The Crowning of Our Lady
The Crowning of Our Lady took place on Friday 8th May. https://www.facebook.com/stgerardslostockhall/videos/252709479184093/
Weekly News 10/05/2020
This week we continue to explore the meaning of baptism, of membership of the Church, of living a life which has been immersed in the life and death of Jesus Christ: in other words, we continue our Mystagogy – our training in the mystery of Baptism and the other Sacraments. We hear more about who […]
News & Views May 2020
News & Views May 2020 The month of May is approaching, a time when the People of God express with particular intensity their love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is traditional in this month to pray the Rosary at home within the family. The restrictions of the pandemic have made us come […]
Weekly News 03/05/2020
This Sunday is traditionally called Good Shepherd Sunday, because of the Gospel references to Jesus as the Good Shepherd. It is also the day of prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood. On this Sunday we hear one of the great I am statements of Jesus from Saint Johns Gospel today I am the gate of […]
SONGS OF PRAISE – May is the Month of Mary
SONGS OF PRAISE – May is the Month of Mary During the Month of May Father Mark and Father Joe will be putting together a Marian Songs of Praise and need your help! Please send in any of your favourite Hymns to Our Lady. Also, please send in any of your favourite images of Our […]
Weekly News 26/04/2020
During the Season of Easter we walk with the Risen Lord, enjoying his appearing to his disciples. Today’s gospel is one of the loveliest accounts of his appearing – and one especially important for the reader. Jesus appears and teaches the two disciples, by reference to the Scriptures, the meaning of his death. This is […]
Weekly News 19/04/2020
Often people forget that Easter is not just a day, but a season – the longest in the Church’s year, in fact! We are given fifty glorious days of Spring and Summer to prolong our baptismal joy, fifty glorious days of basking in the light of the risen Saviour. It seems a shame that after […]
Easter Sunday
EASTER SUNDAY If you are housebound or self-isolating at this time, please use these prayers to unite yourself with the worship of the Universal Church, and your own Parish, this Sunday. If alone, read or say these prayers quietly to yourself. If with another, or in a family, someone should read the “leader” parts, and […]
Weekly News 12/04/2020
When the Word is proclaimed, it is real and active – the Lord is present, and what is described is, in a sense, happening now. On certain days this is made more obvious by the selection of scripture that refers to a particular time or day. Such a selection occurs this morning, when we go […]
Holy Saturday
HOLY SATURDAY Holy Saturday is about emptiness. ‘The cross is empty now, and still.’ Where is the Lord? The heavens and the earth cry out with longing for the sinless one who is not to be found. We, the people of the sacraments, are denied the sacraments, to create in us the same longing. We […]