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Welcome to Saint Mary's​ - Our Lady of Reparation
What's New




11pm Carol Service & 12midnight Missa Pro Populo
Masses at - 8:00am, 9:15am , 10:45am, 12:15pm
Kindly put in your diary that Wednesday the 17th of December is the day set aside in our parish for Penitential Service and Individual Confessions in preparation for the coming festival of Christmas. Tell your family and friends!
We wish everyone the graces of this Holy Season. Please take a copy of our parish Chrismas card and keep abreast of the schedule of Masses and other activities
Malcolm and his team have begun the sale of Christmas Raffle Ticket in the parish.
1st Prize: £250; 2nd Prize: £125; 3rd Prize £75; plus other prizes.
Malcolm Fernando is requesting all those who helped in selling Christmas Raffle tickets to hand in money and ticket counterfoils plus unsold tickets to himself, Florence Baptiste or the Parish Office.
We are, once again, asking parishioners to donate a Christmas present for the homeless and vulnerable in our community. Fill a shoe box with toiletries, treats and a Christmas Card and these will go to the guests at St Mildred’s Drop-In on Christmas Day. Further information about what to include in your box is on the parish website and on the posters in the porch. Many thanks for your continuing generosity

PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO ROME, ASSISI & SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO:
We are planning our Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome, Assisi
and San Giovanni Rotondo from 23rd Nov. to 2nd Dec. For further information see the 3rd Sunday of Easter C 4th May 2025 Newsletter
(Refrain) Like a flame my hope is burning.
Indy my song arise to vou:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life s path I trust in you.
(1) Ev'ry nation, tongue, and people
find a light within your Word.
Scattered fragile sons and daughters
find a home in your dear Son
(2) God so tender and so patient
dawn of hope. vou care for al.
Heav'n and earth are recreated
by the Spirit of Life set free.
(3) Raise your eyes, the wind is blowing,
for our God is born in time.
Son made man for you and man
who will find the wav in him
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both
humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever. Amen.
Leader: Let us pray for our Holy Father Leo XIV
Response: The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
Leader: Lord Jesus, shelter our Holy Father the Pope under the protection of Your Sacred Heart. Be his light, his strength and his consolation.
Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to Your shepherd, the Pope, a spirit of courage and right judgement, a spirit of knowledge and love.
By governing with fidelity those entrusted to his care may he, as successor to the apostle Peter and vicar of Christ, build Your Church into a sacrament of unity, love, and peace for all the world.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.









