EASTER SUNDAY (YEAR A) – 11TH / 12TH APRIL 2020

JESUS HAS DIED – JESUS IS RISEN -JESUS WILL COME AGAIN – ALLELUIA! May the Lord bless you and your families.

MASS INTENTIONS  (those marked *** will be live-streamed on our website)

DATE	THIS WEEK’S INTENTIONS
Saturday 11th April Holy Saturday	*** At 7.30pm – Easter Vigil – Parishioners
Sunday 12th April Easter Sunday	*** At 10am – Ronnie Gerrard / Olwyn & George Suffield
Monday 13th April	Mary Hughes / Magdalen Ferris
Tuesday 14th April	Brian Halloran
Wednesday 15th April	Michael Robinson / Molly Gallagher
Thursday 16th April	John O’Boyle / James & Josephine Stewart
Friday 17th April	Richard Potts
Saturday 18th April	Pauline Wilson / Diane Waldron
Sunday 19th April	*** At 10am – UCM / Parishioners /                        Sick of the Parish, Relatives & Friends

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR:

THOSE SICK:  Louis Marshall, Jacob McCann, Albie Brandwood, Sheila Bradshaw, Ceara Judge,

 Lorna  Gibson, Bill Leary, Patrick Reddock, Gwen Press, John Judge, Rachel Cunningham, Mary Dillon, Deacon Terry Rimmer, Carl Griffin, Laura Thomas, Neil Walklett and a sick teenager.

LATELY DEAD. Fr Owen Grant a Mill Hill Missionary who worked in many far off places, particularly  in the Middle East and a great help to St Edmund’s. Mrs Pauline Curran, mother of Fr Dominic.

Mrs Sheila Magennis,mother of Patrick Magennis. Mrs Pat Thompson, mother of Mark Thompson. Sister Carmel, former Reverend Mother of Park House.

ANNIVERSARIES. Ronnie Gerrard, Olwyn & George Suffield, Mary Hughes, Magdalen Ferris,

James & Josephine Stewart

EASTER MESSAGES FOR THE HOLY LAND. Please send an e-mail message or e-card to a Parish or School in Israel or Palestine. Christians in the Holy Land are feeling very much under threat from war and occupation. Receiving a card from the UK shows them that they are not forgotten. A list of contact details for all the Parishes and Schools in the Holy Land can be found at https://jp.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/resources/cards/

MASS REQUESTS AND INTENTIONS AND WEEKLY OFFERINGS: It is best to communicate these to us electronically rather than by the use of cards and envelopes through the door, as these may carry a risk of infection. On the transfer quote Mass request or who from. Mass intentions will be noted on the weekly newsletter and Mass said privately for them. Our bank account name is St Edmund of Canterbury Church (156) Parish Account Business Current Account. Account number is 81546066 and the sort code is 40-29-12. Please email Fr John frjohncullen@gmail.com with details of the intention.

EASTER MESSAGE FROM FATHER JOHN

We are in a crucial time in the Church’s year having celebrated the events of Jesus’ death and now celebrating his resurrection.Jesus enters fully into human suffering. In His risng, that suffering is transformed into hope and joy. After Jesus’ death his disciples were afraid, confused and anxious but the Risen Christ came to them and restored hope through His victory over death, We pray that our world today might know this hope. We join our prayers to  all those who will be praying in their homes, communities and around the world. We pray this Easter for those who suffer, those who have died suddenly and all those who care for them to celebrate our faith in these difficult times, to help and support our neighbours in need and to do all we can to slow the spread of the disease. As we come to the end of the holiest week of the year we will be very close in prayer as we have been all week. We will celebrate as best we can. Easter is about celebrating that love is stronger than death. May our faith, hope and love be renewed. Keep strong, Take good care of yourself. Stay blessed.

I’M STAYING AT HOME, LORD!

I’m staying at home, Lord and today I realise you taught me this, remaining obedient to the Father for thirty years in the house of Nazareth, waiting for the great mission.

I stay at home Lord, and in Joseph’s studio, your keeper and mine, I learn to work, to round the corners of my life and prepare you a work of art.

I’m staying at home, Lord and I know that I am not alone because Mary, like any mother, is in the next room, doing chores and preparing lunch for all of us, God’s family.

I’m staying at home, Lordand I do it responsibly for my own good,for the health of my city, for my loved ones and for the good of my brother, whom you have put beside me, asking me to take care of him in the garden of life.

I’m staying at home, Lord and in the silence of Nazareth, I pledge to pray, read, study, meditate, be useful for small jobs, in order tomake ourhome more beautiful and more welcoming.

I’m staying at home, Lord and in the morning I thank you for the new day you give me, trying not to spoil it and welcome it with wonder, as a gift and an Easter surprise.

I’m staying at home, Lord and at noon I will receive the greeting of the angel, I will make myself useful for love, in communion with you who have made you flesh to live among us, and, tired of the journey, thirsty, I will meet you at Jacob’s Well, and thirsty for love, on the cross.

I’m staying at home, Lord and if the evening takes me melancholy, I will invoke you like the disciples of Emmaus; stay with us, the evening has arrived and the sun sets.

I’m staying at home, Lord and in the night, in communion of prayer with the many sick,the lonely and all the caregivers, I will wait for the dawn to sing your mercy again and tell everyone that, in the storms, you have been my refuge.

I’m staying at home, Lord and I don’t feel alone and abandoned, because you told me: “I’m with you every day”, yes, and especially in these days of confusion, O Lord, in which, if my presence is not necessary, I will raech everyone, only with the wings of prayer.

AMEN

BE AT PEACE.

Do not look forward in fear to the changes in life;

rather, look to them with full hope that as they arise,

God, whose very own you are, will lead you safely through all things;

and when you cannot stand it, God will carry you in His arms.

Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same understanding 

Father who cares for you today will take of you then and every day.

He will either shield you from suffering or will give you unfailing strength to bear it.

Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations.

Loving God, in Jesus Christ, who died and rose again for our salvation, cast out the darkness of our anxiety, fear and mourning, enfold us in your love and give us joy and hope this Easter.

Amen.

Fr John

Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement.