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22 Jan

Saturday

3rd Sunday of the Year

Sunday of the Word of God

Mass intentions

Our Parish

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Sunday

3rd Sunday of the Year

Sunday of the Word of God

Louis McLoughlin RIP

(Sunday School after Mass)

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Monday

St Francis de Sales

Don

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Tuesday

Conversion of St Paul

Fr Sushant MSFS R.I.P

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Wednesday

SS Timothy & Titus

Fr Claude Morel MSFS R.I.P

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Thursday

St Angela Merici

Joseph V.M RIP

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Friday

St Thomas Aquinas

Private

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Saturday

4th Sunday of the Year

Richard Foster RIP

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Sunday

4th Sunday of the Year

Claudia Rebodos

(Sunday School after Mass)

Confessions after the Mass on Fridays and Saturdays. Face coverings or masks must be worn in church at Mass

Please pray for Peace. The Church. Holy Souls. The lonely & frightened. The faithful departed-those who

mourn. All on the Parish list. The sick, their carers. Hospital, health & care workers. Teachers, staff and

children. Those suffering the virus. Migrants. Victims of oppression & racial hatred. World leaders to unite to fund & share a covid solution. People in areas of conflict & poor countries needing vaccines. Sandra & Ian.

Pope Francis & Pope Emeritus Benedict, Bishop David, our clergy and religious. That the battle against covid il will be successful. In gratitude for God's gifts, mercy and unconditional love.

Scripture Readings 23rd January 2022 - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C

Neh 8: 2-10; Psalm 18(19); 1 Cor 12: 12-30; Luke 1: 1-4; 4: 14-21

The Law of the Lord - Today is the day of rejoicing in the New Law which Christ has given us and which unites us with him, binds us together as his people, and makes us work together for his Kingdom.

We listen to the words of the Law and ponder them in our hearts.

In 538 BC King Cyrus of Persia helped the Israelites to return to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon. There Ezra and Nehemiah shared the tasks of re-establishing the Jewish state and religion. Nehemiah rebuilt the city's walls and administration. Intoday's reading we hear about Ezra's formal reading of the Jewish Law, and the people's joyous celebration of God's gift of the Law.

The Psalm praises God's moral law - and asks forgiveness for our transgressions.

In Paul's letter to the Corinthians he compares a community to the human body. Every Christian becomes part of Christ's body by baptism. So all gifts come from the spirit; all gifts are necessary; all contribute to the good of the whole community. All Christians are equally valuable and wanted by God.

Our reading of Luke's Gospel over the ordinary Sundays of Year C now resumes, to be interrupted only for Eastertide. First we are reminded of Luke's reason for writing a gospel: he is carefully putting into an orderly sequence what he has heard from eye-witnesses, so that his hearers may "realise the certainty of the teachings" they have received.Today's reading then continues from the beginning of Jesus' ministry in Galilee, including his self-proclamation in his home town. Next week we hear his neighbours' reactions.

Psalm Response:   Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We only have today, Let us begin! St Teresa

Prayer for Christian Unity

Lord Jesus Christ, you prayed that your followers should be one, as you and the Father are one. We are sorry for the scandal of division between Christian Churches. Help us to celebrate our diverse gifts and insights, so that we maybe united just as one rainbow is made of many colours. Help us live the Gospel together so that the world may see how Christians love you and one another. Amen

Let us pray,

for unity & peace.

All powerful and

ever living God,

direct your love

that is within us,

that our efforts in

the name of your Son

may bring

mankind to

unity and peace.

Pope Francis Prayer for Peace

Lord, come to our aid! Guide our steps in the way of peace. Open our eyes and our hearts, and give us the courage to say: "Never again war!"; "With war everything is lost." God of Love, you created us and called us to live as brothers and sisters. Give us the strength daily to be instruments of peace. Help us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother or sister. Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands. Renew our hearts and minds, so that the word which always brings us together will be "brother", and our way of life will always be that of: Shalom, Peace, Salaam! Amen.

Spiritual Holy Communion Oh Jesus, my God, I love you, but unfortunately, I cannot receive you in Holy Communion at this time. Come, nevertheless, and visit me with your grace. Come spiritually into my heart. Purify it. Sanctify it. Render it like your own most Sacred Heart. Amen. Online Daily Mass www.northamptondiocese.org/live.

To keep up or review your weekly offerings or to make donations -

Direct to the Parish - By Standing Order/Direct Debit/One-Off Donation - ask your bank to pay to

Account Name: RCDN St Patrick Duston Branch Sort Code: 60-06-11 A/c No 59820640.

Let Fr Benny know if as a tax payer, you want us to reclaim it -No cost to you - so valuable for the church.

Or on 'Giving Tuesday' you can call the Diocesan Finance Office 01604 712065, (10:00am - 4:00pm)

Have your debit/credit card ready - specify the offering is for St Patrick's Duston.

If the line is busy leave only your telephone number and your name - you will be called back.

We know at present many are struggling financially so please just do what you can.

SUNDAY SCHOOL - Preparation for First Confession and First Holy Communion

After the Sunday 9.30 Mass - we look forward to seeing all the children.

Pray for us ever, Holy Mother of God, Pray for us, whatever be our cross, as we pass along our way.

Pray for us, and we shall rise again, though we have fallen. Pray for us when sorrow or anxiety

or sickness comes upon us. Pray for us when we are prostrate under the power of temptation.

Prayer of Cardinal Newman

Prayer of open minds and open hearts.

Tender hearted God, you created the world and saw it was good. You gathered the outcast children of Israel, you sent your Son to reconcile all peoples to yourself. Touch our minds and hearts, that we may be peacemakers, just stewards of your creation and advocates for the outcasts of society.

May your Spirit prompt us to share with the poor what is theirs, to speak out for those who are oppressed,

to turn away from prejudice and to preach the Gospel by actions. This we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

Pope Francis - God is greater than our sins.

Pope Francis encouraged people to encounter God's mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, with a reminder that the tender forgiveness of God is greater than the "ugliest" sin. He said "God is not afraid of our sins; he is greater than our sins. God always forgives. We are the ones who tire of asking for forgiveness."

Speaking of God's tenderness and mercy, Pope Francis said the "things of God always reach us through the mediation of human experiences. Tenderness is the best way to touch what is fragile in us. Look how nurses touch the wounds of the sick: with tenderness, so as not to hurt them more. And so the Lord touches our wounds with the same tenderness."

"This is why it is important to encounter God's mercy, especially in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, in personal prayer with God, having an experience of truth and tenderness. The pope said that God's tenderness is "greater than the logic of the world" and can be "an unexpected way of doing justice."

"Without this 'revolution of tenderness' we risk remaining imprisoned in a justice that does not allow us to get up easily and that confuses redemption with punishment," he said.