The Body and Blood of Christ • 7th June 2012
READINGS (Year B): Ex 24:3-8l Ps 115; Heb 9:11-15
PSALM RESPONSE: I will lift up the chalice of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord.
And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they
sacrificed the passover lamb, his disciples said to him,
“Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat
the passover?” And he sent two of his disciples, and
said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a
jar of water will meet you; follow him, and wherever
he enters, say to the householder, `The Teacher says,
Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the
passover with my disciples?’ And he will show you a
large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare
for us.” And the disciples set out and went to the city,
and found it as he had told them; and they prepared
the passover. And as they were eating, he took bread,
and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and
said, “Take; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and
when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and
they all drank of it. And he said to them, “This is my
blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
Truly, I say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of
the vine until that day when I drink it new in the
kingdom of God.” And when they had sung a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives.
– Mark 14:12-16. 22-26
Detail from an embroidered banner in the Dominican priory of the Holy Cross, Leicester.
Photograph © Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P.
NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS (11th Sunday per annum):
Eze 17:22-24; Ps 91; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mark 4:26-34
ORDER OF MASS TEXTS & HYMN BOOKS Pls. turn to No. 479
(grey tabbed section), and please replace the hymnals with the
green spine facing upwards.
“The Blood of our Lord, wherever it is found, must produce great confidence in God; confidence in God is its primary
and principal eﬀect. Not only does it give us confidence through the belief that we have been bought at so great a
price, but it gives confidence by a kind of heredity, a psychological transformation in the spirit that receives it. We
become spiritually, supernaturally sanguine. We expect everything from God, precisely because we have in our veins
that precious blood that makes the heart of the Son of God throb with unlimited confidence in the goodness of the
Father”
– Abbot Anscar Vonier of Buckfast
NEWS FROM THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY
On 13th August Fr Lawrence Lew will move to
Washington DC for further studies.
Before then, Fr Irenaeus Vincent will join our community
and will work alongside Fr Dermot as a chaplain. He is
from Grenada and is is a member of the English
Province, having lived in both our London and Oxford
priories.
ABRAHAM AND ISAAC: A PARISH PLAY
Unfortunately, this play has been cancelled as some of
the cast have had to withdraw due to family illness.
EDINBURGH NEWMAN CIRCLE
Meeting on 10 June 2015, 7.30 p.m. at St Catharine’s
Convent, 4 Lauriston Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 9HH.
Dr Arianna Andreangeli, a member of Pax Christi, will
speak on “Just War Doctrine and Catholic Social
Teaching - An increasingly outdated idea?”.
All welcome. £5 donation requested.
For more information contact Dan Cronin 0131 6675279
or <[email protected]>
CONFIRMATIONS AND FIRST COMMUNIONS
Please remember in your prayers Miranda, James, Eve,
Hector, Magdalena, Laura, Jude, Ciaran, Sofia and
Katherine who were confirmed by the Archbishop on
Friday 29th May, and who will make their First
Communion at 10am next Sunday 7th June.
PRAYER REQUESTS
We also pray for: all those who have died recently and
whose anniversaries occur at this time; for the people of
Syria and Iraq; for our graduating students and those
who are looking for work; for the sick and housebound
of our parish; and for those who care for them.
GOOD NEWS
Congratulations to Alan and Tanya Ross who have had a
baby girl. Some people will remember them from the
time when their first child Harris was in the Sick Kids
Hospital until he died in August 2010.
PARISH BOOK CLUB
The next meeting of the Parish Book Group will be on
Thursday 11th June at 7:30pm in the Priory Library, 24
George Square, when we will be discussing
Lila by Marilynne Robinson.
ALBERTUS SEMINAR SERIES
Power-sharing, Responsibility and Care of the Frail
Elderly - Alasdair MacLullich, Professor of Geriatric
Medicine University of Edinburgh presents a case study
and leads discussion in this important area. Part of the
Albertus Institute's Ethics and Faith in the Real World
Series. Everyone welcome on Wednesday 17 June
6-7.30pm in the Priory Library, 24 George Square. More
on www.albertusinstitute.org
DIVINE OFFICE & MASS TIMES
Monday – Friday:
Morning Prayer
8am
Mass
5:15pm
Evening Prayer
after 5:15pm Mass
Saturday:
Morning Prayer
Mass
8:30am
12pm
Sunday:
Morning Prayer
Mass
Evening Prayer
8:30am
9, 10; 12noon
5:30pm
Confessions
on request
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