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| Advent Week One | |||
| Day | Times | Word | Prayer |
| Sunday 28 Nov | Mass: 7pm Sat; 9.30, 11, 6.30 Sun | I will make a virtuous Branch grow for David, who shall practise honesty and integrity in the land. | Integrity |
| Monday 29 Nov | Mass: 9.30 | I am not worthy to have you under my roof: give the word, and my servant will be healed | Humility |
| Tues 30 Nov St Andrew | Mass: 9.30 Holy Hour 3-4 | ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.’ And they left their nets at once and followed him. | Courage |
| Weds 1 Dec St Edmund Campion, St Ralph Sherwin | Mass: 9.30 (with class from school) | The Lord will wipe away the tears from every cheek; he will take away his people’s shame everywhere on earth. | Hope |
| Thurs 2 Dec | Mass: 9.30 Holy Hour 3-4 | Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. | Strong Foundations |
| Fri 3 Dec St Francis Xavier | Mass: 9.30 CAFOD Coffee Morning: 10 | After shadow and darkness, the eyes of the blind will see. | Vision |
| Sat 4 Dec | Mass: 9.30, & 7 Adoration & Confessions: 10 | People of Zion, you will live in Jerusalem and weep no more. He will be gracious to you when he hears your cry; when he hears he will answer. | Thanks |
| Advent Week TWO | |||
| Day | Times | Word | Prayer |
| Sunday 5 Dec | Mass: 9.30, 11, 6.30 Carol Service 3pm | A voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight. | Preparation |
| Monday 6 Dec St Nicholas | Mass: 9.30 | Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed, then the lame shall leap like a deer and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy; | Healing for the sick |
| Tues 7 Dec St Ambrose of Milan | Mass: 9.30 Holy Hour 3-4 Contemplative Prayer Retreat: 6.45pm | ‘Console my people, console them’ says your God. ‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call to her’. | For those who mourn |
| Weds 8 Dec Immaculate Conception | Mass: 9.30 (with class from school) Walton le Dale School Concert 6pm | ‘Rejoice, so highly favoured! The Lord is with you.’ …‘let what you have said be done to me.’ | What is God asking of me? |
| Thurs 9 Dec | Mass: 9.30 Holy Hour 3-4 | I, the Lord, your God, I am holding you by the right hand; I tell you, ‘Do not be afraid, I will help you.’ | For the anxious and the lonely |
| Fri 10 Dec Our Lady of Loreto | Mass: 9.30 | I, the Lord, your God, teach you what is good for you, I lead you in the way that you must go. If only you had been alert to my commandments,. | Teachers |
| Sat 11 Dec | Mass: 9.30, & 7 Adoration & Confessions: 10 Children’s 1st Reconciliation 10.30 | How glorious you were in your miracles, Elijah! Has anyone reason to boast as you have? Taken up in the whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with fiery horses; | To recognise God’s prophets & signposts |
| Advent Week THREE | |||
| Day | Times | Word | Prayer |
| Sunday 12 Dec Gaudete Sunday (O.L. of Guadalupe) | Mass: 7pm Sat; 9.30, 11, 6.30 | I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord; I repeat, what I want is your happiness. Let your tolerance be evident to everyone: the Lord is very near. | True Happiness |
| Monday 13 Dec St Lucy | Mass: 9.30 | The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, A hero arises from their stock, he reigns over countless peoples. His king is greater than Agag, his majesty is exalted.’ | Light for those in darkness |
| Tues 14 Dec St John of the Cross | Mass: 9.30 Holy Hour 3-4 | When that day comes you need feel no shame for all the misdeeds you have committed against me… But they will be able to graze and rest with no one to disturb them. | Forgiveness towards others |
| Weds 15 Dec
| Mass: 9.30 (with class from school) Reconciliation Service: 7pm | A God of integrity and a saviour: there is none apart from me. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God unrivalled. | Turn back to God |
| Thurs 16 Dec | Mass: 9.30 Holy Hour 3-4 | For the mountains may depart, the hills be shaken, but my love for you will never leave you and my covenant of peace with you will never be shaken, says the Lord who takes pity on you. | To be stewards of Creation |
| Fri 17 Dec
| Mass: 9.30
| A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham: … and Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ. | Respect for life, especially the unborn |
| Sat 18 Dec | Mass: 9.30, & 7 Adoration & Confessions: 10 | I will raise a virtuous Branch for David, who will reign as true king and be wise practising honesty and integrity in the land. | Our family tree |
| Advent Week FOUR | |||
| Day | Times | Word | Prayer |
| Sunday 19 Dec Blessing of the Bambinelli | Mass: 7pm Sat; 9.30, (Childrens Mass) 11, 6.30 | The child leapt in her womb …‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. | Motherhood |
| Monday 20 Dec | Mass: 9.30 High School Advent Service 7pm | The maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel, a name which means “God- is-with-us.”’ | Recognising where and how God is with us |
| Tues 21 Dec | Mass: 9.30 Holy Hour 3-4 | Come then, my love, my lovely one, come.show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is beautiful.’ | Recognise beauty |
| Weds 22 Dec | Mass: 9.30 | ‘My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord … for the Almighty has done great things for me’. | Count our blessings |
| Thurs 23 Dec | Mass: 9.30 Holy Hour 3-4 | Stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand. | Witness to our faith |
| Fri 24 Dec | Mass: 9.30 | … the rising Sun to visit us, to give light to those who live in darkness and the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace.’ | Those most in need |
| Come home this Advent: Prepare for Christ; Prepare for Mass; Prepare for Christmas! | |||
| Christmas Eve | Mass: 5pm; 7pm Carols: 11.30pm Midnight Mass | The people that walked in darkness has seen a great light; on those who live in a land of deep shadow a light has shone. | Light overcomes darkness |
| Christmas Day | Mass: 10am | The Word was made flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that is his as the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. | God is with us—in every time and place |