knocks at the door. Open to him, therefore: he wishes to come in, the Bridegroom

wishes to find you keeping watch.

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CAFOD Coronavirus Appeal

Although the cases of coronavirus are now fewer in the UK, as we see from the news they

are increasing rapidly in other parts of the world, where the people are already weakened

by poverty and war and lack the health care systems we have to deal with the crisis. CAFOD

is working to help our brothers and sisters who are suffering so much, but needs our

support for their work, through the appeal for the Disasters Emergency Committee. You can

find out more about CAFOD’s work to help with the coronavirus crisis in many countries and

donate here:

https://cafod.org.uk/News/Emergencies-news/Coronavirus-response

Anniversaries (Last 10 yrs up to Sat 1 August 2020). St. Anne: Tom Forshaw, Susan Quirk, Michael Joseph Catterall, Maria Bernadette Wilson, Alice Kershaw, Catherine Elizabeth Sholicar, George Malcolm Smith, Patrick Kearns, Veronica Gradwell, Ronald Hudson, Robert Kenyon. St. Elizabeth: None.

Please pray for the sick in our parishes: St. Anne: Mary Adams, Georgia Addy, Brenda Allt, Mike Devlin, Carolyn Fay, Nicola Carroll, Mark Condon, Isabelle English, Monica Gamble, Rachel Gold, Anne Hunt, Margaret Johnston, Charles Kuhwald, Philip Lay, Margaret Lee, Christopher Livingstone, Joyce Malone, Peter Molyneux, George Oakley, Deborah Smith, Maureen Taylor, Paulinus Timney (Fr Godric’s brother), Per Tinberg, Tony Walsh, Clare Walton. St. Elizabeth: Jim Charnock, Susan Foster, Gaynor Foster, Margaret Wright.

HEAL THY SERVANTS, O LORD,

WHO ARE SICK AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEE. SEND THEM HELP, O LORD,

AND COMFORT, FROM THY HOLY PLACE.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of ‘Bobby’ Lomax (of High Wray) who died recently.

NATIONAL GUIDANCE ON SAFE USE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING During the coronavirus pandemic, there has been much more use of video-conferencing programmes like Zoom. While we cannot meet in person, meetings held in this way can provide a valuable way of keeping some of our Parish groups in touch and moving forward. National safeguarding advice for Catholic parishes was issued last month, which has been emailed to as many of our Parish groups as possible. If you co-ordinate a parish group and have any questions on this matter (or if you have not received this guidance), please could you email [email protected]. Will Daunt, on behalf of the P.P.C.

All can be accessed/downloaded at https://www.liverpoolcatholicresources.com/ or through http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ by clicking on ‘Prayer and Other Resources’.

All can be accessed/downloaded at https://www.liverpoolcatholicresources.com/ or through http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ by clicking on ‘Prayer and Other Resources’.

All can be accessed/downloaded at https://www.liverpoolcatholicresources.com/ or through http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ by clicking on ‘Prayer and Other Resources’.

Intercessions for 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Feast of St. Anne

Let us pray for Pope Francis at this time and ask God to continue to bless him with vision and courage, as he invites us to prepare the future in a world profoundly changed by the corona virus pandemic. Lord in your Mercy - hear our prayer.

On this Feast of St Anne, the grandmother of Jesus, let us pray for all grandmothers, who do so much to support their families, and ask God’s special blessing for them at this time when their family lives have been so disrupted. Lord in your Mercy - hear our prayer.

Let us pray for all those whose lives are already devastated by war, persecution, or famine and who are now affected by the corona virus pandemic, often with few resources to help them. We pray especially for CAFOD and all the other aid agencies working to help them. Lord in your Mercy - hear our prayer.

Let us put before God all those who are sick in mind or body, the lonely or housebound, all those who have asked for our prayers and all those who have no-one to pray for them. Lord in your Mercy - hear our prayer.

As we celebrate her own mother, let us ask our heavenly Mother, Mary, to pray for us and our troubled world as we say Hail Mary .........

St Elizabeth’s & St Anne’s Church

Financial Support

During these strange times Archbishop Malcolm McMahon asked in an address on the radio that we should still try to support our church. You can pass your offerings into the parish by posting through the letterbox. If you wish to pay your offerings directly into the bank then please call Colette at St Anne’s on 07746 855340 or email [email protected] or Mary at St Elizabeth’s on 01704 880226 [email protected]. You will be given the parish bank account details.

Sorry we cannot publish anywhere the account details of either parish; this is too open to fraud. Thank you for you continued support.

Supporting our Community.

It is so important at this difficult time that we maintain contact and offer support to our parish community. We know that many parishioners are already helping others in this way. However, if you do know of anyone else who would like to receive a phone call - especially if they are self-isolating or on their own - please do contact St Anne’s Parish Office: Tel 01695 572168 or email [email protected] or contact St Elizabeth’s Parish Office: Tel 01704 880226 or email [email protected] or any PPC member (by phone or email) or email [email protected] with details and we can arrange calls to them. We may also be able to offer to shop or collect medication as requested.

Please also ensure that those who can access the internet are aware that reflections, prayers and other spiritual resources are on our website, alongside the weekly Bulletin, keeping us in contact with our Clergy and also helping us to deepen our faith at this difficult time. We already have a number of parish volunteers who have offered to support our community if required. Although at the moment we have had only a few requests for assistance, if you also wish to offer your support, please email [email protected] or [email protected] and let us know what you might be able to do. Anyone whose services are employed will, in return, be supported by a member of the PPC. Do look after yourselves and each other and keep our communities in your prayers. St Anne’s & St Elizabeth’s PPC

St Elizabeth’s News:

Parish Office is now closed but emails are being accessed daily by administrator who is working from home and Fr Hugh is picking up calls on the answering machine. So, if you need help either call 01704 880226 or email [email protected] and we will try to help if we can.

St. Anne’s News: CCTV now operating in St Anne’s Church. Parish Office is now closed but emails are being accessed daily as administrator working from home on [email protected] and Fr Godric & Fr Boniface are answering your telephone calls on 01695 572168.

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Dear Jesus, help me to be like you. Help me to be generous and share what I can with others who are in need. Amen.

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SHARE!

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