A Parish of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH
Mass Schedule
Weekdays Tuesday - Friday 09.30
Saturday Vigil Mass 18.00, Sunday 09.00 & 11.00
Reconciliation available Saturday 17.00-17.30
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As usual in the Gospel stories, Jesus meets people where they are at, busily going about their daily lives. In this story, sometime after Jesus’ resurrection, the disciples are back working at their profession-fishing. They have a rough night and come up empty, without any fish to eat or sell for their living. Then, as in a previous story in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus asks them to try again, and suddenly their catch is so big they can barely bring it all to shore. At that point, the beloved disciple recognizes it is Jesus on the shore, and he has a breakfast feast ready for them. Interestingly, even though Jesus could have provided everything for this wonderful meal on the beach after a long, hard night of work, he asks them to contribute to the meal by sharing some of the fish they just caught. Jesus doesn’t just give in one direction. He wants the relationship to go both ways-with each party sharing something with the others. How many times have we given something to a friend or loved one only to have them give us something in return? Or perhaps when we thought we were “serving” the less fortunate, we discovered their desire to serve us or give something to us in return. We can probably all recognise the uncomfortable feeling of inequality or a power differential when someone from “above” gives something to someone “below” who can’t return the favour. Jesus seems to understand this. We will never be equal to him, but he still wants us to contribute what we can in the relationship so that there is some mutuality. So it was with the disciples that morning when they had breakfast together on the beach. Jesus provided some of the food, and they provided some of it. Later, the conversation turned to what Jesus asked Peter to do for him. After all that time of Jesus doing things for the apostles, now comes the time when Jesus wants Peter to rise to the occasion and start doing the same for others by feeding and tending his sheep. Questions of the week What are some of the ways Jesus has “fed you” in your lifetime? In what way(s) are you being called to feed and tend Jesus’ sheep now?
The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Parish over the past seven days . . . . A reasonably busy week around The Presbytery as Fr D returned from Lourdes to settle back into ‘normal’ life . . . . It seemed as if Fr D couldn’t get to the big white boxes in the utility room quick enough! He was emptying his ‘box on wheels,’ sorting clothes, and putting various piles into the white boxes all through Monday morning - the ensuing noise meant that I could hardly think! Before he got ‘snowed under’ with preparations for our Easter celebrations Fr D had been working, with Euro Car Parks, on the new schedule of charges for our car park:
So many times in Scripture when an angel or Jesus approach a person or a group with a task, we are told that they are afraid or are living in fear, as the disciples were in this reading. For example, it happened to Isaiah when an angel asked him to be a prophet. It happened to Mary when the angel Gabriel asked her to bear Jesus. It happened to Peter when Jesus asked him to follow and be a fisherman of people. Whether it is an angel or Jesus appearing, each begins their address with words of reassurance: “Do not be afraid,” or in this case, “Peace be with you.” The ones being visited aren’t shamed or reprimanded for being afraid. Only after their fear is acknowledged are they given their task. For the disciples who are still hiding out in fear for their lives, Jesus sends them to do exactly what they are afraid to do-leave their hiding place, go public, and do what God sent Jesus to do. Maybe they are still afraid. Maybe their voices shake a bit when they first begin to proclaim Jesus’ message. Maybe they don’t feel worthy to still be a follower of Jesus. Maybe they doubt their ability to bring hope and healing to those who need it, but they still go. The first reading from the Acts of Apostles tells us some of what the apostles were able to accomplish once they left that locked room. They cured sick people and cast out demons, just as Jesus had promised them they would. To do that, they had to move way out of their comfort zone, but remembering Jesus’ words “Peace be with you” helped them to do it. Questions of the week When have you had an experience of being called to do something that scared you? What helped you to do it? Is there an area of your life now in which God is inviting you to be more courageous and trusting?
The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Parish over the past seven days . . . . A very quiet week around The Presbytery; Fr D took off in the car on Easter Sunday evening to stay with a friend in Reigate before being picked up at 04.30 to be taken to Heathrow ready to catch a plane to Toulouse and from there by coach to Lourdes. Fr D was not looking after special needs children this time around as, with Easter being so late, the trip was not during the school holidays and lots of the group helpers being teachers it was just not practicable. However, he agreed to be a chaplain to an ‘Old & Bold’ group; these are more senior adults who in the past were helpers in various groups before deciding that they were now too old to be going as helpers (wranglers) for the children. They join in with all the Trust liturgies during the week but otherwise have a more sedate (and calm) time without children. Fr D has been a couple of times with this older group (perhaps he’s getting ready for when he could be classed as ‘Old & Bold’!). He should be returning to the Parish on Sunday evening when he will no doubt start messing about with the big white tin boxes in the utility room! Before leaving he did leave me with a schedule of what they’ve been doing during the week: • Monday - depart Heathrow for Toulouse, coach to hotel in Lourdes, relax before evening meal with the rest of the group and night prayers. • Tuesday - Mass at St Frai chapel, walk to Grotto to place Group candle and prayer intentions, Way of the Cross, Torchlight Procession. • Wednesday - Coach to Hosanna House, Mass in Hosanna House Chapel, celebration lunch in a Bartres restaurant, Reconciliation Service in the evening. • Thursday - Join Trust Mass in underground Basilica, Blessed Sacrament Procession, Torchlight Procession. • Friday - Mass in the St Frai chapel, ‘Old Town’ and shops (Fr D intends to buy the special crosses for our First Eucharist candidates), Cachot, Boly Mill, Parish Church, Maison Paternelle, drinks at a Café overlooking the river Garve. • Saturday - free time in Lourdes.
Welcome to the Parish of the Sacred Heart
The Parish of the Sacred Heart is an active Roman Catholic community within the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton for those living in the environs of Cobham, Stoke D’Abernon and Oxshott. Comprised of people from all walks of life, from different age groups and diverse cultures the Parish is an active community offering spiritual and pastoral support in the Catholic tradition. If you are thinking about coming to live in the area or are already in residence you are very welcome to join our community you can be assured of a welcome, being offered a wide range of spiritual and educational support. We also run a thriving Sunday school providing Religious Education for children from four to fourteen years of age and provides preparation for the Sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Eucharist and Confirmation.
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"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives
fully is
prepared to die at any time - Author unknown
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The tradition of dedicating the month of May to Mary, came about in the 13th century. In her unique way, Mary gave new life to the world when she gave birth to our saviour Jesus Christ. The link between Mary and the month of May became popular among the members of the Jesuit Order and, by 1700, it had a firm hold among their students at the Roman College and a short time later it was publicly celebrated in the Gesu Church in Rome. From there it spread to the rest of the Church. The pious practice of honouring Mary during the month of May has been especially promoted by several Popes characterising it as one of those “other exercises of piety which although not strictly belonging to the Sacred Liturgy, are nevertheless of special import and dignity, and may be considered in a certain way to be an addition to the liturgical cult: they have been approved and praised over and over again by the Apostolic See and by the Bishops” Devotion to Mary is one an important part of the Catholic identity. During May we will be praying one decade of the Rosary after our weekday Masses
Born in the Castile region of Spain, John was sent at the age of 14 to the University of Salamanca to study law. He later moved to Alcala, where he studied philosophy and theology before his ordination as a priest. After John’s parents died and left him as sole heir to a considerable fortune, he distributed his money to the poor. In 1527, he travelled to Seville, hoping to become a missionary in Mexico. The bishop of Seville persuaded him to stay and spread the faith in Andalusia. During nine years of work there, John developed a reputation as a preacher, a spiritual director, and a wise confessor. Because John was not afraid to denounce vice in high places, he was investigated by the Inquisition but was cleared in 1533. He later worked in Cordoba and then in Granada, where he organised the University of Baeza, the first of several colleges run by priests who dedicated themselves to teaching and giving spiritual direction to young people. He was friends with Saints Francis Borgia, Ignatius of Loyola, John of God, John of the Cross, Peter of Alcantara, and Teresa of Avila. John worked closely with members of the Society of Jesus and helped their growth within Spain and its colonies. John’s mystical writings have been translated into several languages. He was canonized in 1970, and declared a doctor of the Church on October 7, 2012.
The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Parish over the past seven days . . . . A reasonably busy week around The Presbytery as Fr D returned from Lourdes to settle back into ‘normal’ life . . . . It seemed as if Fr D couldn’t get to the big white boxes in the utility room quick enough! He was emptying his ‘box on wheels,’ sorting clothes, and putting various piles into the white boxes all through Monday morning - the ensuing noise meant that I could hardly think! Before he got ‘snowed under’ with preparations for our Easter celebrations Fr D had been working, with Euro Car Parks, on the new schedule of charges for our car park:
Eastertide is the time of new life. Our Saviour’s in the first place, living for ever a life which belongs no more to the earth and which one day we shall share with Him in heaven. And then our own lives - from Christ to us - for we have more than the assurance of rejoining Him; snatched by Him from the power of the devil we belong to Him as His by right of conquest and we share His life. Easter week is the week of the baptized. They have passed from death to life, from the darkness of sin to the life of grace in the light of Christ. Wherever there are neophytes, the Easter season, and particularly the first week, is the period of postbaptismal catechesis or mystogogy. The community shares with them a deepening understanding of the paschal mystery and an ever greater assimilation of it in daily life through meditation, participation in the Eucharist, and the practice of charity. The moral requirements of the new life are recalled throughout Eastertide. They are governed by the principle enunciated by St. Paul that, risen with Christ, the Christian must raise his desires to heaven, detach himself from earthly pleasures in order to love those of heaven. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to complete the formation in the baptized of the ‘new man’ who, by the holiness of his life, bears witness to Christ crucified. The Fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost are celebrated in joyful exultation as one feast day, or better as one ‘great Sunday.’ These above all others are the days for the singing of the Alleluia. The Sundays of this season rank as the paschal Sundays and, after Easter Sunday itself, are called the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Sundays of Easter. The period of fifty sacred days ends on Pentecost Sunday. The first eight days of the Easter Season make up the octave of Easter and are celebrated as solemnities of the Lord. On the fortieth day after Easter the Ascension is celebrated, except in places where, not being a holy day of obligation, it has been transferred to the Seventh Sunday of Easter. This solemnity directs our attention to Christ, who ascended into heaven before the eyes of his disciples, who is now seated at the right hand of the Father, invested with royal power, who is there to prepare a place for us in the kingdom of heaven; and who is destined to come again at the end of time. The weekdays after the Ascension until the Saturday before Pentecost inclusive are a preparation for the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. This sacred season of fifty days comes to an end on Pentecost Sunday, which commemorates the giving of the Holy Spirit to the apostles, the beginnings of the Church and its mission to every tongue and people and nation.
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PALM SUNDAY - 13th April 18.00(Sat), 9.30 & 11.00 HOLY THURSDAY MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER - 17th April 20.30 CHILDREN’S GOOD FRIDAY WAY OF THE CROSS - 18th April 10.00 SOLEMN LITURGY OF THE LORD’S PASSION - 18th April 15.00 EASTER VIGIL OF THE RESURRECTION - 19th April 20.30 EASTER SUNDAY MASSES - 20th April 09.00 & 11.00
Are you in the same boat again? We are halfway through Lent and you still haven’t made any choices to enter into the Lenten season? Might as well wait until next year, too late now, right? Wrong!!! It’s never too late to hop on the Lent wagon and receive some special graces and deepen your relationship with Christ. Need some inspiration? What about the good thief crucified next to Jesus? Was it too late for him to repent and be welcomed into paradise by Christ? It was pretty last minute, but not too late. Lent is not just a sad floppy Filet-O -Fish from McDonalds on Fridays, it’s so much more. Lent is about PSI (not air in tires) Prayer, Sacrifice and Intercession. Start by setting some small goals for yourself; perhaps add 10 minutes a day to your personal prayer, maybe fast for one extra meal a week, or intercede for a sick friend or family member. The absolute best place, however, to start on the right path is by making a good confession. I can’t tell you how important it is to receive God’s forgiveness prior to entering into a fruitful Lent, dare I say almost impossible to enter a fruitful Lent without first being in a state of grace. These small steps can make the transition into Lent both easy and fruitful. Be motivated, last minute or not, because we all want to end up like the good thief.
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on 5th March
As usual in the Gospel stories, Jesus meets people where they are at, busily going about their daily lives. In this story, sometime after Jesus’ resurrection, the disciples are back working at their profession-fishing. They have a rough night and come up empty, without any fish to eat or sell for their living. Then, as in a previous story in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus asks them to try again, and suddenly their catch is so big they can barely bring it all to shore. At that point, the beloved disciple recognizes it is Jesus on the shore, and he has a breakfast feast ready for them. Interestingly, even though Jesus could have provided everything for this wonderful meal on the beach after a long, hard night of work, he asks them to contribute to the meal by sharing some of the fish they just caught. Jesus doesn’t just give in one direction. He wants the relationship to go both ways-with each party sharing something with the others. How many times have we given something to a friend or loved one only to have them give us something in return? Or perhaps when we thought we were “serving” the less fortunate, we discovered their desire to serve us or give something to us in return. We can probably all recognise the uncomfortable feeling of inequality or a power differential when someone from “above” gives something to someone “below” who can’t return the favour. Jesus seems to understand this. We will never be equal to him, but he still wants us to contribute what we can in the relationship so that there is some mutuality. So it was with the disciples that morning when they had breakfast together on the beach. Jesus provided some of the food, and they provided some of it. Later, the conversation turned to what Jesus asked Peter to do for him. After all that time of Jesus doing things for the apostles, now comes the time when Jesus wants Peter to rise to the occasion and start doing the same for others by feeding and tending his sheep. Questions of the week What are some of the ways Jesus has “fed you” in your lifetime? In what way(s) are you being called to feed and tend Jesus’ sheep now?
So many times in Scripture when an angel or Jesus approach a person or a group with a task, we are told that they are afraid or are living in fear, as the disciples were in this reading. For example, it happened to Isaiah when an angel asked him to be a prophet. It happened to Mary when the angel Gabriel asked her to bear Jesus. It happened to Peter when Jesus asked him to follow and be a fisherman of people. Whether it is an angel or Jesus appearing, each begins their address with words of reassurance: “Do not be afraid,” or in this case, “Peace be with you.” The ones being visited aren’t shamed or reprimanded for being afraid. Only after their fear is acknowledged are they given their task. For the disciples who are still hiding out in fear for their lives, Jesus sends them to do exactly what they are afraid to do-leave their hiding place, go public, and do what God sent Jesus to do. Maybe they are still afraid. Maybe their voices shake a bit when they first begin to proclaim Jesus’ message. Maybe they don’t feel worthy to still be a follower of Jesus. Maybe they doubt their ability to bring hope and healing to those who need it, but they still go. The first reading from the Acts of Apostles tells us some of what the apostles were able to accomplish once they left that locked room. They cured sick people and cast out demons, just as Jesus had promised them they would. To do that, they had to move way out of their comfort zone, but remembering Jesus’ words “Peace be with you” helped them to do it. Questions of the week When have you had an experience of being called to do something that scared you? What helped you to do it? Is there an area of your life now in which God is inviting you to be more courageous and trusting?
We have likely all had times when we have in some way escaped - or attempted to escape - the pain and suffering of ourselves or loved ones. Who wants to feel pain when you can become absorbed in technology, take drugs, or self-medicate with food or alco hol? Who wants to watch another suffer when you can leave the side of the hospital bed or avoid visiting in the first place? The disciples couldn’t stay awake for their closest friend whom they knew was filled with fear and sadness after their last meal together. Like them, we may have failed loved ones in their time of need too because it was just too painful to be with them in their pain. Jesus still suffers when people suffer today. He said, “Whatever you do to the least of my brothers and sisters you do to me.” So when humans torture other humans, we are torturing Christ. When others are dying of old age, alone in a nursing home, Jesus is dying alone. We may run away from the pain and suffering of others, just as the disciples slept through Jesus’ agony. However, we will always have more chances to stay awake and be present to Jesus by making ourselves present and available to others who suffer. Questions of the week When have you “fallen asleep” instead of staying awake to someone’s pain? Think of someone in your life now who is suffering. How might you make yourself available so that person will know he or she is not alone?
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Wednesday 16th April, 18.00, Arundel Cathedral. People from across our diocesan family of faith are invited to join Bishop Richard and members of clergy at the annual Chrism Mass – one of the most beautiful Masses of the Church’s year. It is during this Mass that the new oils of ‘Chrism,’ ‘Catechumens,’ and ‘Infirmorum’ are blessed for use in the sacraments throughout the diocese for the next year. These same oils will be received into the Sacred Heart at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper (20.30 on Thursday 17th April).
Our local Christian communities will be holding their annual act of witness around the Cross in the pedestrian precinct between the Holly Hedge car park and the High Street on Good Friday (18th April) and invite ALL to stop if only for a few minutes between 09.30 and 11.30.
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Are you feeling increasingly compelled to spend time with Jesus? Do you find that your time is spent seeking him and all things connected with him?
