Catholic Mission Community of the

Sacred Heart & St Margaret Mary, Leicester

Second Sunday 17th January 2021 (B)

We Livestream Sunday Mass both on Facebook and on our YouTube channel at

11am do join us! @sacredheartparishleicester

Our church building will remain closed, other than for funerals, until further

notice due to lockdown. We pray for all who work in our hospitals and for the

success of the vaccination process.

Mass intentions Fr John will continue to celebrate Mass privately for the life of the parish. If you would like a Mass intention

for any of the daily masses please email the Parish Office, write down and push through the Presbytery letter box. Money can

be included with the intention or can be transferred into the Parish account indicating that this is for a Mass intention.

We need readers to minister the Word - we would like to return to having a rota of readers. If you would like to record

yourself ministering our readings then please email Lorraine on lorrainefernandes24@hotmail.com Lorraine will then send you

the Sunday date and instructions for recording the reading.

Parish Giving There are a few options to choose: If you would like to set up a monthly standing order then download the form from the parish website, (on side bar under ’Supporting your parish’) fill in and send it to us or contact the Parish Office and we can give you the information you need as well as the opportunity to Gift Aid your offerings. The Gift Aid form is also available to download from the website. Thank you to those who have moved from envelopes or collection to standing order. You can transfer money on a weekly/monthly basis into our Parish Account: Sacred Heart Leicester RCP Account number: 00949284 Sort Code: 30-15-97. Please put your name (e.g. D Smith) in the payment reference and if you normally donate by envelope then add the envelope number too. If this is for a Mass intention please indicate that this is a Mass intention. Cheque: Made payable to Sacred Heart RCP. Thank you to so many parishioners for their generous contributions to sustain our parish during this time.

Baptisms - although we had a number of baptisms arranged for Sundays until the end of February, a new instruction has been given that following this weekend, baptisms should not happen. We will let parishioners know when we are able to celebrate baptisms again. Presently baptism can only be celebrated in extreme circumstances.

Congratulations to Deacon Bill who celebrates the 12th Anniversary of his Ordination to the diaconate on Sunday.

Prayers for those who are sick or in hospital: Kath Dunphy, William McWan, Linda Eccles ,Kathy Barratt, Teresa Knezevich, Pat & Margaret Spicer, John Hare, Fr Tom Toal, Fr Michael Moore, Jack Walker, Margaret Weatherhog, Canon Owen O’Neill. Please let us know if there is anyone who you would like to pray for– you must have their permission first.

Recently deceased: Mary Wall Funeral on Wednesday 20th Jan Francisco Nunes Funeral Tuesday 26th Jan, Christine Gibbons, Mary Hammond and Santos Borgo Fernandes Our sympathy to their families. May they rest in peace.

Welcome in Baptism to Miguel Xavier D’Sa who will be baptised on Sunday.

Sacred Heart & St Margaret Mary, 25, Mere Road, Leicester LE5 3HS

Parish Priest: Fr John Lally Assistant Priest: Fr Emmanuel Abbem*

(*resident at Our Lady of Good Counsel, 15, Peebles Way, Rushey Mead LE4 7ZB. Tel 0116 2661621)

Parish Deacons: Rev Bill Myers, Rev Séamus O’Looskan Priest in residence: Fr John Tavares

Parish Administrator: Mrs Ann Hoey work mobile: 07415003053

Tel: 0116 262 4645 or 0116 251 1437 E-mail: contactus@sacredheartrc.co.uk

Website: www.sacredheartchurchleicester.co.uk

Facebook, YouTube & Instagram: @sacredheartparishleicester

Safeguarding Representative: Ms Margaret McGrath 0116 2735715

N.R.C.D.T. A Registered Charity

mailto:contactus@sacredheartrc.co.uk

‘Being a disciple web series’ – It is not to late to join in for the next two

weeks. Catholic Voices are an international organisation that shares the

Good News in the global media. Contact Deacon Seamus if you are

interested and he will send you the Zoom link to register.

Following on from this on February 4th at 7pm we would like to start an

Epiphany Group that would look at ways that we can be more effective

in evangelisation, helping people encounter Jesus and all of us grow in

being disciples. This will also be by Zoom. Contact Deacon Seamus if you

are interested in being part of this.

This week:

Wednesday 20th: Blessed Cyprian Tansi

Thursday 21st St Agnes

Friday 22nd St Vincent the deacon

Sunday 24th: Third Sunday of the Year B

Hymns for Sunday Mass Peace, perfect peace, is the gift of Christ our Lord, Peace, perfect peace, is the gift of Christ our Lord. Thus, says the Lord, will the world know my friends, Peace, perfect peace, is the gift of Christ our Lord.

Love, Joy, Hope I, the Lord of sea and sky I have heard my people cry All who dwell in dark and sin My hand will save I who made the stars of night I will make their darkness bright Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord Is it I, Lord? I have heard You calling in the night I will go, Lord If You lead me I will hold Your people in my heart

I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people's pain. I have wept for love of them. They turn away. I will break their hearts of stone, Give them hearts for love alone. I will speak my word to them. Whom shall I send?

I, the Lord of wind and flame I will tend the poor and lame I will set a feast for them My hand will save Finest bread I will provide 'Til their hearts be satisfied I will give my life to them Whom shall I send?

Lord make me a means of Your Peace Where there’s hatred grown Let me sow Your love Where there’s injury Lord Let forgiveness be my sword Lord make me a means of Your Peace Daniel Schutte

Lord make me a means of Your Peace When there’s sadness here Let me sow Your joy When the darkness nears May Your light dispel our fears Lord make me a means of Your Peace Lord grant me to seek and to share Less to be consoled Than to help console Less be understood Than to understand Your good Lord make me a means of Your Peace Lord grant me to seek and to share To forgive in thee You’ve forgiven me For to die in thee Is eternal life to me Lord make me a means of Your Peace John Foley SJ

Pope Francis asks us to think about ‘A Culture of Care as a Path to

Peace’. “How many resources,” he says, “are spent on weaponry,

especially nuclear weapons, that could be used for more significant

priorities such as ensuring the safety of individuals, the promotion of

peace and integral human development, the fight against poverty, and

the provision of health care.” Pope Francis calls on us to “strive daily, in

concrete and practical ways, to form a community composed of

brothers and sisters who accept and care for one another.”

‘Build back better’ says the slogan (with its wonky grammar). But

‘better’ means attending to all, beginning with the most vulnerable.

‘Better’ means realising that we are indeed all brothers and sisters and

acting accordingly. ‘Better’ means valuing the ones we used to overlook

and rewarding their contribution. ‘Better’ means realising that our fu-

ture flourishing depends on the 'social capital’ we have – individuals’

gifts and stories and a shared desire to contribute to the Common

Good. ‘Better’ means refusing to accept injustice as ‘just the way it is’

and refusing to accept conflict between the nations as ‘just the way it

is’, too.

We’ve made a start towards ‘building back better’ with our response to

the pandemic during this last ten months. In 2021, let’s continue that

journey, working together to fashion a world in which all can belong

and, while living in peace, can contribute their gifts, their care, their

kindness. Nowhere is the call to join hands in friendship more needed

than in building peaceful relations between nation states and overcom-

ing the distrust that so damages relations between different countries.

In this country we have an active Catholic peace movement in Pax Christi. Their website suggests many ways we can all promote peace in our daily lives. There are activities for families to do at home, including a 15-minute peace liturgy for young children. www.paxchristi.org.uk/peace-Sunday-2021 Follow them on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook for reflections and news We would normally have a second collection for the work of Pax Christi but you can donate on the website above.

Reflection by Fr Rob Esdaile