Responsorial Psalm:
O God, be gracious
and bless us!
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
At various times in the past and
in various different ways, God
spoke to our ancestors through
the prophets; but in our own time,
the last days, he has spoken to
us through his Son.
Alleluia!
Thank you
A BIG thank you to the parish for your
generous donation for Christmas Flowers. We are sure you thought the
church looked wonderful and certainly
the ‘flower team’ worked hard therefore
a BIG thank you to them also.
We are a dwindling group and would
very much like others to join us. You
certainly don’t need to know what to do!
All we ask is enthusiasm and commitment and we will help you with the rest.
The flower group are asked to meet after
mass on January 1st 2017 if possible so
that we can discuss the rota. A warm
welcome is extended to anyone we can
tempt – male or female – to join us.
Carole Philpot
Cafod Fun Run for Ethiopia
John and Padraig Goggin successfully
completed
the
7km
CAFOD Fun Run in Liverpool on 27
December. The fundraising appeal
this year is to support the Ethiopia
Food Crisis.
John will be available at the end of
mass on Saturday and Sunday if
you wish to sponsor him to contribute to this very needy cause.
Let us pray for the Sick
Margaret Kaim, Terry McManus, Alfredo
Fecci, Michael Jones, Anne Jones, Jim
Hughes, Margaret Carr, Margaret Evans,
Fred Battersby, Gwen Jones,Joe Goggin,,
Debra Ann Roberts,Tricia Twizell, Rosa
Maria, Joan Lawrence, Moira Catherall,
Lea Hill, Anne Turner, Mary Rowe, Jenny
Mansley, Jennifer Rowley, Nancy Wilson,
Joe & Luisa Desena, Shelagh Fulham,
Margaret Stubbs, Philomena Lamano,
and Leo McManus.
We remember in our prayers
Those whose anniversaries
Occur this week
(31st Dec) Mary Alice Ward, Thomas Ronald
Hughes, Patrick Flynn, (1st Jan) Edward
Thompson, Maria Desena (2nd Jan) Elizabeth
O’Neill, Ann Blackwell, Isaac Rowlands,
James Brunton, Margaret Mary Hawkins, John
Michael Durkin, Basil Fraser (3rd Jan) Michael
Welsh, Elizabeth O’Neill, Martin Brannan, Martha Liddermore, Madallin Jones, Monica Farrelly, Joan Mary Evans, (4th Jan) Bernard
Vernon, Michael Kasprzyk, Adamo Cappiello,
Nora Craddock, Lucy Hatfield (5th Jan) Patrick Burke, Michael Nolan (6th Jan) Thomas
Renney, Catherine Jones, Mary Stocker, Pauline Carberry .
Please Note;
I am away in India from 5th January
Thursday to 8th February Wednesday.
Canon Francis Dolye (Buckley) will
kindly take care of the Masses at the
weekends and other Masses too (please
see the Mass Schedule given inside this
bulletin).
There will be no weekly bulletins while I
am away. If you have any matter which
you would like to bring to the attention of
the parish community, please use the Noticeboard or let Deacon David Joy know.
Blessed New Year 2017
Eglwys Catholig Dewi Sant, Yr Wyddgrug
St.David’s Catholic Church, Mold
Parish Priest: Fr. Pius Mathew CMI,
St.David’s Presbytery, St.David’s Lane, Mold. CH7 1LH
Email: [email protected]
Tele: 01352 752087
Deacon David Joy:01352 754722 LSUConvent:01352 700121
Website: www.stdavidsmold.org
www.wrexhamdiocese.org.uk http://www.cmi.org.in
1st January 2017
Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Year A
LITURGY OF THE WEEK: Psalter Week II
31st December Saturday
Mass 5.30pm
Deceased Members of the
McGuire&Brown Families
(Doreen and Vincent Brown)
1st January Sunday
Mass 11am
For People of the Parish
Monday :
2nd Jan
Mem. Ss. Basil & Gregory Nazianzen
Mass 10am
Joseph Long, Mary Lin, Jing Ying Xue
Tuesday:
Liturgy of the day
3rd Jan
Mass 9.15am
Chao Long, Mary Wu, Pin Vu Chen
Wednesday: Liturgy of the day
4th Jan
Mass 9.15am
Michael Butterworth RIP
(Joane&John Butterworth)
Thursday:
5th Jan
No Mass
(Buckley 10am)
Friday:
6th Jan
No Mass
(Buckley 10am)
7th January Saturday
Mass at 5.30pm
8th January Sunday
Mass 11am
For People of the Parish
Pauline Carberry RIP
(Peter Carberry)
Mass Schedule : January 7th—8th February
FAITH IN FOCUS:
“HE
W
WAS CALLED
hat's the significance of a
name? For the
Jewish people the giving of a
name had great importance.
When a name was given it
represented what that person
should be in the future. An
unknown name meant that
someone could not be completely known. To not
acknowledge someone's
name meant both denial of
the person, destruction of
their personality, and change
in their destiny. A person's
name expressed the reality of
his or her being at its deepest
level. A Jewish male child was
named at the time of circumcision, eight days after birth.
This rite was instituted by God
as an outward sign to single
out those who belonged to the
chosen people (Genesis
17:10-12). It was a sign of the
covenant that God made with
Abraham and his posterity.
cause that is the name given
by God's messenger before
Jesus was conceived in
Mary's womb (Luke 1:31, Matthew 1:21). This name signifies Jesus' identity and his
mission.
The literal Hebrew means the
Lord saves. Since God alone
can forgive sins and free us
from death, it is God who, in
Jesus his eternal Son became
a man to offer up his life as
the atoning sacrifice to save
his people from their sins
(Matthew 1:21). The son that
Mary bore is both God and
man - the "Word who was
God" (John 1:1) and who
"became flesh and dwelt
among us" (John 1:14). That
is why Mary is not only called
the mother of the Christ (the
Greek word for Messiah in
Hebrew) but also the mother
of God or Theotokos in Greek
which literally means "God
bearer."
- the eternal Son of Jesus - the name above every
J esus
God who was born of a other name
woman to become our Saviour
In fulfilment of this precept,
Mary's newborn child is given
the name Jesus on the eighth
day according to the Jewish
custom. Joseph and Mary
gave the name Jesus be-
In the birth and naming of this
child we see the wondrous
design and plan of God in
giving us a Saviour who would
bring us grace (the gift of
God's favour), mercy, and
freedom from the power of sin
and the fear of death. The
JESUS”
name Jesus signifies that the
very name of God is present
in the person of his Son who
became man for our salvation.
Peter the Apostle exclaimed
that there is no other name
under heaven given among
mortals by which we must be
saved (Acts 2:12). In the
name of Jesus demons flee,
cripples walk, the blind see,
the deaf hear, and the dead
are raised. His name is exalted far above every other
name (Philippians 2:9-11).
T
he name Jesus is at the
heart of all Christian
prayer. It is through and in
Jesus that we pray to the Father in the power of the Holy
Spirit. Many Christians have
died with one word on their
lips, the name of Jesus. Do
you exalt the name of Jesus
and pray with confidence in
his name?
"Lord Jesus Christ, I exalt
your name above every other
name. For in you I have pardon, mercy, grace and victory
over sin and death. You humbled yourself for my sake and
for the sake of all sinners by
sharing in our humanity and
by dying on the cross. Help
me to always praise your holy
name and to live for your
greater glory."
7th Jan Sat
8th Jan Sun
th
9 Jan Mon
Mass 5.30pm (Canon Francis)
Mass11.00am
10th Jan Tue
Mass: 9.15am
(Baptism of the Lord)
No Mass (Buckley 8.30am)
11th Jan Wed
No Mass (Buckley 7.30pm)
th
No Mass (Buckley 10am)
th
No Mass (Buckley 10am)
th
14 Jan Sat
Mass 5.30pm
15th Jan Sun
Mass 11.00am
16th Jan Mon
No Mass (Buckley 7.30pm)
12 Jan Thu
13 Jan Fri
th
No Mass (Buckley 8.30am)
th
Mass 9.15am
th
19 Jan Thu
No Mass (Buckley 10am)
20th Jan Fri
No Mass (Buckley 10am)
17 Jan Tue
18 Jan Wed
st
21 Jan Sat
22
nd
23
rd
For People of the Parish
Pauline Carberry RIP (Peter Carberry )
John Fox RIP (Mrs.Maura Fox)
Gay McCornick RIP (SV P)
For People of the Parish
Gay McCornick RIP (Maureen&Roland)
Mass 5.30pm
Kath Taylor RIP (SV P)
Jan Sun
Mass 11.00am
For People of the Parish
Jan Mon
No Mass (Buckley 7.30pm)
th
24 Jan Tue
No Mass (Buckley 8.30am)
25th Jan Wed
Mass 9.15am
Vincent Hamill RIP (J&R Hamill)
th
No Mass (Buckley 10am)
th
No Mass (Buckley 10am)
th
Mass 5.30pm
Sean Neeson RIP (Michael Greaney)
th
29 Jan Sun
Mass 11.00am
For People of the Parish
30th Jan Mon
No Mass (Buckley 7.30pm)
31st Jan Tue
No Mass (Buckley 8.30am)
26 Jan Thu
27 Jan Fri
28 Jan Sat
st
1 Feb Wed
Mass 9.15am
2nd Feb Thu
No Mass (Buckley 10am)
3rd Feb Fri
No Mass (Buckley 10am)
Int. Sr.Margaret Barry (W in & Brian
Egan)
th
Mass 5.30pm
Bridget Ball RIP (Kevin)
th
Mass 11.00am
For People of the Parish
th
No Mass (Buckley 7.30pm)
th
7 Feb Tue
No Mass (Buckley 8.30am)
8th Feb Wed
No Mass (Buckley7.30pm)
4 Feb Sat
5 Feb Sun
6 Feb Mon
th
9 Feb Thu
th
10 Feb Fri
Mass 9.15am (Fr.Pius)
Mass 9.15am
Int. Mary Guo
For Zong Tian Lin