8th of November
Join us at our 6.30pm mass on November 7th as we remember those who have gone before us.
CHURCH CLOSURE: Our church will be temporarily closed from Monday 9th of November. Please see our Recent Posts for an update on arrangements.
SACRAMENTS OF FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION 2027
The date for the Sacrament of Confirmation is Thursday the 20th of May and the date for First Communion is Sunday, May 23rd. Both celebrations will be at 11:30 am. Due to the closure of City Quay Church for renovations both Sacraments will be celebrated in Saint Andrew's Westland Row.
Please complete the form via the link or QR code below to register for the parish program. For all First Communion and Confirmation candidates, a valid Baptism Certificate is required before registration will be accepted.Please note that any parishioner is entitled to register for the program in the parish.
AWAKE TO THE LORD
The wedding banquet is a consistent image of eternal life in the New Testament. We can only speak about the unknown and unfamiliar in terms of what is known and familiar. The wedding banquet highlights eternal life as that state in which the deepest hunger and thirst in our lives will be satisfied, especially the hunger and thirst for love, for God who is love. “O God. for you my soul is thirsting” (responsorial psalm.) In the second reading, Paul. without making use of the banquet image, speaks of life beyond death in a similar vein–it is that eternal moment when “God will bring them (those who have died) with him” and when “we shall stay with the Lord forever.” Eternal life will mean entering into a new” and fuller relationship with God and, through him, with all creation.
Yet, the parable warns us that it is possible to exclude ourselves from the banquet of eternal life. It was only those who were ready, who went in with the bridegroom to the wedding hall. When God comes to bring us, will we be ready? Life, including life after death is God’s gift to us and a gift. by definition, can be refused, However, we will certainly be ready to accept this ultimate gift, if throughout our lives we have learned to be receptive to God. Our daily attitudes will determine our attitude at the moment of death. Today’s gospel concludes with a ringing exhortation “Stay awake.” One important way in which we stay awake to God is prayer. “Why are you sleeping?” Jesus asked his friends, “get up and pray” (Luke 22:46.) To pray is to awaken to the Lord who is always awake to us. In prayer we look for the Lord, desire him, watch for him and think about him. To pray is to become like a child, to grow in receptivity to God’s presence within us.
A reflection from the Catholic Association of Priests
Ten Virgins by Jorge C Santángelo
Hospitality after Mass~ Following the 11.30am mass on Sundays ~ All Welcome!
Hospitality after Mass~ Following the 11.30am mass on Sundays ~ All Welcome!