Parish News: 33rd Sunday and Week of the Year

Humans often speak as if we are in complete control: of the economy, of the climate, of our own lives. The truth is that we are not the masters we think we are. This Sunday’s readings remind us that one day the world as we know it will pass away, when Jesus comes again to judge the living and dead at the end of time. But we are not called to be fatalisitc in this knowledge – but hopeful.

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The readings for this Sunday are available here.

Please pray for:
The sick and those in need
Brenda, Reece, John, Chinye, Cheryl, Ann, Mana, Chika, Alessandro, Sonny, Jan, Danielle and Grace.
The Faithful departed
All who have worshipped and served here, those who have died recently and those whose year’s mind falls about this time, amongst them Robert Harrison (16th) and Paul Wilkins (22nd).
 

Advent Bible Study
On three Mondays in Advent after the 6.30pm Mass, we will meet to reflect on, and learn more about, three key events in the history of salvation. Lasts about 30 minutes.
7pm Monday 1st December – The Annunciation
7pm Monday 15th December – The Visitation
7pm Monday 22nd December – The Nativity

Advent and Christmas Highlights:
Advent Carols by Candlelight, followed by refreshments
Sunday 30th November, 6pm

Solemn Mass for the feast of the Immaculate Conception at St Mary Brookfield, NW5 1SL
Monday 8th December, 7pm

Christmas Lessons and Carols, followed by refreshments
Sunday 21st December, 6pm

Children’s Carols Around the Crib
Christmas Eve, 4pm

Midnight Sung Mass
Christmas Eve, 11.30pm 

Sung Mass of Christmas Day
Christmas Morning, 11am

The cover art is Christ Blessing, The Saviour of the World by ‘El Greco’ c. 1600 Held in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.