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Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Deut 8:2-3-16

1Cor 10:16-17

Gospel John 3: 16-18

Hymn- Songs of the Spirit - The Night Before Our Saviour Died - 24 Damian Lundy & Gerard Maryland copyright- Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 1978

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 YEAR A - PENTECOST     
Acts 2:1-11;  Cor 12:3-712-13;  Gospel  John 20:19-23

On the feast of St Matthias, we  read  in the gospel, how the Apostles were commissioned by Jesus to go out to the whole world and bear spiritual fruit. Let us pray for Kingdom love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness and self-control, to rule our world.

Send forth your Spirit, O Lord   © Mike Anderson 2001

Based on Psalm 103(104) © The Grail England, and used with permission.

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, come,
From thy bright heavenly throne,
Come take possession of our souls,
And make them all thy own

This was the final hymn sung at the end of the 10 o'clock Mass at Saint Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Church in Kings Road, Canton, Cardiff CF11 9BX, Wales on Sunday the 8th of June 2014, the feast of Pentecost. In Welsh / Cymraeg the name of the church is 'Llanfair yr Angylion'.'Fair' or 'Mair' is the name of Our Lady in Welsh.
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 Seventh Sunday of Easter.   Year A                                                      

1st Reading ACTS 1: 12-14

 Gospel JOHN 17:1-11

                    The two excerpts chosen from todays scripture are very important in understanding the Ascension and how we could react to it with love, truth and joy like the Apostles and Mary. This is a time of ending and a time of new beginning and both can be stressful even traumatic. Luke chose the Ascension to be the last event in his Gospel and the first point in his account of the Acts of the Apostles, showing how significant this time after the Resurrection is to Mary and the 11 Apostles who are all named here. Mary makes the Apostles into a whole group again their number being 12 once more. In many ways we look at Mary during May, particularly with pilgrimages to Lourdes being planned and completed. She is the one who completes our journey to Jesus. She has been with him every step of the way and beyond. Today we still see her as one who can support us in  times of stress or family struggles, in sickness and in health providing a means of prayer and intercession. Lets not forget Our Blessed Lady was present with Jesus in all of this.

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6th Sunday EASTER     

1st  Reading             Acts 8.5-8              

       Gospel              John 14:15-21    

2nd  Reading.          Peter 3.15-18

MUSIC "Lord, I  surrender".  © Mike Anderson 2002

         John carries on from last Sunday with more encouragement for his disciples who are bewildered and numbed with the sense of impending tragedy. The scene is set at the Last Supper and by this time of night a sense of foreboding must have enveloped the whole group

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5th Sunday EASTER         

1st Reading   Acts 6. 1-7                

Gospel  John 14: 1-12     

2nd Reading 1. Peter 2. 4-9

'FATHER I BELIEVE IN YOU"                     Words and Music © Mike Anderson  

  

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FOURTH WEEK EASTER     YEAR A     

1st Reading  Acts 14:8-12      Gospel  John 10:11-18      

2ND Reading 1John 3;1-2               The Good Shepherd                             

                    Words and Music © Mike Anderson

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Third Week Easter      April 19th 2026                   

1st Reading       Acts 2:14       

Gospel                Luke 24:13-35   

2nd Reading     1 Peter 1:17-21

                  Words and Music © Mike Anderson

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 Gospel  John 20:19-31  (sundaygospel.co.uk)

 Opening Prayer -  Fr Don on the Universe                 

Why did Thomas, the  faithful servant and disciple of Christ cry out from the depth of his love:     

         “ You are my Lord and my God!”. Where does this faith come from?

Some people say that Faith is a gift. Some have it  and  others, for some reason have not been given this gift. I think we need to be wary of thinking that  because it can lead to elitism. I am better than , or I am  specially selected or they don’t deserve  this gift. Wouldn’t it be like forcing someone to love? It cannot be done. Love has to be given and received freely to be true love.Doesn’t faith have to be given and received freely in order to be true faith.?

Meditatio TalKS SERIES A 2005             LAURENCE FREEMAN OSB.     Paying Attention

'Stand among us now' -                      Words and Music © Mike Anderson 2000, 2022

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Procession of the Palms - Matt 21: 1-11

Readings at the Mass -  Isaiah: 50: 4-80, Psalm 21, Phillipians 2:6-11

GOSPEL -  Matthew 27: 11-54

brooklynmuseum.org - Jaques TISSOT - OUR lORD'S VIEW FROM THE CROSS

MUSIC -  Grace Church Halewood

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Fifth Sunday  in Lent -    Lord roll away the stone.                               

    READING I          EZE  37 .12 - 14            You shall live     

    GOSPEL             JOHN 11.1--45               Lazarus

    READING II.       ROMANS 8.8-11          You are in the Spirit

HYMN -  "HEAR MY PEOPLE CRY"  © Mike Anderson   

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