Seventeenth Sunday in ordinary time.C July 25th
Uttoxeter 9.30
Fr Fabian OFM cap.
Abbots Bromley 11.30 People of the Parish
Psalter Wk 4. Ordinary time week 17 Year 2
Monday July 26th
9.45 Morning Prayer followed by Communion Service
Tuesday July 27th Bl. Robert Sutton
19.00 Evening prayer with Mass - Tom Kelly
Wednesday July 28th
9.45 Morning prayer followed by Mass - (Special intention) and Exposition
Thursday July 29th Saint Martha
9.45 Morning prayer followed by Mass - Peaty/Hayes/Hudson
Friday July 30th
Church 9.45 Morning prayer followed by Mass - McGoldrick Family
Saturday July 31st
10.00 Morning Prayer with Communion Service and Exposition.
12.00 Confessions
Eighteenth Sunday in ordinary time.
August 1st
Uttoxeter 9.30
Teresa Wheeler
Abbots Bromley 11.30 People of the Parish
Abbots Bromley Wednesday 28th July
6.15 pm. Rosary, Exposition and Communion service
Please remember those whose anniversaries occur at this time;
Jim Brandrick, Rhoda Gratton, Eric Herbert, Tod Williams, Alan Rowe and Leo
Dale
Prayer for Uttoxeter
July 24th Methodist Church, Carter Street
7.30 - 9.15. Refreshments welcome.
Today Sunday 25th July isThe Day for Life 2010
There will be a Second Collection.
Gift Aid envelopes are available at the back of church. Please take one, if
you are willing to Gift Aid,
Lord, for your faithful people, life is changed, not ended.
Today Sunday 25th July in the Guild Hall after Mass, Ryan Wood will
present a cheque to a representative from Help for Heroes of the money he
raised by having his head shaved. Mrs Wood will bring home-made cakes as a
thank you for support.
Coffee will be served
Please join them.
Beatification Mass
Each parish has been allocated places based on a percentage of the average
Sunday Mass attendance.
Our allocation (Uttoxeter, A Bromley, Marchington) is 37 places. Husband and
wife or parent and child will be put into the draw as one item.
Travel will be by National Coach company from either Stafford or Hednesford
for this Deanery. Time is not known yet.
A charge of £25 per person will be for the travel plus a Pilgrim Pack
which will include a commemorative pack and prayer book.
Security:
Information regarding name, address, Post Code, telephone number and email
(if available) will have to be sent to the organisers.
The draw will take place during next week.
Each person is to consider themselves as a Pilgrim.
Anyone wishing to attend please supply your telephone number this weekend
on the list so that you may be contacted after the draw for the extra info
required.
Thank you.
Please pray for all the housebound and sick especially:
Arthur and Lilly Fallows, Amy White, Ann Bannister, Mary Waltho, Olive Walsh,
George Peaty, Most Rev'd Kevin Macdonald, Ann Palmer, Alan Heywood,
Liam Cox, Anna Crosby, Monica Baxter, Kath Pym,Kath Adams, Daniel Leadbetter,
Bob Boot, Samuel Holford, Jan Spooner, Michael Colclough, Betty Alcock,
Mary Copplestone, Leanna Hudson, Sue Geen, Peter Chetwin, Sue Deville,
Janet Hackney, Adam Edginton, Angela Bryant, Theresa Waring ,Charlie Finch,
, Mike Brown, Father John Bentley, Brian Cartwright, Tony and Josie Goodwin,
Betty and Bernard Wilks .
Saint Martha
Martha is the patron saint of servants and cooks. Jesus loved Martha and Mary
and Lazarus." This unique statement in John's gospel tells us of the
special relationship Jesus had with Martha, her sister, and her brother. Apparently
Jesus was a frequent guest at Martha's home in Bethany, a small village two
miles from Jerusalem. We read of three visits in Luke 10:38-42, John 11:1-53,
and John 12:1-9. Many of us find it easy to identify with Martha in the story
Luke tells. Martha welcomes Jesus and his disciples into her home and immediately
goes to work to serve them.
Hospitality is paramount in the Middle East and Martha believed in its importance.
Imagine her frustration when her sister Mary ignores the rule of hospitality
and Martha's work in order to sit and listen to Jesus. Instead of speaking
to her sister, she asks Jesus to intervene. Jesus' response is not unkind,
which gives us an idea of his affection for her. He observes that Martha is
worried about many things that distract her from really being present to him.
He reminds her that there is only one thing that is truly important -- listening
to him. And that is what Mary has done. In Martha we see ourselves -- worried
and distracted by all we have to do in the world and forgetting to spend time
with Jesus. It is, however, comforting to note that Jesus loved her just the
same. The next visit shows how well Martha learned this lesson. She is grieving
the death of her brother with a house full of mourners when she hears that
Jesus has just come to the area. She gets up immediately and leaves the guests,
leaves her mourning, and goes to meet him.
Her conversation with Jesus shows her faith and courage. In this dialogue
she states clearly without doubt that she believes in Jesus' power, in the
resurrection, and most of all that Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus tells her
that he is the resurrection and the life and then goes on to raise her brother
from the dead. Our final picture of Martha in Scripture is the one that sums
up who she was. Jesus has returned to Bethany some time later to share a meal
with his good friends. In this home were three extraordinary people. We hear
how brother Lazarus caused a stir when was brought back to life. We hear how
Mary causes a commotion at dinner by anointing Jesus with expensive perfume.
But all we hear about Martha is the simple statement: "Martha served."
She isn't in the spotlight, she doesn't do showy things, she doesn't receive
spectacular miracles. She simply serves Jesus. We know nothing more about
Martha and what happened to her later.
But wouldn't it be wonderful if the most important thing that could be said
about us is "They served"?
Readers and Ministers who picked up their lists early last Sunday,
please note that the readings are from Year C and not Year B.
readings are from Year C and not Year B.