Christmas Collection. Loose: £976.44. Envelopes: £1076.

Last Sunday’s Collection. Loose: £189.90. Envelopes: £846. Christ-

mas envelopes: £120. Christmas loose: £45. Thanks for your con-

stant support.

First Reading Ecclesiasticus 24:1-2, 8-12. Psalm 147 – The Word was

made flesh, and lived among us. Second Reading Ephesians 1:3, 15-18.

Gospel John 1:1-18.

MASS INTENTIONS Monday Eileen Sullivan RIP Tuesday Ruddy Fami-

ly INT Wednesday John Bannon RIP Thursday No Mass Friday Anita

McTernan RIP Saturday 4:30pm Kay Binyon RIP 6:30pm Esther Lane INT

9:00am People of the Parish 11:00am Lina Thomas RIP

We pray for the sick:

Shirley Cunningham, Joe McArdle, Margaret Wright, Michael Quigley, Terry Kennedy, Annamaria and Jason Coutinho, Roseanna Lawler, Katherine Lewis, James Commons, Michele Peiris, Karen Higgins,

Michelle Moran, Joanne Brooks, Patrick Arthur, Carmel Baker, Don Bernard Kathriaratchi, and those suffering from COVID 19,

the recently deceased and their loved ones: Malina Angelova and Irene Twi-Yeboah,

and the faithful departed whose anniversaries occur at about this time:

James Alfred Goddard, Piestro Testa, Frank Coyle and John Bannon.

Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for January. Human fraternity. May the Lord give us the grace to live in full fellowship with our brothers and sisters of other religions, praying for one another, open to all.

MASS TIMES. Saturday Vigil (1st Mass of Sunday) 4.30pm and 6.30pm. Sunday Mass 9.00am and 11.00am. Weekday Mass Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9.15am. No Mass on Thursday. Confessions Saturday 10:30am– 11:00am by appointment only

Roman Catholic Church of All Saints

Presbytery: 2 A Salehurst Close, Kenton, HA3 OUG

Telephone:020 8204 3550

kenton@rcdow.org.uk

http://parish.rcdow.org.uk/kenton/

Parish Priest: Father Hector Rouco

Catechetical Co-Ordinator: Pat Edwards

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY

3rd January 2021

Hear your children, O Lord God, and grant that the glad light of the Incarnation may shine throughout the world,

that the gospel of your love may win the faith and worship of all hearts, that all kinds of people may know and find their unity at Bethlehem,

that the questions of all minds and the desires of all souls may find their peace at Bethlehem,

that your birth as truly human may hallow the life of all humanity, that we may ever wear in honour the robe of flesh you have worn,

that you for whom an inn could find no room may not again be crowded from our lives,

that you for whom a stable-place sufficed will also dwell within our hearts, Son of Man, hear us.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward mankind.

Therefore with angels and archangels,

with patriarchs and prophets,

with Mary and Joseph,

with Wise Men and shepherds,

with all people and all creatures,

let us bless the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

Taken from the Litany of the Incarnation. https://acollectionofprayers.com/2019/12/07/litany-of-the-

incarnation/

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Please do not enter our building if: • You have a temperature above 37.7°C; • If you have a new or continuous cough; • If you experience difficulties with breathing; • If you have a loss or change to your sense of taste or smell. • If you have been in contact with someone known to have or suspected to have COVID-19 KEEP IT CLEAN. KEEP SAFE. STAY WELL.

I wish you and your families a safe, healthy and happy New Year. Fr Hector.

Wrap up well for Mass. We cannot have the heating system on while there are people in church because it is not COVID 19 safe. The church win-dows are open for ventilation. It gets very cold in church.

Second Collection. Today the second collection is in aid of the Catholic Children's Society. It would have been unwise to leave baskets next to the crib as it was the case in the past for fear of COVID 19 spread. You can find information about the mission of the Catholic Children's Society on their web-site: https://www.cathchild.org.uk/

Certificates of Catholic Practice for Reception 2021. The signing will take

place in the Parish Room (entrance by the church carpark). You can book a

10-minute slot using the ticketing system on the parish website Events sec-

tion. The section will be updated on Sunday evening for a week at a time.

Please ensure you bring your child’s baptismal certificate with you. I will have

copies of the Certificate of Catholic Practice for completion. Once completed,

I will forward the Certificates of Catholic Practice to the relevant schools. Fr

Hector.

Confirmation 2020. Sadly the Confirmation ceremonies for candidates who began their preparation in November 2019, and were due to be con-firmed in April 2020, were unable to take place. Following several attempts at arranging dates between periods of lockdown, we are now hoping that the Sacrament for these young people can take place within the next month or so, if churches and schools remain open. All parents will be notified as soon.as possible when it is safe to proceed. Our apologies to the young people who have had such a long wait for the Sacrament to take place. Mrs Pat Edwards.

Sacramental Preparation 2021. None of our Sacramental preparation programmes for 2021 have been put in place due to restrictions imposed by the Government and Diocese with regard to churches and Tier 4 limitations. As soon as we are able to do so, we will advertise the details for enrolling for each programme through the parish newsletter and website. The Sacraments will therefore probably take place later in the year than usual, depending on when they can begin. We are sorry about the delay in starting the pro-grammes. Mrs Pat Edwards.

From the Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti Abandoned on the wayside 63. Jesus tells the story of a man assaulted by thieves and lying injured on the wayside. Several persons passed him by, but failed to stop. These were people holding important social positions, yet lacking in real concern for the common good. They would not waste a couple of minutes caring for the injured man, or even in calling for help. Only one person stopped, approached the man and cared for him personally, even spending his own money to provide for his needs. He also gave him something that in our frenetic world we cling to tightly: he gave him his time. Certainly, he had his own plans for that day, his own needs, commit-ments and desires. Yet he was able to put all that aside when confronted with someone in need. Without even knowing the injured man, he saw him as deserv-ing of his time and attention.

64. Which of these persons do you identify with? This question, blunt as it is, is direct and incisive. Which of these characters do you resemble? We need to acknowledge that we are constantly tempted to ignore others, especially the weak. Let us admit that, for all the progress we have made, we are still “illiterate” when it comes to accompanying, caring for and supporting the most frail and vul-nerable members of our developed societies. We have become accustomed to looking the other way, passing by, ignoring situations until they affect us directly.

65. Someone is assaulted on our streets, and many hurry off as if they did not notice. People hit someone with their car and then flee the scene. Their only de-sire is to avoid problems; it does not matter that, through their fault, another per-son could die. All these are signs of an approach to life that is spreading in vari-ous and subtle ways. What is more, caught up as we are with our own needs, the sight of a person who is suffering disturbs us. It makes us uneasy, since we have no time to waste on other people’s problems. These are symptoms of an un-healthy society. A society that seeks prosperity but turns its back on suffering.

66. May we not sink to such depths! Let us look to the example of the Good Sa-maritan. Jesus’ parable summons us to rediscover our vocation as citizens of our respective nations and of the entire world, builders of a new social bond. This summons is ever new, yet it is grounded in a fundamental law of our being: we are called to direct society to the pursuit of the common good and, with this pur-pose in mind, to persevere in consolidating its political and social order, its fabric of relations, its human goals. By his actions, the Good Samaritan showed that “the existence of each and every individual is deeply tied to that of others: life is not simply time that passes; life is a time for interactions”.

67. The parable eloquently presents the basic decision we need to make in order to rebuild our wounded world. In the face of so much pain and suffering, our only course is to imitate the Good Samaritan. Any other decision would make us either one of the robbers or one of those who walked by without showing compassion for the sufferings of the man on the roadside. The parable shows us how a com-munity can be rebuilt by men and women who identify with the vulnerability of oth-ers, who reject the creation of a society of exclusion, and act instead as neigh-bours, lifting up and rehabilitating the fallen for the sake of the common good. At the same time, it warns us about the attitude of those who think only of them-selves and fail to shoulder the inevitable responsibilities of life as it is.

The Encyclical Letter can be found on the Vatican website: http://www.vatican.va/content/

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