“True reverence for the Lord’s passion means fixing the eyes of our heart on Jesus crucified and recognizing in Him our own humanity.”
Each year, we hear the account of Jesus, his Father, the disciples, all the people of his time, and the terrible account of the final days, the final week. The Church celebrates this sixth Sunday of Lent as both Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday. This is the time of year we stop to remember and relive the events which brought about our redemption and salvation. What we commemorate and relive during this week is not just Jesus’ dying and rising, but our own dying and rising in Jesus, which will result in our healing, reconciliation and redemption. Attentive participation in the Holy Week liturgy will deepen our relationship with God, increase our faith, and strengthen our lives as disciples of Jesus. Today’s liturgy combines contrasting moments, one of glory, the other of suffering: the royal welcome of Jesus in Jerusalem, and the drama of the trial, culminating in the crucifixion,death and burial of Christ.
We pray for Christine Barraclough, Michael Thorpe and Wendy Flood who will be received into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.
Father Peter
For Mass times over Holy Week and Easter, including the Sacred Paschal Triduum, please see Mass Times.
The 11.00 Family Mass at North Walsham will be followed by an Easter Egg Hunt, for the children.
Good Friday is a day of Fasting and Abstinence.
The Collection on Easter Sunday, including the Easter Vigil on Saturday evening, is our personal gift to Fr Peter. Please keep all general contributions for the Parish until the following week.
Lenten Alms this year go to Aid to the Church in Need. At the Sacred Heart there is aa box in the porch for donations; at both St Helen and St John collection baskets are available.
The volunteers of Group 111 traveling to Lourdes this Easter with HCPT would like to thank you for your overwhelming generosity in response to the appeal in all three churches on 3 March. You have donated an amazing £1,152.00! You can’t imagine what a difference this will make to the experience we can offer our young guests, and we can’t thank you enough. We will remember you all in our prayers during our visit. If anyone else would like us to take their prayer intentions with us, please email Fran on Fran.ludden@btinternet.com and let us know the name of the person you would like us to pray for while we are in Lourdes.
Parish Pastoral ±Council. Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 5 March at St John of the Cross can be seen here. Hard copies are available in church porches.
Walking the Camino led by Bishop Peter. For our young adults (age 18-30) an opportunity to make a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain from 21st to 29th July 2024. For information go to www.redea.org.uk/youth.
We pray for our sick parishioners: Matt Butler, Frances Palman, Mary Bell, Paul Watson, Cyril Shenton, Patricia Newton, Celia Cooper, Marie Barton, Robert Buhagiar, Margaret Larkins, Daphne Necchi, Bert Pooler, Maria Halsey, Joan Macnamara, Richard Skelton, Teresa Fitzmaurice, Joan Gale and Debbie Caruana; and also those not named, but who are sick, and for the families caring for them.
We pray for thiose whose anniversaries occur this week: James McCartan, Ivy Cafferky, Lawrence Carroll, Herbert Coates, Mamie Sweetman, Anthony (Tony) Dickerson, Barbara Stephen and Ronald Wilders. May they rest in peace.
