Reflection
Helen Keller who went blind and deaf at nineteen months said:
“One day I asked a friend of mine who had just returned from a long walk in the woods what she had seen. She replied, “Nothing in particular.” “How was this possible?” I asked myself, “when I, who cannot hear or see, find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate shape and design of a leaf. I pass my hands lovingly over the rough bark of a pine tree. Occasionally, I place my hand quietly on a small tree and if I’m lucky, feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song. The greatest calamity that can befall people, is not that they should be born blind but that they should have eyes and yet fail to see.”
Memorial Mass
Our annual Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Saturday 16th November at 11am. This is when we invite the families of those who have died in the last year to come and remember them and pray for them during this special Mass. Everyone in the Parish is welcome to join us and pray for their own deceased family members.
One month to stop assisted suicide
MPs will vote on this law on 29th November. To protect the vulnerable contact your MP and ask them to vote NO using the link below.
November Dead List
Available next weekend will be forms for listing your dead family and friends to be remembered during the month of November. Like last year, there are no envelopes because we would ask you not to put money with the lists. We will say one Mass each week in November for the Holy Souls, but we are unable to say any more. We have too many masses already.
Funeral
The Funeral Mass for Terry Page will take place here in St James’ on Wednesday 30th October at 12 noon. Please pray for the repose of Terry’s soul and the comfort of his family.
Holyday of Obligation
Friday of this week, 1st November, is the Feast of All Saints and is a Holyday of Obligation. Masses that day will be at 10am and 7pm, as usual.