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MORNING PRAYER combined with MASS : Monday to Friday 7.30 AM EVENING PRAYER: Mo-Fri 6.00 PM MASS on SUNDAY 10 AM. Texts for Prayers: http://www.oremus.org/cofe.html or you can buy your hard-copy here: https://www.chpublishing.co.uk/books/9780715121993/common-worship-daily-pray OUR PRAYER OF PUBLIC PENANCE · Almighty and merciful God, you have brought us together in the name of your Son to receive your mercy and grace in our time of need. · Open our eyes to see the evil we have done. Touch our hearts and convert us to yourself. · Where sin has divided and scattered, may your love make one again; where sin has brought weakness, may your power heal and strengthen; where sin has brought death, may your Spirit raise to new life. · Give us a new heart to love you, so that our lives may reflect the image of your Son. · May the world see the glory of Christ revealed in your church, and come to know that he is the one whom you have sent, Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. NOW WE ARE IN THE WEEK OF: Laetare Sunday is the fourth Sunday in the season of Lent. Traditionally, this Sunday has been a day of celebration within the austere period of Lent. This Sunday gets its name from the first few words of the traditional Latin entrance verse for the Mass of the day. "Laetare Jerusalem", Rejoice Jerusalem. The meaning of Lent. This week, on Wednesday the Lenten season begins. The colour of Lent is violet (purple), those of penitence and mourning. In Lent, we remember that through our baptism we died to sin and were raised to a new life in Christ. This penitential season transports us back to the moment of the fundamental break in our relationship with our Creator and therefore to the possibility of a fundamental healing in that relationship. We prepare for the celebration of Easter, the three sacred days of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Day, the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection. Ordinary Time. The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday and between the Day of Pentecost and the beginning of Advent are the two “green seasons”, so called from their liturgical colours. This long trek of “Ordinary Time”, the thirty-four weeks which extend from now till the end of November and the start of Advent. This time is calling us to be people of hope, particularly hope in the next generation. The colour of hope and growth is green. Indeed, from now on we concentrate on the work which affects our future.
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This Week: 5th Week in Lent Monday 18th March/ Lent Feria 7.30 am Morning Prayer + MASS 12.00 pm Art for Wellness for Adults 17.15 pm Artworkshop for Kids (Beaufor Park) 18.00 pm Evening Prayer Tuesday 19th March / Lent Feria 7.30 am Morning Prayer + MASS 11 am Beaufort Park Coffee Morning 18.00 pm Evening Prayer Communion Wednesday 20th March/ Lent Feria 7.30 am Morning Prayer + MASS 12.00pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS with Communion + Lunch Club 18.00 pm Evening Prayer 19.15 pm Bible Study in Beaufort P. Thursday 21st March/ Lent Feria 7.30 am Morning Prayer + MASS 18.00 pm Evening Prayer 19.15 pm Bible Study Group in Beaufort Park – John’s Gospel with Holy Communion Friday 22nd March / Lent Feria 7.30 am Morning Prayer 6.00 pm Evening Prayer 12.00 pm private Stations of The Cross prayed in the Church (booklets on the side-person’s desk) On Sundays: 5-6 pm: Art for Wellness for Adults in Beaufort Park
PARISH CATECHISM The Theological Virtues 4 / Sin Charity/Love is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. Jesus made love a commandment. By loving one another the disciples imitate the love of Jesus. The Lord asks us to love as he does, even our enemies, and to love children and the poor, and the sufferer, as Christ himself. Charity upholds and purifies our human ability to love. The fruits of charity are joy, peace and mercy. Charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit. The moral life of Christians is sustained by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord. The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. These are: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity. Sin. Sin is an offence against reason, truth, and right conscience. It is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse (wrong) attachment to certain goods. Sin wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. Sin is an offence against God. It turns our hearts away from Him. Sin is disobedience, a revolt against God, like the first sin, we want to be like ‘like god’. It is precisely in the Passion, when the mercy of Christ is about to vanquish it, that sin most clearly manifests its violence in many forms: unbelief, murderous hatred, mockery, cruelty, and betrayal. All enquiries to Fr Joseph on 02082051979, saintaugustinecolindale@gmail.com HALL RENTAL to Joseph Hayibo on Whatsapp 07836711995. Nursery: 07555380069, Wardens: Margaret Fadeyi and Philip Cullingford - Youth Worker: Esperanza Walsh zsazsa.walsh@gmail.com COMING WEEK Palm Sunday: Monday of Holy Week 25th March 7.30 am Morning Prayer + MASS 12.00 pm Art for Wellness for Adults 17.15 pm Artworkshop for Kids (Beaufor Park) 18.00 pm Evening Prayer Tuesday of Holy Week 26th March 7.30 am Morning Prayer 11 am Chrism Mass with our Bishop 11 am Beaufort Park Coffee Morning 18.00 pm Evening Prayer Communion Wednesday - Holy Week 27thMarch 7.30 am Morning Prayer + MASS 12.00pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS with Communion + Lunch Club 18.00 pm Evening Prayer 19.15 pm Bible Study in Beaufort P. Maundy Thursday 28th March 7.30 am Morning Prayer 6.30 pm Mass of the Last Supper Good Friday 29th March 7.30 am Morning Prayer 13.00 pm Stations of The Cross 2.pm Good Friday Service Holy Saturday / Easter Vigil 29th March 7.30 am Morning Prayer 8 pm Easter Vigil Mass On Sundays: 5-6 pm: Art for Wellness for Adults in Beaufort Park
PARISH CATECHISM The Theological Virtues 4 / Sin PARISH CATECHISM Sin 2 Sin. Sin is an offence against reason, truth, and right conscience. It is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse (wrong) attachment to certain goods. Sin wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. Sin is an offence against God. It turns our hearts away from Him. Sin is disobedience, a revolt against God, like the first sin, we want to be like ‘like god’. It is precisely in the Passion, when the mercy of Christ is about to vanquish it, that sin most clearly manifests its violence in many forms: unbelief, murderous hatred, mockery, cruelty, and betrayal. Sins evaluate according to their gravity. Mortal Sin. Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of the human person by a grave violation of God’s law. It turns us away from God, who is our ultimate end and our happiness. Mortal sin necessitates a new initiative of God’s mercy and a conversion of heart which is normally accomplished within the sacrament of reconciliation. For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must be met: sin is mortal to the soul when the object is a grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and full consent. Grave matter is defined by the Ten Commandment, in the answer Jesus gave to the rich young man: ‘Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honour your father and your mother.’ Mortal sin results in the loss of charity and sanctifying grace (God’s life is no longer in us). If it is not redeemed by repentance and God’s forgiveness, it causes exclusion from Christ’s kingdom and the eternal death of hell. Sin is venial, when one in a less serious matter disobeys the moral law (it can be a grave matter but without full knowledge or without full consent). Venial (or minor) sins weakens charity in us. It manifests a disordered affection for created goods. However, it does not break our covenant fully with God, we don’t lose God’s sanctifying grace. . Charity/Love is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. Jesus made love a commandment. By loving one another the disciples imitate the love of Jesus. The Lord asks us to love as he does, even our enemies, and to love children and the poor, and the sufferer, as Christ himself. Charity upholds and purifies our human ability to love. The fruits of charity are joy, peace and mercy. Charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit. The moral life of Christians is sustained by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord. The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. These are: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity. Sin. Sin is an offence against reason, truth, and right conscience. It is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse (wrong) attachment to certain goods. Sin wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. Sin is an offence against God. It turns our hearts away from Him. Sin is disobedience, a revolt against God, like the first sin, we want to be like ‘like god’. It is precisely in the Passion, when the mercy of Christ is about to vanquish it, that sin most clearly manifests its violence in many forms: unbelief, murderous hatred, mockery, cruelty, and betrayal. All enquiries to Fr Joseph on 02082051979, saintaugustinecolindale@gmail.com HALL RENTAL to Joseph Hayibo on Whatsapp 07836711995. Nursery: 07555380069, Wardens: Margaret Fadeyi and Philip Cullingford - Youth Worker: Esperanza Walsh zsazsa.walsh@gmail.com PLEASE, SUPPORT OUR WORK in one of the most deprived areas of London by signing up to #easyfundraising and help us raise FREE funds for Saint Augustine's Church, Grahame Park when you're doing your everyday shopping online. THIS IS FREE MONEY FOR US! Plus, when you raise your first £5, easyfundraising will match it!! This short video explains how simple it is and it doesn't cost you anything – http://efraising.org/cv1Wj5Bman.
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