Father McMahon
St. John’s & St. Teresa’s High Lane Chorlton
Tel: 0161 881 3558
Mass times: Saturday 6.00pm. Sunday 9.00am, and 12.00 St. John’s Weekdays: 10.00am St. John’s Baptisms & Marriages by arrangement. Confessions Sat 10.30am and 5.30pm St. John’s
Reflection: Sunday 11th February 2018 It’s hard to believe, Christmas has come and gone, there is a lovely stretch on the evenings and Spring ‘New life’ is everywhere. Can I once again congratulate and thank you all for the great Mass attendance and the kind expressions of appreciation over the busy time. This year we are being guided by Mark’s presentation of Christ’s teaching and we heard already how they accepted it, as He spoke with authority – they saw His deeds. We too are invited to represent Him and so next week, Ash Wednesday, to help us prepare, the Church gives us the Season of Lent. Lent is a time to stop and think, to take stock and ask, ‘Am I tuned into Christ, living and preparing to receive what God wants for us? It’s so easy to drift along and just go with the flow, be influenced by the media and swallow everything we see and read. During Lent, like Christ Himself, just stop and think, and let the words of the old pop tune help us - More questions than answers, what is life? How do I live? What do I take? And how much do I give? If we allow Christ’s words and example to direct our lives, we will realise our great dignity and like Christ, our lives will be a sermon to others. “It’s good to be a Christian and know it, but it’s better to be a Christian and show it.” Please remember in your prayers: Sick: Maureen Collier (Perth), Anne Keane, Ursula Sosalla Iredale, Paddy Murray, Anne McLaughlin, Mary Roche, Kathleen McNamee, Nancy Watt, Robert Cahill, Mary Kearns, Tom Williams, Nancy Kirrane, Jim Prendergast, Kitty Farren, Nigel Mottram, Madeline Patten, Michael Moore, Claire Facchinni, Una Furlong, Linda Pelusi, May Murphy, Mary Canny, Cath & Julie Stockton, Joe Kinsella, Nancy Jones, Mary Lally, Jim Flynn, Martin Noone, Chris Cuffe, Mick Connors, Betty Redmond, Mazie Farrell, Anne Calvey, Tony Murray, Tony Howley, Baby HaleSeale, Maureen Dalingwater, Debbie Mahon, Bill Lisgo, Charlie Cregg, Ann Creedon, Janet Stevens.
Lately Dead: Darren Green (Service Thur. 15th 1.45pm), Eddie Farrell (Req. Frid. 23rd 10.00am), Teresa Wason (Req. Frid. 23rd 11.45am), May Lardner (Req. Tues. 27th 10.00am) Mary Sands (Req. Thur. 1st March 10.00am), Eddie Child, Bridget McDonald, Joe Niland, Eddie McDonald, Jos Byrnes, Eamon Fahey, Tom Weatherby, Pedrito Ballester, Joan Robinson, Mary McConville, Colin Budsworth, John Bones. Month’s Mind: John McKiernan (Leitrim) “Exercise daily – walk with the Lord.” Anniversaries about this time: Andy Glynn, Jimmy Walsh, Padraig Cullinane, Margaret Lyons, Lizzie Horgan, Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Lily Murray, Tim & Margaret White, Teresa & Jim Doherty, Tim Kilroe, Michael