Parish of the Assumption of Our Lady, Old Harlow, Essex CM17 0HA
THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY
Old Harlow, Essex CM17 0HA
01279 434203
www.catholicchurchoftheassumption.co.uk
email: [email protected]
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time - (Year C)
6th July2025
Old Harlow, Essex CM17 0HA
01279 434203
www.catholicchurchoftheassumption.co.uk
email: [email protected]
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time - (Year C)
6th July2025
SVP FESTIVAL – 12th July💫🌈 Brentwood Cathedral⛪️
St Vincent de Paul (SVP) Brentwood Community Festival – Saturday 12th July, 1 PM – 3:30 PM, Brentwood Cathedral
Come along to this free event celebrating the work of SVP volunteers across Essex and East London, and discover how you can help make a difference in our community and beyond. Music, food, and displays of life-changing projects. All welcome!
Book your free ticket:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-festival-svp-tickets-1404654331919
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SEA SUNDAY
Seafarers and fishers play a vital role in all our lives, but they often work in difficult, hazardous conditions. Sea Sunday is Sunday 13th July. It is when the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea.
Your support will make a big difference to seafarers and fishers in need. You can donate in church, by visiting www.stellamaris.org/donate, or by texting ‘SEA’ to 70460 to donate £5. This collection is vital to enable Stella Maris to continue its important work, so please give generously. Thank you.
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MARY’S MEALS
Thank you so much for your efforts in collecting left over currency, this has resulted in £90.30 being raised. This is enough to provide 4 children school meals for an entire year, allowing them to access vital education and a chance at a better future.
If you would like to find out more about volunteering for Mary’s Meals and events in your area you can email me at [email protected] Once again, many thanks for your kind support of our work, and for helping us reach even more hungry children.
MASS TIMES THIS WEEK
Sunday 6th July 10:00 Solemn Mass – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C.
(3rd After Trinity – Ordinariate Use)
Michael Gaughan – RIP.
18:00 Solemn Mass People of the Parish
Tuesday 8th 10:00 Mass – Feria
Wednesday 9th 10:00 Mass – Feria
Sunday 13th 10:00 Solemn Mass – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C.
18:00 Solemn Mass People of the Parish
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GOSPEL REFLECTION
« “ Go on your way ” »
Today, we look at some in the crowd who have sought to approach Jesus Christ, who is speaking while looking out over the fields brimming with grain: “The harvest is abundant, but the labourers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out labourers for his harvest” (Luke 10:2). Suddenly, he fixes his gaze on them and points to a few, one by one: you, and you, and you. As many as seventy-two…
Amazed, they hear him tell them to go, two by two, to all the towns and places where He will go. Perhaps someone has responded: But, Lord, I have come only to hear you, because what you say is so beautiful!
The Lord warns them against the dangers that await them. “Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.” And using common imagery in parables, he adds: "Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals" (Luke 10:3-4). Interpreting Jesus' expressive language: —Leave aside human means. I am sending you and that is enough. Even if you feel far away, you are still close, I am with you.
Unlike the Twelve, called by the Lord to remain with Him, the seventy-two will later return to their families and their work. And they will live there what they had discovered together with Jesus: bearing witness, each in their own place, simply helping those around them to draw closer to Jesus Christ.
The adventure ends well: "The seventy-two returned rejoicing" (Luke 10:17). Seated around Jesus Christ, they must have recounted the experiences of those two days in which they discovered the beauty of being witnesses.
Considering that distant episode today, we see that it is not a mere historical memory. We take note: we can feel close to Christ present in the Church and adore him in the Eucharist. And Pope Francis encourages us to "bring Jesus Christ to humanity and lead people to an encounter with Jesus Christ, the way, the truth and the life, truly present in the Church and contemporary in every person."
Dr. Josef ARQUER(Berlin, Germany)
Courtesy of Evangeli
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