29 September 2024 'God walks with His people' The Holy Father said in his Papal message: “...Many migrants experience God as their traveling companion, guide and anchor of salvation. They entrust themselves to him before setting out and seek him in times of need. In him, they find consolation in moments of discouragement. Thanks to him, there are good Samaritans along the way. In prayer, they confide their hopes to him… God not only walks with his people, but also within them, in the sense that he identifies himself with men and women on their journey through history, particularly with the least, the poor and the marginalised. In this we see an extension of the mystery of the Incarnation. For this reason, the encounter with the migrant, as with every brother and sister in need, “is also an encounter with Christ. He himself said so. It is he who knocks on our door, hungry, thirsty, an outsider, naked, sick and imprisoned, asking to be met and assisted”...on this day dedicated to migrants and refugees, let us unite in prayer for all those who have had to leave their land in search of dignified living conditions. May we journey together with them…” (CBCEW)

Opening Times Saturday: Before and after 5.30pm Mass Sunday: Before and after 9.30am Mass until 11.30am Mass begins We have a large selection of Christmas cards and gifts available

The Harvest, the Fruits of Human Work, and the Reverent Use of Creation The Church has long celebrated the agricultural harvest. This intention also includes all human work. In all circumstances of human life there are choices to be made regarding the environment and our reverent stewardship of the God's gift of creation. "The external deserts in the world are growing, because the internal deserts have become so vast. Therefore the earth's treasures no longer serve to build God's garden for all to live in, but they have been made to serve the powers of exploitation and destruction." (Benedict XVI, homily at Inaugural Mass, 2005) O Lord, good Father, who in your providence have entrusted the earth to the human race, grant, we pray, that with the fruits harvested from it we may be able to sustain life and, with your help, always use them. (Roman Missal)  (Liturgy Office of England & Wales)

Sunday 15th September 2024 3pm Roath Park Lake (Meet at the Clock Tower) Please phone 02920 405 942 for sponsor forms or just turn up on the day. The Walk is 10,000 steps for the now over 10 million unborn children killed under the UK’s 1967 Abortion Act.