HOLY SOUL'S NEWS

3rd Sunday of Easter       April 2008          Reg. Char. SRCDT

WHAT DOES "SPIRITUALITY" MEAN?

Spirituality is based on prayer, which involves setting time aside to listen and talk to God about our lives.  We all have our own way of talking to and being with God.  Each person has his or her own unique way of communicating with him.  Through the ages, these ways of talking to God and following his ways have developed into what is called "spirituality".  You might have heard of some of these spiritual ways: Franciscan, Dominican, Benedictine, and Jesuit.  However, perhaps the best ways taught to us were by the grown-ups who prayed over and with us before we even went to school.  Our Spirituality centres on the Son of God, Jesus Christ.  He leads us to Our Father and through Jesus, the Holy Spirit the bond of love links us into the Family of God and binds us to one another as brothers and sisters.
"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and love, embracing both trial and joy."  St. Therese of Lisieux
Pause for a moment and be still with God.


ARE YOU PAYING £3 A WEEK TAX OR MORE?

Low Tax Payers may make a Gift Aid to the Parish from this April.  If you are paying £150 a year tax and are giving each week to the Offertory Collection, then you may sign a Gift Aid Form.  It costs you nothing, but for every £1, you give the Inland Revenue give 22p to the Parish.  For further information contact Miss Wells or the Editor c/o the Presbytery.


Ladies keep fit

The Keep Fitters have donated £200 towards the upkeep of the Parish Hall.
Thank you.


SUPERMARKET VOUCHERS NEEDED


Holy Souls' School is still collecting these vouchers in order to buy Software for their Computers.  Please place your coupons in the bag on the notice board at the back of the Church.

Theme
God raised this man, Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to that. 

We hope that not only have our sins been forgiven, but that our lives and the rest of creation will come to the fullness of life now that Jesus has risen from the dead.  To believe this depends on signs reassuring us that it is happening.  The signs that we are to look for are the spreading of light and joy, and that we growing closer to God, Our Father.  Each time we come to the breaking of bread, the Mass, we renew our Faith.  We believe that God through his Son, the Christ, is destroying evil by forgiveness and restoration.  These gifts he gives us in the food of growth, the body, and blood of Jesus Christ.


SICK:
Pat Whalley, Matthew, Margaret, Baby Hollie, Carol Martin, Denise, Mamie, Rebecca France, Adele, Kelly Prior-Mosley,  Bridget Young, Lynnette Mahoney, Sheila Joseph, Stella Robinson, Jane Bentley, Karen Carr, Adam Blahuta, George Foster, Donna, Carol Finley, Maureen Murray, Ann Walsh, Jim Charnock, Doreen Ashton

LATELY DEAD:
Agnes O'Keefe, Annie Anderson Father Pat Bourke, please pray for the parents of Steven Connors that they may soon believe that their son is looking after them from Heaven, Joseph Duffy, Annie Heyes

ANNIVERSARIES:
Jim Philips Ian Charnock, Anne Knowles, Joseph Farran, Denis Gaffing, Trevor Alladyce

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