
For the week
beginning:
November 16th 2008
Today is The 33rd Sunday of the Year
Year A
Todays Theme: Christ, the Head of his Household
Christs Family, the Church, today holds festival in honour of its Head, and brings to him the talents of a good wife, devoted sons, and faithful servants.
Father of all that is good,keep us faithful in serving you,
for to serve you is our lasting joy.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
First Reading Proverbs 31: 10 - 13, 19 - 20, 30 - 31 Psalm 127 Second Reading 1 Thessalonians 5: 1 - 6 Gospel
Matthew 25: 14 - 30
Sunday November 16th
Thirty-Third Sunday of the YearSung Mass at S Barnabas' 8.30 a.m. S Albans November BirthdaysSung Mass at S Alban's 9.30 a.m.
Sung Mass at S Agatha's
11.15 a.m. Monday November 17th Feria No Mass Tuesday November 18th Feria Low Mass at S Agatha's 12.00 p.m. Wednesday November 19th Feria School Eucharist at S Alban's 9.00 a.m. Thursday 20th Feria (Requiem) Low Mass at S Alban's 12.30 p.m. Friday November 21st Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary No Mass Saturday November 22nd S Cecelia V M Requiem Mass at S Alban's 9.00 a.m. Sunday November 23rd Solemnity of Christ the King Sung Mass at S Barnabas' 8.30 a.m. The Fountain Singers (S Alban's Gift Day)Sung Mass at S Alban's
9.30 a.m.
Sung Mass at S Agatha's
11.15 a.m. Evensong and Benediction
The Fountain Singersat S Alban's 3.00 p.m. Birthday Party in S Patrick's room at S Alban's ~ 4.00 p.m. Morning Prayer (8.15 a.m., Saturdays 8.30 a.m.) and Evening Prayer (5.15 p.m.)
are said daily in S Alban's for the Mission Partnership, Pastoral circumstances permitting.Beverages and Sherry are available after Sunday Mass (S Agatha's and S Alban's).
Junior Church during 11.15 a.m. Mass at S Agatha's
Confessions: by appointment.
For Pope Benedict XVI and the Roman Catholic Church.
For the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Eastern Churches.
Archbishop Rowan Williams
Archbishop John Sentamu
Diocese
PRAY for The Lusitanian Church (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury), Lusitanian Church - (Portugal).
The Rt Revd Fernando Soares
| The Rt Revd Tony Dumper | Honorary Assistant Bishop |
| The Rt Revd Peter Hall | Honorary Assistant Bishop |
| The Rt Revd Iraj Mottahed | Honorary Assistant Bishop |
| The Rt Revd Mark Santer | Honorary Assistant Bishop |
| The Rt Revd Maurice Sinclair | Honorary Assistant Bishop |
| The Rt Revd Michael Whinney | Honorary Assistant Bishop |
| The Ven Hayward Osborne | Archdeacon of Birmingham |
| The Ven Dr Brian Russell | Archdeacon of Aston |
| The Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Provincial Episcopal Visitor | The Rt Revd Andrew Burham |
| Deanery of Moseley | Peter Babington - Area Dean |
| St Agatha's and St Barnabas' Churches |
Revd John Hervé
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| St Anne's Roman Catholic Church | The Oblate Community |
| Highgate Baptist Church | The Revd Paul Walker |
| St Columba United Reformed Church | The Revd Lenora Vissert-Hooft-Jagessar |
| Shilonite Gospel Church | Minister-in-Charge John Adegoke |
| Birmingham Central Mosque | Dr Mohammed Naseem |
| Forward in Faith Ministries International Birmingham East Assembly (ZAOGA) | Pastor Richard Sabvute |
Pray Daily For:
Each individual member of
the congregations of all three churches,
that they may be faithful to their vocations as they go about their
daily lives,
and worthy ambassadors of their Catholic Faith.
The Mission Partnership and Our Parishes:
Strengthen and increase the
faithful, visit and relieve the sick,
turn and soften the wicked, arouse the careless, recover the fallen,
restore the penitent, remove all hindrances to the advancement of thy
truth,
and bring us all to be of one heart and mind in the knowledge of thy
Holy Church.
For our neighbouring Faith Communities within the Parish
S Anne's Roman Catholic Church
Highgate Baptist Church
The Shilonite Gospel Church
Ladypool Road Congregational Church
Stratford Road Baptist Church
Birmingham Central Mosque
Malawi
We remember our dear friends in Malawi, our twinned Diocese and pray that we all might be of very real assistance to them.
S Alban's CE Specialist Engineering College
We pray for the Staff and Students, and for the Governors and the Trustees, as the College moves towards becoming an Academy next year.
Called to a New Kingdom
May God re-shape His Church and
set
us free by the power of the Spirit to witness and to serve others.
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Relief
Please protect those
who
are held in captivity; or missing. We ask that you continue to
pray
for their release and for a peaceful resolution of the issues which
precipitated these events.
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For good will among people of all faiths and none, for all the Armed Forces overseas and their families especially those still serving in Macedonia; for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, the United Nations; and for the trouble spots around the world. Pray also for peace throughout the world, remembering especially Iraq, Turkey and the Holy Lands, all other areas of the Middle East, especially Lebanon and Gaza. Please also pray for Russia, Georgia, the Balkans and Chechnya, as well as the Philippines, Indonesia, the Western Pacific, North Korea, Burma, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Far East, We do well to also remember all those in Africa, in particular, the Congo, those facing famine throughout the Continent and especially in Sudan, and our beloved Sister Diocese of Malawi. We pray especially for all those affected by the military action in Georgia. |
Well-being
We pray earnestly for all those who are hungry, sick, injured, wounded or homeless throughout the world, and nearer to home here in Birmingham, and commend the good work of the Fireside Centre to all. Help us to continue to support them practically through an on-going collection of clothing, sleeping bags, gloves, toiletries, nappies etc. and especially tinned goods.
Any and all
who are anxious, ill, in pain or distress and who need God's Holy Healing touch, especially those known to us by name,
| Lee Alderson | Joan Lee |
| Rose Augustus | Donald Lewin |
| Helen Ball | Melanie Margiotta |
| Fr Peter Berry | Thomas Neathway |
| Hilda Blagg | Kathleen Payne |
| Deborah Cantwell | Pauline Penny |
| Jean Caswell | Doreen Phipps |
| Jane Davis | Marjorie Preston |
| Revd Lesley Edmonds | Morris Rogers |
| Olive Fellows | Ann Royer |
| June Fenton | Harry Skinner |
| Brian Daniels | Ann Smart |
| Pauline Daniels | Joy Stapleton |
| Debbie Jones |
We pray for all those who receive Communion at home
| Marjorie McGrath |
Margery Rogers |
Requiem
Those who mourn and those who have entered the larger life:
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The recently departed, and any who have died alone, and their loved ones find comfort and solace from these prayers. |
Those whose year's mind occurs this week
| Emily Robinson | Herbert Brooks | John Crowder |
| George Cowdrey | Alice Spaull | Barbara Slyfield |
| Ada Fitzmorris | George Price | Samuel Harper |
| Frank Burgess | Ben Curtis | Esmond Nicholl; priest |
| Elizabeth Rosenthal | Albert Bull | Frances Weaver |
| Winifred Hadley | Nellie Masters |
If you would like someone added to our prayer list and remembered at our Daily Masses, or to the Year's Mind Memorials, please either E-Mail us or sign our Guest Book giving us the details or asking us to contact you. It is also possible to sponsor an eight day Sanctuary Lamp on the High Altar in honour of someone dear to you or to celebrate a special occasion in your life.
Parish Petition - Restoration Intercession
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May God enthuse and equip us all, Community and Congregation, to re-build, renew and
repair His Holy House here in
Highgate.
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| Details of our Mission
Partners,
S Agatha's, Sparkbrook and S Barnabas', Balsall Heath may be found at www.saintagathas.org.uk |