CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY & ST. PETER …

1 Parish Priest: The Revd Fr. Michael K. Masterson OBE Address: The Presbytery, Garlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7EZ Tel: 01372 372278 Fax: 01372 813384 Email: Website: THE SPIRIT OF CATHOLICISM: CONTEMPLATION & COMPASSION, COURTESY & COURAGE Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your God . Micah 6:8 Ever seeking a Grace-filled culture of love. CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR lady & ST. PETER LEATHERHEAD 12th August 2018 NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JUST TO BE CLEAR There has been much in the news-starved media at present on the Pope s teaching on the death penalty.

2 The salient points are: 1. The Pope has not changed CATHOLIC doctrine. He cannot do so unless the bishops of the world agree. This has not happened because it is not necessary here; it is not a change of doctrine . 2. In this case the teaching of the CHURCH has been minutely modified in a way that seems, in fact, hardly necessary. The existing Catechism entry 2267 reads: the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity are very rare; if not practically non-existent . The Catechism here quotes Pope John Paul II, clearly the Catechism does not approve of the death penalty. The new passage reads: The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.

3 A tiny loophole has been closed. So the movement is from saying that the grounds for execution are practically non-existent to inadmissiable . A change, but minute! It is very clear that in the existing Catechism entry, the CHURCH does not want Capital Punishment and indeed strongly discourages it. And the Pope s latest merely closes a semantic gap. Moral principles cannot change. But the application of moral principles to particular circum-stances can change. And, indeed, in certain circumstances, must change. This is the case here. The Media, of course, are jumping up and down as it gives them some-thing to talk about in the silly season . THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION THIS WEDNESDAY 15TH AUGUST 2018 MASS TIMES , The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Trust is a Registered Charity FEED YOUR SPIRIT Summer is a wonderful time to relax and renew.

4 Think of the word recreation . It s based on re-create . Leisure time is a time for renewal. And just as we revive the body so also we need to revive the spirit and the mind. There is a small selection of excellent Christian reading material on the literature table, all at rock-bottom prices. Why not have a look. There may be something there for you. Feed the mind, renew the spirit! Ladies Watch Petite ladies watch found in CHURCH . May have been there for some time. See Father. Of your great charity Pray for the repose of the soul of the late PHYLLIS GRANT RIP who died on 28th July 2018 Phyllis s Requiem Mass will be tomorrow Monday 13th August at noon We offer our prayers and sympathy to her family.

5 May her soul and the souls of all the faith-ful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace and rise in glory. Amen. CLICK-TO-PRAY APP: The Jesuits in the UK have pro-duced this very useful app which you can use to download a daily reflection for use in your prayer life. You can find it on Divine Office: Week 3 NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Readings: Cycle B MINISTRIES OF SERVICE 19th August 2018 am am pm Reader Jim Lowther Bernadette Munro Emma Burdon Special Ministers Pat Harris Dominic Sauls Nick Banks Rodney Bligh Tina Beale Tara Lohn Welcomers Marie Johnson Suzanne Harrison Val Ellis Anne Dwyer Joe McHugh Counters Richard Chapman Day Saint/Feast Time Intentions etc.

6 SUN 12TH NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME am am pm Derek Anthony Harris RIP Private Intention Kathleen Morris RIP MON 13TH SS PONTIAN POPE, AND HIPPOLYTUS, PRIEST, MARTYRS pm Requiem Mass for Phyllis Grant RIP TUES 14TH ST MAXIMILIAN KOLBE PRIEST & MARTYR NO MASS WED 15TH THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION am pm Serge & Felicity Pocq St Jean RIP Wellbeing of The Grobel & Ferriman Families THUR 16TH ST STEPHEN OF HUNGARY, KING NO MASS FRI 17TH FERIA IN ORDINARY TIME DAY OF ABSTINENCE am am Morning Prayer Tom Ringham RIP SAT 18TH OUR lady ON SATURDAY am am am Morning Prayer Fr Stanley Monnington RIP Exposition and Confessions SUN 19TH TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME am am pm Paul Flynn RIP Christina (Muziol) Skibinska RIP Harry Morris RIP Collections and Mass Attendance The collection on Sunday 5th August was Mass attendance was 319.

7 COFFEE CLEANING - Week Commencing 19th August Jackie Williams 20th August Tina Beale & Marie Jo Herring 26th August Catherine Entwisle 27th August Suzy Ball, Ashley Dingley, Maureen Goldie From the Kneading His Body With Ours The people at the time of Jesus reaped no fruit from what was said. We, on the other hand, enjoy the benefit in see-ing these things truly realized [in the present]. And so, it is necessary to un-derstand the marvel of the mysteries: what they are, why they were given and how they are profitable. We be-come one body and members of his flesh and of his bones. Let the initiat-ed follow what I say. In order that we may become this not only by love, but in action, let us be blended into that flesh.

8 This is effected by the food that he has freely given to us, desiring to show the love that he has for us. This is why he has mixed up himself with us. He has kneaded up his body with ours, so that we might be one distinct entity, like a body joined to a head. For this belongs to those whose love is This is also what Christ has done in order to lead us into a closer friendship and to show his love for us. He has allowed those who desire him not only to see him but even to touch, and eat him, and fix their teeth in his flesh and to embrace him and satisfy all their love. Let us then return from that table like lions breathing fire, hav-ing become terrible to the devil, rumi-nating on our head and on the love that he has shown for us.

9 St John Chrysostom (344 - 407) SACRED LITURGY Exposition of The Most Blessed Sacrament Saturdays - am Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays - am Please pray for those who are sick or housebound: Prayfully Remembering Our Dead. Anniversaries at this time: Winifred Speak Derek Herman Bernard O Leary Robert Findlay FLOWERS FOR SUNDAY 19th August Valerie Howard 26th August Bernadette Munroe NO CHILDREN S LITURGY DURING AUGUST