NEWSLETTER

SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT

AND WEEK COMMENCING 11 FEBRUARY 2024

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SUNDAY 11
SUNDAY next before LENT

(for our Parish community)

9am Morning Prayer

10am SUNG PARISH MASS †

5pm Evening Prayer

Monday 12

Feria

(for the NHS)

10am Mass

Tuesday 13

Feria

(for the Local Authority)

10am Mass

Wednesday 14

ASH WEDNESDAY
 (for a holy Lent)

7pm Sung Mass with Litany & Imposition of Ashes †

Thursday 15

Bl Thomas Bray, pr - votive of the dead

(for the departed of February)

9.30am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

10am Requiem Mass & homily

Friday 16

Feria

(for HM The King)

12 noon Mass

7pm Stations of the Cross at St Mary's

Saturday 17

Bl Janna Luwum, bp, m
(for the Church of Uganda)

no services today

NEWS & VIEWS

Today we hear of Elijah’s bodily ascent into heaven in ‘a chariot of fire and horses’. In our Gospel Elijah appears on a mountain with Moses (clearly linking Jesus with the prophets) at Jesus’ transfiguration, where his ‘clothes became dazzling white’ - another kind of Epiphany - which we’re told terrifies the three disciples who have been taken along. The passage from II Corinthians alludes to this event - ‘the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ’. This is contrasted with the blindness of the minds of the unbelievers, caused by ‘the god of this world’ (Satan).         

LENT BEGINS THIS WEEK and our Ash Wednesday Mass, with Litany and Imposition of Ashes, is at 7pm. Please ensure you have a copy of our Lent, Holy Week & Easter leaflet which details our services and other events in that period.

Download LHW&E leaflet

CHURCH SPRING CLEAN We’re hoping many hands will make light work for our annual spring clean at 11am on Saturday. Lunch provided.

DIOCESAN LENT COURSES Across the Diocese there will be a series of courses open to all - some face to face, and some online. The cost is from £15 for a two-session course to £25 for a five-session course. Subjects include: Romans - Blueprint of the Gospel, Thoughts of God, “The Last Week”, The Place of Grace, Poems and Prayer, The Unknown Bible, I Believe in the Resurrection, The Development of Holy Communion, Church History and Encountering Christ through Art. Further information: tinyurl.com/dofclent2024 or dhardy@chelmsford.anglican.org.

MARGARET QUINNEY our churchwarden is currently in hospital awaiting heart surgery following a scare. She may be in hospital for some time and will need a period of extended rehabilitation and rest following the surgery. Margaret sends her best wishes to everyone and says that she has been grateful for the messages and visits she has received. Please keep Margaret in your daily prayers.

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REGULAR GIVING Giving to fund the ministry of the Church is an essential part of our Christian faith. Please, if you don’t already, would you consider giving a regular amount? No amount is too small. Using our parish giving scheme is easy and you are in full control (and Margaret Quinney will be pleased to help you if needed). One-off donations can be made using the Parish Giving Scheme, or with the card machine at the back of church, or by putting cash/cheques in the offering plate. Cheques should be made payable to St Mary’s Ilford PCC.

INTERCESSION

OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE PRAY

 

for the sick, distressed and bereaved
Joan Cassidy, Richard Holland, Lucy Ball, Amberly Crediton, Kathy Valentine, Margaret Harding, Mel Taylor, Bernard Street, Keith Holland, Matthew, Leslie Haigh, Bibi Bacchus, Fr Elwin Cockett, Jeanmarie Morton, Alastair Ogilvie, Paul Zmak, Caroline & Hugo Furzland, Margaret Quinney, HM The King, Dawn Roberts; Renate Arnold

  

for the recently departed 

  Jason Philpot

 

for those whose anniversaries of death fall this week

 

Tuesday

Lilian Leggatt, Mary Moore

 

Thursday

Bill Clarke, Hyacinth Dash

 

Friday

Queenie English

 

please pray especially for

peace in the Holy Land and Ukraine

ORDERS OF SERVICE

Sunday 10am
Office
020 8478 0546

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