Parish Newsletter 11/12 September 2021
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our Lady and St Peter, Aldeburgh
Parish Priest: Fr Tony Rogers tonybrucerogers@gmail.com
Website: catholicsinaldeburghandleiston.org
Tel: 07778 221509
Masses during the Week
All Masses from Aldeburgh are live-streamed*
Saturday: 1800 Aldeburgh* (Andrew & Tim
Gilbert +)
Sunday: 0915 Leiston (People of the Parish)
1100 Aldeburgh*
Monday No Mass today
Tuesday 0900 Mass at Leiston
Wednesday 0900 Mass at Aldeburgh*(Margaret
Walshe’s intentions)
Thursday 0900 Leiston
Friday 0900 Aldeburgh*
Saturday 1800 Aldeburgh*
Next Sunday 0915 Leiston
1100 Aldeburgh *(people of the parish)
Hospital Stays: the contact number for Fr Bineesh, who is the Catholic chaplain at Ipswich Hospital is 075496 95648. Please phone him directly, if you would like a visit during your stay, or ask a family member or friend to do so. This is obviously subject to hospital regulations..
Livestreamlink for Mass
https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC-GsEOvS0m19a_jvjwgLRDw/livestreaming
Welcome to all visitors and those who have returned to mass this weekend. We think also of those from our own parish who are away on holiday at the moment and trust that all concerned will have a good break. Hopefully the weather will continue to be good.
Feasts of the Week: Monday – St John Chrysostom; Tuesday – Exaltation of the Holy Cross; Wednesday -Our Lady of Sorrows; Thursday – Ss Cornelius & Cyprian.
Money Matters: Thank you for your generosity in the last two weeks’ collections. On Sunday, 29th August you gave £319 in loose cash and last Sunday – just 37p less - £318.63. In addition, a retiring collection was taken at Glen Ogilvie’s funeral and his family’s wish was that the offering should go to the parish. This collection totalled £633.90. In the meantime, we continue to be grateful and rely on all who pay by standing order and we still encourage you to set up one, if you haven’t yet done so. In these days when not everyone has returned to mass, it is all the more necessary that we can be assured of a regular income, irrespective of Mass attendance The only details you need are these: Sort Code 20-98-07: a/c number: 90777048. And for Gift Aid purposes, the Charity number for the diocese is 278742. Thank you for your continued generosity. The parish account is: St Peter’s Catholic Church Parish Account’: Registered Charity: No 278742’. If you have a problem when you try to set up a direct debit, please get in touch.
Please Keep In Your Prayers Patrick Wilson, Liz O’Connor, Liz Sanders, Paul & Bernie McComish, Alex Vachell, William Leigh, Giovanna Cimenti, Luisa Bessey, Margaret Stubbs, Heather Mabey, Maureen Dawson, Anne Smith, Brigid Simpson, Fr Don Coleman, Dominic Dobson, Julia Harris, Annie Morris, Helen McGuire and all who are sick or in isolation. Pray for all who died recently; also Andrew & Tim Gilbert, Tony Goodchild, Lisa Richardson, John Morrison, and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.
The Twentieth Anniversary of the 9/11 Twin Towers Tragedy occurs this weekend and our Vigil Mass will be offered for Andrew and Tim Gilbert, sons of Mary and John, who were among the 2,977 who were killed. Please keep them in your prayers.
Lectio Divina: – Wednesday at 18.00 on Fr Tony’s Home Channel
Catholic Climate Change Action: Use washable – not disposable- napkins, cloths, mugs and cutlery.
Give The World A Shot. The VaccinAid campaign aims to contribute to the biggest vaccination drive in history. It is led by UNICEF UK in partnership with the online fundraising platform Crowdfunder. The campaign aims to help fund almost two billion Covid-19 vaccines for health workers and the most high risk and vulnerable people on our planet. For more information go to www.vaccinaid.ord to donate org. For those of us who are fortunate enough to have had our Covid 119 vaccinations, this gives us a practical way to give thanks and help others. Play your part and help vaccinate the world.
Thank you, Leiston for your wonderful response in looking after the catering side, and turning out in good numbers for our ecumenical Harvest Songs of Praise. Numbers were, in total, more or less what we expected, but it was a lovely opportunity to gather with members of other Christian churches in the town.
Thank you also to everyone who so kindly volunteered to look after the Ride and Stride welcome in our two churches. Leiston list filled.
A Good Read: ‘Going to Church in Mediaeval England’, by Nicholas Orme is a fascinating look at what life for Catholics in the Middle Ages was like. A sizeable volume, but eminently readable!
Golden Jubilee Celebrations: this will happen at Leiston. The plan is that we have a parish picnic – hopefully in the church grounds, if not inside, from 12.30 onwards We had toyed with the idea of caterers, but doing that requires pinning down numbers, and the risk of under or over-catering, not to mention the cost. So, this is the suggestion. Let’s keep it simple and reduce the need for post-picnic clear ups. Let everyone bring their own food, and share it at your own risk. this is probably a sensible arrangement. We’ll give more detail. Drinks – alcoholic and otherwise will be provided – so no need to worry on that front. Please do put the date in your diary. As well as being an opportunity to celebrate fifty years of ordained ministry, it will also be a lovely chance for the parish to come together after such a long gap, and I do hope that you will be able to come, even if it us for only a short time. There’s a list in both churches, just so that we have a rough idea of the number of cars, and a ball-park figure head count. You will be welcome, but we’ll keep it fairly low key. We have a limited number of chairs – so bring rugs etc!
Readings for the Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading: A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah.
The Lord has opened my ear.
For my part, I made no resistance,
neither did I turn away.
I offered my back to those who struck me,
my cheeks to those who tore at my beard;
I did not cover my face against insult and spittle.
The Lord comes to my help,
so that I am untouched by the insults.
So, too, I set my face like flint;
I know I shall not be shamed.
My vindicator is here at hand.
Does anyone start proceedings against me?
Then let us go to court together.
Who thinks he has a case against me? Let him approach me.
The Lord is coming to my help who dare condemn me? The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God
Psalm Response: I will walk in the presence of the Lord, in the land of the living.
I love the Lord for he has heard
the cry of my appeal;
for he turned his ear to me
in the day when I called him. Response
They surrounded me, the snares of death,
with the anguish of the tomb;
they caught me, sorrow and distress.
I called on the Lord’s name.
O Lord my God, deliver me! Response
How gracious is the Lord, and just;
our God has compassion.
The Lord protects the simple hearts;
I was helpless so he saved me. Response
He has kept my soul from death,
my eyes from tears
and my feet from stumbling.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord
in the land of the living. Response
Second Reading: A reading from the letter of St James
Take the case, my brothers, of someone who has never done a single good act but claims that he has faith. Will that faith save him? If one of the brothers or one of the sisters is in need of clothes and has not enough food to live on, and one of you says to them, ‘I wish you well; keep yourself warm and eat plenty,’ without giving them these bare necessities of life, then what good is that? Faith is like that: if good works do not go with it, it is quite dead.
This is the way to talk to people of that kind: ‘You say you have faith and 1 have good deeds; 1 will prove to you that I have faith by showing you my good deeds – now you prove to me that you have faith without any good deeds to show.’
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; no one can come to the Father except through me. Alleluia!
Gospel
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the Gospel according to Mark Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’
And they told him. ‘John the Baptist,’ they said ‘others Elijah; others again, one of the prophets.’‘ But you,’ he asked ‘who do you say I am?‘ Peter spoke up and said to him, ‘You are the Christ.‘ And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him. And he began to teach them that the Son of Man was destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be put to death, and after three days to rise again; and he said all this quite openly. Then, taking him aside, Peter started to remonstrate with him. But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, ‘Get behind me, Satan! Because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’ He called the people and his disciples to him and said,
‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Sunday Reflection
The story told in the passage we have just heard is at the heart of the drama of Mark’s Gospel. The question about the identity of Jesus is really a question about why he has come. People thought back to the great figures in the long history of the Jewish people as they attempted to understand the mission of Jesus. He shares his passion for the truth of John the Baptist, the strength and power of Elijah, and the spiritual qualities of other prophets. But Peter makes a greater claim for Jesus. He is the Messiah! His reaction should be considered with care. He neither welcomes Peter’s assertion, but nor does he reject it. He speaks for the first time of his suffering and death and resurrection. In doing so, he challenges Peter’s expectations about the Messiah, which were no doubt shared by others. The Messiah will not claim power for himself; he will not dominate others. On the contrary, others will have power over him; he will be dominated. In giving up his life, Jesus opens up a new way, a new vision, a vision of self-giving love. From this point onwards, the gospel of Mark will draw us gradually into the mystery of the cross, the mystery of God’s love revealed in the human life of the Son of God, which explains the meaning and purpose of our own lives too.
Parish Priest: Fr Tony Rogers tonybrucerogers@gmail.com
Website: catholicsinaldeburghandleiston.org
Tel: 07778 221509
Masses during the Week
All Masses from Aldeburgh are live-streamed*
Saturday: 1800 Aldeburgh* (Andrew & Tim
Gilbert +)
Sunday: 0915 Leiston (People of the Parish)
1100 Aldeburgh*
Monday No Mass today
Tuesday 0900 Mass at Leiston
Wednesday 0900 Mass at Aldeburgh*(Margaret
Walshe’s intentions)
Thursday 0900 Leiston
Friday 0900 Aldeburgh*
Saturday 1800 Aldeburgh*
Next Sunday 0915 Leiston
1100 Aldeburgh *(people of the parish)
Hospital Stays: the contact number for Fr Bineesh, who is the Catholic chaplain at Ipswich Hospital is 075496 95648. Please phone him directly, if you would like a visit during your stay, or ask a family member or friend to do so. This is obviously subject to hospital regulations..
Livestreamlink for Mass
https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC-GsEOvS0m19a_jvjwgLRDw/livestreaming
Welcome to all visitors and those who have returned to mass this weekend. We think also of those from our own parish who are away on holiday at the moment and trust that all concerned will have a good break. Hopefully the weather will continue to be good.
Feasts of the Week: Monday – St John Chrysostom; Tuesday – Exaltation of the Holy Cross; Wednesday -Our Lady of Sorrows; Thursday – Ss Cornelius & Cyprian.
Money Matters: Thank you for your generosity in the last two weeks’ collections. On Sunday, 29th August you gave £319 in loose cash and last Sunday – just 37p less - £318.63. In addition, a retiring collection was taken at Glen Ogilvie’s funeral and his family’s wish was that the offering should go to the parish. This collection totalled £633.90. In the meantime, we continue to be grateful and rely on all who pay by standing order and we still encourage you to set up one, if you haven’t yet done so. In these days when not everyone has returned to mass, it is all the more necessary that we can be assured of a regular income, irrespective of Mass attendance The only details you need are these: Sort Code 20-98-07: a/c number: 90777048. And for Gift Aid purposes, the Charity number for the diocese is 278742. Thank you for your continued generosity. The parish account is: St Peter’s Catholic Church Parish Account’: Registered Charity: No 278742’. If you have a problem when you try to set up a direct debit, please get in touch.
Please Keep In Your Prayers Patrick Wilson, Liz O’Connor, Liz Sanders, Paul & Bernie McComish, Alex Vachell, William Leigh, Giovanna Cimenti, Luisa Bessey, Margaret Stubbs, Heather Mabey, Maureen Dawson, Anne Smith, Brigid Simpson, Fr Don Coleman, Dominic Dobson, Julia Harris, Annie Morris, Helen McGuire and all who are sick or in isolation. Pray for all who died recently; also Andrew & Tim Gilbert, Tony Goodchild, Lisa Richardson, John Morrison, and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.
The Twentieth Anniversary of the 9/11 Twin Towers Tragedy occurs this weekend and our Vigil Mass will be offered for Andrew and Tim Gilbert, sons of Mary and John, who were among the 2,977 who were killed. Please keep them in your prayers.
Lectio Divina: – Wednesday at 18.00 on Fr Tony’s Home Channel
Catholic Climate Change Action: Use washable – not disposable- napkins, cloths, mugs and cutlery.
Give The World A Shot. The VaccinAid campaign aims to contribute to the biggest vaccination drive in history. It is led by UNICEF UK in partnership with the online fundraising platform Crowdfunder. The campaign aims to help fund almost two billion Covid-19 vaccines for health workers and the most high risk and vulnerable people on our planet. For more information go to www.vaccinaid.ord to donate org. For those of us who are fortunate enough to have had our Covid 119 vaccinations, this gives us a practical way to give thanks and help others. Play your part and help vaccinate the world.
Thank you, Leiston for your wonderful response in looking after the catering side, and turning out in good numbers for our ecumenical Harvest Songs of Praise. Numbers were, in total, more or less what we expected, but it was a lovely opportunity to gather with members of other Christian churches in the town.
Thank you also to everyone who so kindly volunteered to look after the Ride and Stride welcome in our two churches. Leiston list filled.
A Good Read: ‘Going to Church in Mediaeval England’, by Nicholas Orme is a fascinating look at what life for Catholics in the Middle Ages was like. A sizeable volume, but eminently readable!
Golden Jubilee Celebrations: this will happen at Leiston. The plan is that we have a parish picnic – hopefully in the church grounds, if not inside, from 12.30 onwards We had toyed with the idea of caterers, but doing that requires pinning down numbers, and the risk of under or over-catering, not to mention the cost. So, this is the suggestion. Let’s keep it simple and reduce the need for post-picnic clear ups. Let everyone bring their own food, and share it at your own risk. this is probably a sensible arrangement. We’ll give more detail. Drinks – alcoholic and otherwise will be provided – so no need to worry on that front. Please do put the date in your diary. As well as being an opportunity to celebrate fifty years of ordained ministry, it will also be a lovely chance for the parish to come together after such a long gap, and I do hope that you will be able to come, even if it us for only a short time. There’s a list in both churches, just so that we have a rough idea of the number of cars, and a ball-park figure head count. You will be welcome, but we’ll keep it fairly low key. We have a limited number of chairs – so bring rugs etc!
Readings for the Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading: A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah.
The Lord has opened my ear.
For my part, I made no resistance,
neither did I turn away.
I offered my back to those who struck me,
my cheeks to those who tore at my beard;
I did not cover my face against insult and spittle.
The Lord comes to my help,
so that I am untouched by the insults.
So, too, I set my face like flint;
I know I shall not be shamed.
My vindicator is here at hand.
Does anyone start proceedings against me?
Then let us go to court together.
Who thinks he has a case against me? Let him approach me.
The Lord is coming to my help who dare condemn me? The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God
Psalm Response: I will walk in the presence of the Lord, in the land of the living.
I love the Lord for he has heard
the cry of my appeal;
for he turned his ear to me
in the day when I called him. Response
They surrounded me, the snares of death,
with the anguish of the tomb;
they caught me, sorrow and distress.
I called on the Lord’s name.
O Lord my God, deliver me! Response
How gracious is the Lord, and just;
our God has compassion.
The Lord protects the simple hearts;
I was helpless so he saved me. Response
He has kept my soul from death,
my eyes from tears
and my feet from stumbling.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord
in the land of the living. Response
Second Reading: A reading from the letter of St James
Take the case, my brothers, of someone who has never done a single good act but claims that he has faith. Will that faith save him? If one of the brothers or one of the sisters is in need of clothes and has not enough food to live on, and one of you says to them, ‘I wish you well; keep yourself warm and eat plenty,’ without giving them these bare necessities of life, then what good is that? Faith is like that: if good works do not go with it, it is quite dead.
This is the way to talk to people of that kind: ‘You say you have faith and 1 have good deeds; 1 will prove to you that I have faith by showing you my good deeds – now you prove to me that you have faith without any good deeds to show.’
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; no one can come to the Father except through me. Alleluia!
Gospel
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the Gospel according to Mark Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’
And they told him. ‘John the Baptist,’ they said ‘others Elijah; others again, one of the prophets.’‘ But you,’ he asked ‘who do you say I am?‘ Peter spoke up and said to him, ‘You are the Christ.‘ And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him. And he began to teach them that the Son of Man was destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be put to death, and after three days to rise again; and he said all this quite openly. Then, taking him aside, Peter started to remonstrate with him. But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, ‘Get behind me, Satan! Because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’ He called the people and his disciples to him and said,
‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Sunday Reflection
The story told in the passage we have just heard is at the heart of the drama of Mark’s Gospel. The question about the identity of Jesus is really a question about why he has come. People thought back to the great figures in the long history of the Jewish people as they attempted to understand the mission of Jesus. He shares his passion for the truth of John the Baptist, the strength and power of Elijah, and the spiritual qualities of other prophets. But Peter makes a greater claim for Jesus. He is the Messiah! His reaction should be considered with care. He neither welcomes Peter’s assertion, but nor does he reject it. He speaks for the first time of his suffering and death and resurrection. In doing so, he challenges Peter’s expectations about the Messiah, which were no doubt shared by others. The Messiah will not claim power for himself; he will not dominate others. On the contrary, others will have power over him; he will be dominated. In giving up his life, Jesus opens up a new way, a new vision, a vision of self-giving love. From this point onwards, the gospel of Mark will draw us gradually into the mystery of the cross, the mystery of God’s love revealed in the human life of the Son of God, which explains the meaning and purpose of our own lives too.
