Posts from April 2024

A Plethora of Clots and a Myriad of Prayer !

                A PLETHORA OF CLOTS AND A MYRIAD OF PRAYER So I have been on a journey, a journey which had its own language. It was the language of hospital, doctors and nurses, of scans and tests and my new key term, the D-dimer! This term is now an important one in my vocabulary. The closest I had got to this, up until a few weeks ago, was one of the treats of my youth, the dime bar! I now…

Parish Notices 12th April

NOTICES FOR SUNDAY APRIL 14th YOUR PRAYERS PLEASE Every day next week I will be celebrating the beautiful Sacrament of First Penance with the children of the parish and on every evening of the following week we will be celebrating the simple but profound Service of Light with all our young people who are in the final stages of preparation for Confirmation. Please keep them, their parents and their sponsors in your prayers over the following weeks.                                                                                                 *****************************************…

The Blessing of Bread Holy Saturday

The “Blessing of Bread” on Holy Saturday is an enduring and beloved Polish tradition. Ornate baskets decorated in crisp linen, ribbons and sprigs of boxwood are filled with beautiful foods of special significance. Bread in the shape of a cob with a cross on top symbolizes Christ’s gift of daily bread, Eggs symbolize new life and Christ’s Resurrection from the tomb, Butter in the form of a Pascal Lamb represents the Lamb of God, Bacon and Ham symbolize abundance, Horseradish…