Responsorial Psalm:

The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing

I shall want.

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, Alleluia! The sheep that belong to

me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know

them and they follow me.

Alleluia!

Money Matters Offertory Collection last weekend:

£643.50 of which £373.25 was Gift Aided.

Gift Aid: If you are a Tax Payer, please consider filling out the Gift

Aid form which is in the church porch to receive a box of weekly

envelopes for your offertory donation or for a one-off

donation then please use the Green envelopes.

Please remember to write your name, address, sign and date the

green envelope.

Thank you for supporting our Parish.

Let us pray for the Sick

Moira Catherall, Lea Hill, Fred

Battersby, Anne Turner, Monica Mannion, Mary Rowe, Rose Bry-an, Jenny Mansley, Jennifer Rowley, Nancy Wilson, Joe Gog-gin, Joe & Luisa Desena, Peggy

Edwards, Shelagh Fulham, Margaret Stubbs, Philomena Lamano, and Leo McManus.

We remember in our prayers Those whose anniversaries

occur this week (18th July) Helen Brennan, John Carney, (19th July) Mary Brownrigg, Honora Hyland (20th Ju-ly) Bernard O’Hara, Nora Supersad (21st July) Esther Mayers, Helen Hall, Thomas James McVey (22nd July) David Wilson, Thomas Neale, Tim Turner (23rd July) Alice Clark, Chris-topher Hand, Joan Fryer (24th July) Thomas Couron

Requiem for Mr. Roy Lewis RIP

The funeral Mass for Mr. Roy Lewis will take place here this

Friday (24th) at 12 noon followed by Cremation at Pentrebychan at 2pm.

Next Weekend – “Day for Life”:

Our Bishops’ “Day for Life” this year is focussed on cherishing life and accepting death. It pro-vides an opportunity for people to think about the mysteries of life and death, as well as the Church’s teaching on appropriate treatment at the end of life. It also highlights the prayer of St

Joseph for a good death . http://dayforlife.org/

Eglwys Catholig Dewi Sant, Yr Wyddgrug

St.David’s Catholic Church, Mold

Parish Priest: Fr. Pius Mathew CMI,

St.David’s Presbytery, St.David’s Lane, Mold. CH7 1LH

Email: piuscmi@gmail.com 01352 752087

Deacon David Joy:01352 754722 LSUConvent:01352 700121

18th July Saturday

Mass 5.30pm John Armstrong RP

(Maire Greaney)

19th July Sunday Mass 10am

For People of the Parish

Monday : Liturgy of the day

20th July Mass 9.15am

Brendan Towey RIP (Bea Towey)

Tuesday: Liturgy of the day

21st July Mass 7pm

Marie McGee RIP (Alicia Mullen)

Wednesday: Mem. St. Mary Magdalene

22nd July Mass 9.15am

Andrew Heath RIP (L’Arche Flintshire)

Thursday Feast: St. Bridget of Sweden

23rd July Mass 9.15am

Marie McGee RIP (Marie Mercer)

Friday Requiem for Mr. Roy Lewis RIP 24th July At 12 Noon

LITURGY OF THE WEEK: Psalter Week IV

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

Saturdays 10.30am to

11.30am & Before the Vigil

Mass (4.45-5.20pm)

Sundays before the Mass

(9.30-9.50am)

And at any time on request

19th July 2015 16th Sunday Ordinary Time Year B

26th July Sunday

Mass at 10am

Int. Simon Hughes (Dea and Eddie Saul)

25th July Saturday

Mass 5.30pm For People of the Parish

Eucharistic Adoration with

Rosary and Benediction

Every Sunday At 4pm.

Everyone is Welcome

O ne of the most striking aspects

of the gods of ancient peoples is that they in-spired fear. It’s a com-mon feature in these ancient dei-ties that they had to be avenged. They were a moody lot. So it was quite common for some enormous sacrifice to be made in order to appease them and prevent them from venting their spleen on those who were unfortu-nate enough to be their subjects and followers.

When Moses came back down the mountain it must have come as a relief to the Hebrews to find out what sort of God they had made a deal with. One who would keep them under his thumb or one who would let them grow?

P eople who don’t believe in God

often find it necessary to lampoon the God they

don’t believe in. So they invent a ludicrous image and then proceed to knock it down with either sarcasm or humour.

C hristians would probably be con-

tent with a God who as creator was responsible for the wonderful world we live in and for the gift of life that we all enjoy. If we could have a God who was also just and not given to flights of angry vengeance then that would be a bonus. To have a God who took time off from holding the

universe together and occasionally showed that he knew of our world’s existence would be like winning the lot-tery.

O f course, having a

God who was per-sonally interested in each of us would presumably be out of the question? Surely God has got more important things to do than be concerned about me as an individual with all my likes and dis-likes, my wants and needs?

S o when God speaks in to-

day’s scripture about shepherding his flock and taking care of them, and when Jesus feels sorry for his listeners and takes pity on them for they’re like sheep without a shepherd, what’s going on? Is it a lie? A joke? Or do I need to look again at the type of God we’ve got?

A GOD WHO CARES FAITH IN FOCUS:

Wine and Cheese Evening

A Social Evening in the Parish Hall with Wine, cheese and home made

bread. On Saturday, 19th Sep-tember at 7pm. Please put the date

in your diary. More details to follow. Bob and Sheila Naybour

Collection for Flowers for the Altar

Next Weekend

Coffee Morning Today There will be Coffee Morning Today in

support of Alan’s Bike Challenge which is in aid of L’Arche.

Lands End to John O'Groats

The caravan is all packed and the van has my bikes and all my gear in so a quiet day on Saturday and then we're off on Sunday! if I can get

online I'll post daily progress on my online blog -'alanslejog.blogspot.co.uk' The page is called Alans End to End.

There is no shortage of 'Alans' who have done this and 'blogged' in the past but if you simply type 'alanslejog.blogspot.co.uk' in to your search engine that seems to find

mine!☺

'Alans' end to end is a play on words as it refers to two Alans. Myself and my friend of 40 years who is giving up two weeks of his life to drive the length of the country twice and act as back up! And so whilst I'm getting all the publicity for doing the pedalling bit this whole event simply wouldn't be possible without the support of friends and family and other people have been involved in just getting me this far and raising what I'm sure by the time you read this will be £3K for L'Arche!

Thank you all for your efforts and kind words of support, it has and will keep me going.

Alan Morris

Our Best Wishes and Prayers go with you Alan.

Thoughts for the week God loves each of us as if there

were only one of us. (St Augustine)

You can tell the size of your God by looking at the size of your

worry list. The longer your list, the smaller your God.

(Oliver Todd) There is no such thing as a lack of faith. We all have plenty of faith; it’s just that we have faith in the wrong things. We have faith in what can’t be done rather than what can be done. We have faith in lack rather than abundance; but there is no lack of faith. Faith is a law. (Eric Butterworth)