MASSES & SERVICES THIS WEEK

Sunday 11th October - 28th Sunday of the Year - B (Missal p794)

08.30 St. Edmund’s For the Parish

10.30 St. Edmund’s Maureen Taylor †

10.30 Our Lady’s, Lawshall Chris & Ken Beardsell †

10.30 ‘Montana’, Gt Barton

18.00 St Edmund’s Yvonne Perren †

Monday 12th October Feria

07.30 St Edmund’s Mary James †

Tuesday 13th October St Edward the Confessor

09.30 Our Lady’s, Lawshall Vivienne Wright †

Wednesday 14th October Feria

10.00 St Edmund’s Rose Dougan’s Intention 10.30 St Edmund’s Adoration, Confessions & Benediction

Thursday 15th October St Teresa of Jesus

19.30 St Edmund’s Fr Edgar Hardwick †

Friday 16th October Feria

09.30 St Edmund’s Julian Soliva †

10.15 Our Lady’s, Lawshall Helen Studd †

Saturday 17th October St Ignatius of Antioch

10.00 St Edmund’s Souls in Purgatory

MASS AT ‘MONTANA’ GREAT BARTON

Sunday 10.30; Mon & Tue 08.15; Wed, Thur , Fr i 18.30;

Saturday 08.15 Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Wednesday after 10.00 Mass; Saturday 10.30 – 11.00 & by appointment.

FORTHCOMING SPECIAL LANGAUAGE MASSES

Saturday 17th October Polish Mass at 16.00 at St. Edmund’s

Sunday 18th October Malayalam Mass at 14.00 at Lawshall

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Twinned with St John’s Parish, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Sunday 11th October 2015 - 28th Sunday of the Year -Year B

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR GOD

To many of us, on occasions, the steady gaze of someone else on us can be an uneasy experience! It can be even more so when we ‘have something to hide’. But we can draw great hope from the example of Jesus in today’s Gospel. Responding to the young man who had just affirmed his adherence to the tenets of the Law we are told that ‘Jesus looked steadily at him’. With that gaze, the Lord identified the one thing that was proving an obstacle to his growing in faith and service of the Lord—his attachment and dependence upon his wealth. Whilst he strove to fulfil the commandments of God, he failed to surrender himself to His providence, preferring the ‘proven’ security of his riches. But despite this weakness, we are told that when the Lord looked into the young man’s heart and soul, He ’loved him’. The Lord does not reject person who is weak, or who is a sinner, but loves that person.

Loving the young man, however, Jesus does not leave him where he is, but calls him to confront this weakness—to sell his possessions and give to the poor, ’then, come, follow me.’ That the Lord is correct in his diagnosis is clear from the young man’s sadness. That the story ends in this sadness is our normal supposition—for he ‘went away’.

However, we are perhaps rushing to an unwarranted conclusion! Whilst it may seem to us that the obstacle in the young man’s path is unsurmountable for him, in the next paragraph the Lord assures us, that God can overcome all such obstacles. The love of God can soften the heart of stone—the security of knowing His love can bring a profound freedom. Not just to the rich young man—but to us too!

With every blessing, Fr Mark

PRAYERS FOR OUR PARISH FOR OUR SICK: Tony Aldous, David Appleyard, Jane Corbett, Sheila Bedingfeld, Joan Bryant, James Couper, Stephen Crotty, Pat Dowson, Ruby Dunne, Nicolette Finch, Malcolm and Janis Fincham Jacques, Margaret Farrow, Sr Flora, Des Greene, Pauline & Monica Gittings, Teresa Gleeson, Roy Herbert, Ursula Hennessey, John Higgins, Frank Hibbert, Patty Hickson, Fr Chris Hogan, Janet Jarman, Veronica Leech, Johann Hopfensperger, Rosamund Kirby-Johnson, Fr Bill Mason, Elizabeth Lewis, Peter Matthews, Brendan McMullen, Gerry McNamara, Fr Paul Mercer, Dorothy Miller, Leonora O’Hanlon, Tony Sumner, Richard Reid, Norah Richardson, Mary de Roeper, Katrina Rowland, Etty Smith, David Smeeth-Cardy, Tim Udall, Evelyn Stirling, Jason Stronza, Yohanan Suraj, Francis Watts, Ken & Eve Warner, Anne Watkinson, Mary Wilmott and Romayne Wright. May the

Lord bring them comfort and healing.

FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY ARE AT THIS TIME: Harry Mason, Mollie Phipps, Thomas McCarthy, Frederick Holden, Martin Watson, Henri Joseph Savage, Kathleen Lawrence, Elaine Fenner, Mary Knight, Margaret Power, Victor Davis, Sonny Lawlor, Dorothy Bellamy, Reginald Cowley, Sylvia Bartlett. May they

rest in peace.

ROBIN WOOD, ANNA DONOVAN, ELIZABETH LEWIS & MARY GORZELAK who died recently. May the Lord grant them eternal rest and bring comfort to their

friends and families.

THANK YOU for your generosity last week. You gave £1,481.430 in the collection and £625.00 by standing orders and £157.27 from Lawshall. The retiring collection today is for Prisoners. Please return your envelopes as soon as possible. Many thanks.

STOREHOUSE FOODBANK Donations can be placed in the box in the narthex of the Church, Bury St Edmunds. Thank you for your support.

USED STAMPS to raise money for Guide Dogs for Deaf. Please put your used stamps in the box in the church porch.

CHURCH CLEANING. Help is always needed. If you can help, please turn up after 07.30 Mass or after the school run. Coffee/tea & a warm welcome.

GOING INTO HOSPITAL? If you are, PLEASE let us know other-wise the Chaplain will not know you are there; the only way we can find you is if you tell us, so please let us know if you would like a visit. If you or one of your relatives needs a priest in emergency, i.e. imminent danger death, please ask a member of staff to ring the switchboard & bleep the

Catholic Chaplain. We have the pager with us at all times. West Suffolk Hospital is looking to recruit more musicians – people who can lead the music once a month at Sunday Worship Service at 10:00 am. To learn more about this voluntary

position, please call us on 01284 713486, or email jean.bruce@wsh.nhs.uk.

WANTED FOR OUR FRIENDS IN CAMBODIA:

When next you are shopping, could you afford to add a toothbrush for Cambodia, to be given and used in the

kindergartens of out twin diocese. Also, please hunt through your bathroom cabinets for any new toothbrush-es, sticking plasters, sealed dressings, bandages, etc. Even out of date, if still sterile they would be valuable to the work of the health centres. Finally, any white school shirts that your children may have outgrown

would be very gratefully received for schools. Please hand them in at the Presbytery or in the boxes at the back of Church during Mass on Sundays. They will be taken out when Fr. Mark visits Cambodia at the end of this month.

BURY TOWN PASTORS need new Town Pastors and

Prayer Team. Could you be a Town Pastor, walking around the streets of Bury St Edmunds, caring for people on one Friday or Saturday night a month? Or a member of the Prayer Team, praying for the Town Pastors and the people of the town? Apply now for Town Pastor Training. You will need to keep

these five dates free for the training sessions: Sat 7th Nov (09.00—15.30) and four evenings: Tuesday 10th, Wed 18th, Thurs 26th & Mon 30th Nov. For further information contact Jo Copsey on 07594 334215

FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION, for 5 months, beginning on Saturday 7th November. A communion of reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and for peace in Syria and the Middle East. 09.45 — Private meditation on the mysteries of the Rosary 10.00 — Mass 10.30 — Opportunity for Sacrament of Reconciliation. Recitation of 5 decades of the Rosary in the Main Church.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

AUTUMN LECTURES IN ST EDMUND’S. Weekly Lectures in St Edmund’s Church continue when the speakers will be Archbishop Kevin McDonald, “Nostra Aetate—the golden jubilee of the Catholic Church’s declaration of its relationship with non-Christians on 14th October, Professor Eamon Duffy “Newman and the Papacy” on 21st October and Mr Jul-ian Filochowski “ Blessed Oscar Romero” on 28th October. Evenings commence at 19.00 for 19.15. Light refreshments after each lecture. No charge, but a collec-tion for a specified charity.

‘HOLY SPIRIT EVENING’ at St Etheldreda Church, 19 Egremont Street, Ely, CB6 1AE on Sunday 11th October, 15.00—19.00. Led by Rev Fr Soji Olickal, praise & worship, Gospel preaching, Mass, healing and deliverance Service.

DAY OF REFLECTION ON ‘Laudato Si’ the Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis on care for Our Common Home. Le by Henry Longbottom SJ Saturday 24th Oct 11.00—15.00. Further details on the noticeboard.

SYMPOSIUM TO CELEBRATE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ‘NOSTRA AETATE’ Pope Paul VI’s Encyclical on relations with those of non Christian Religions. in the Narthex of St John’s Cathedral, Norwich on Sunday 1st November with Archbishop Kevin McDonald (Chair of the Bishops’ Conference Committee for Other Faiths), Dr Jonathan Gorsky (Lecturer at Heythrop College) and Dr Musharraf Hussain (Chief Imam of the Karimia Institute Nottingham). Beginning at 14.00, ending with tea & summary by Archbishop McDonald finishing at 16.00. To register contact Brian Keegan, 01733 265769 or bri-an@briankeegan.demon.co.uk

REMEMBRANCE DAY IN ST EDMUND’S CHURCH on 11th Novem-ber 2015 will be marked with an evening of Readings and Music. De-tails to follow.

CURRY SUPPER at ‘Montana’ Gt Barton, on Sat 14th Nov. 17.00—20.00, £12 a ticket, under 14, £6. Please phone Sr Thaya on 787321.

ST EDMUND’S CLUB presents ‘Vegas Night’ in the Crypt on Saturday 14th Nov. Hot Supper, Casino & Live Music from ‘Elvis’. Tkts: Members £12.50 non members £15. From Yvonne on stedmundsclub@hotmail.co.uk or 07718047684

ST EDMUND’S DAY DINNER will be held on Saturday 21st November 2015 at Bury Golf Club. Please book as soon as possible. Booking forms in the porch.

CHRISTMAS FAYRE in the Crypt on Sunday 6th December after 10.30 Mass.

THIS COMING WEEK

SUNDAY 11th OCTOBER

PRISONERS’ SUNDAY when we remember those affected by imprisonment.

ST EDMUND’S SOCIAL CLUB — Bar open 12.00— 14.00 & 19.30—22.30.

MONDAY 12th OCTOBER

THE HISTORY GROUP will meet at 19.15 in the Crypt. If you are interested or wish to attend contact John Saunders on 767894 or jes767894@btinternet.com

MEDJUGORJE PRAYER GROUP will meet in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at 19.00. All welcome.

WEDNESDAY 14th OCTOBER

CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP will meet in the Crypt 16.00—18.00.

AUTUMN LECTURES IN ST EDMUND’S. The series of weekly Lectures in St Edmund’s Church continues when the speaker will be Archbishop Kevin McDonald speaking on “Nostra Aetate—the golden jubilee of the Catholic Church’s declaration of its relationship with non-Christians’. The evening com-mences at 19.00 for 19.15. Light refreshments after the lecture. No charge, but a collection for a specified charity.

ST EDMUND’S SOCIAL CLUB Committee Meeting 19.30.

THURSDAY 15th OCTOBER

SVP meeting in the Presbytery at 20.00

FRIDAY 16th OCTOBER

ST EDMUND’S CLUB: Bar open 19.30—23.00. Darts

SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER

AQUILA MUSIC TRUST & ST EDMUND’S CHURCH present . . . . .

JOHN GLYNN & AQUILA IN CONCERT. Come and enjoy this beautiful concert of Psalms and Songs of Hope and

Trust, including the world famous ‘I watch the Sunrise’ here in St Edmund’s Church 19.00. Admission free, no ticket required.

A voluntary collection in aid of our friends in Cambodia. All are welcome. Refreshments available.

www.johnglynn.org.uk

THE WORD OF GOD Mark 10:17-30

Jesus was setting out on a journey when a man ran up, knelt before him and put this question to him, 'Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?' Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You must not kill; You must not commit adultery; You must not steal; You must not bring false witness; You must not defraud; Honour your father and mother.' And he said to him, 'Master, I have kept all these from my earliest days.' Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him, and he said, 'There is one thing you lack. Go and sell everything you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.' But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.

Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, 'How hard it is for those who have rich-es to enter the kingdom of God!' The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, 'My children,' he said to them, 'how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.' They were more astonished than ever. 'In that case,' they said to one another, 'who can be saved?' Jesus gazed at them. 'For men,' he said, 'it is impossible, but not for God: because everything is possible for God.'

Peter took this up. 'What about us?' he asked him. We have left everything and fol-lowed you.' Jesus said, 'I tell you solemnly, there is no one who has left house, brothers, sisters, father, children or land for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not be repaid a hundred times over, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, chil-dren and land - not without persecution - now in this present time and, in the world to come, eternal life

REFLECTION After the initial discussion about eternal life, Jesus addresses an issue which has always faced Christians. Are riches an obstacle to faith? Jesus' answer is that riches can be an impediment to the life of a disciple. The astonishment of the disciples aris-es from the belief that material prosperity is a reward from God. Jesus does not seem to share this view.

Instead, Jesus maintains that material possessions may well be an obstacle to sal-vation. For this reason Christians are invited 'to leave everything'. If this is not possi-ble they should ensure that whatever they possess and whatever power they have is used for the good of others. The real enemy is selfishness. It is selfishness that kills love.

What is my attitude to my material possessions?

Do I allow selfishness to dominate my life, or any part of it?

Let us pray for those who have left everything in order to serve Christ.

Let us pray for wisdom and courage as we seek to live in a similar way

Reflections on the Sunday Gospels, written by Fr. Adrian Graffy

Alan Hodgson has recently updated his blog. To keep up to him as he begins his studies for the Priesthood you can visit: www.burytobeda.weebly.com

ST EDMUND’S SCHOOL have three vacancies for teaching staff. * A Teaching Assistant, Grade 3, 18 hrs a week, Wed, Thur, Fri; * Early Years Class Teacher, permanent from January, 0.8; * Year 4 Class Teacher full time from January. Class room teachers will be based at St Edmund’s but may be required to work at St Joseph’s. Closing date Monday 12th October. Contact Maria Kemble on 755141 or office@st-edmunds.suffolk.sch.uk for more information.

TODAY IS PRISONERS’ SUNDAY when, as a Church, we are asked to pray especially for those who are affected by impris-onment. It is estimated that 200,000 children are affected by parental imprisonment across England and Wales. Often when a Parent is imprisoned the children are twice as likely to experience behavioural and mental health

problems and are less likely to do well at school. The Catholic charity, The Prison Advice & Care Trust (PACT) works with Prisoners, their families, and with ex-offenders once they have been released. You can support their work by praying continually for Prisoner’s and their dependants or by volunteering your time to help those affected by imprisonment (visit prisonadvice.org.uk/get-involved) or by donating to the retiring collection today.

YOUNG CATHOLIC SPANISH TEACHER, is looking for a room in which to stay until July, near the town centre. Please phone 625329 if you can help.