During September and weekly until the end of November, we are running a series of the news-sheet SoulSpace produced by the Irish Redemptorists. The news-sheet, available at the back of church each week, is currently exploring The Joy of the Gospel, the first letter of Pope Francis, published last year. The Holy Father says some interesting and challenging things, and the letter is well worth looking at. If you missed the September editions, you can find them here. The October series will be available online shortly, and will be also available in print form in church.

Fr Ed

We are blessed to have so many people involved in the various ministries and activities in our parish: those involved on the Tea/Coffee rota, the Altar Servers, Eucharistic Ministers, Readers, Catechists, Parish Council Members, Sacramental Preparation Groups, Helpers before and After Mass, hymn-book/Mass leaflet organisers… the list goes on.

However, there are so many tasks for which we still require volunteers, and, as always, the more people who are involved, the more the burdens can be shared — and the more we are working together as a community.

Volunteers are needed at the moment for:

Paper recyclers: collecting the Mass-sheets and other papers and taking them to a recycling centre
Taking care of the little ‘shop‘ with the Mass cards and books after Sunday Mass
Administering a reading library with Christian books available on Sunday after Mass in church
Re-decorating the sacrament-preparation room (top right in the church)
A couple of hours secretarial type work per month (Sacramental Registers etc)

In addition, the lady who arranges the flowers would be glad of help from week to week.

More appeals for help of different kinds to follow!

Fr Ed

Message received from Agnès, a member of the CVX in Luxembourg ( http://cvx.lu ) “Can we find amongst the the english speaking parish members, or other persons of good will, a family ready to befriend a refugee family from Syria. Both parents are english speaking, civil engineers, belong to the syrian orthodox community, open to attend catholic or other christian services. They have 2 young children from 6 months and 2 years. They feel so lonely in the refugee camp in Marienthal (about 20km from Luxemburg), only few buses and on Sundays no public transport at all.  I am more then ready to guide possible volunteers and to be present at the first encounter.” If you feel able to help in any way, or would like more information, I can put you in touch with Agnes. Fr Ed

26th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A Today’s Readings  (missal p. 659)

First Reading  Ezekiel 18:25-28  The repentent sinner will be saved, says the Lord.

Second Reading Philippians 2:1-5 (shorter form) ‘There must be no competition among you’.

Gospel Matthew 21:28-32  Obedience of the heart is more important than mere outward assent to God’s law.

MUSIC

This week the choir will be continuing with the Belmont Mass setting, a simple but beautiful setting of the Mass texts. You can find a recording of the Belmont Mass (the Kyrie is missing) here

Opening Hymn: Praise my soul the King of Heaven  807
Penitential Rite Belmont Mass
Gloria  Belmont Mass
Psalm said
Creed said
Gospel Acclamation Belmont
Preparation of the Gifts  organ; followed by Blest are you, Lord  603
Sanctus  Belmont Mass
Agnus Dei Belmont Mass
Holy Communion  organ; The Lord’s my Shepherd  806
Recessional  Be thou my vision  970
Prayer of the Faithful Praying especially for:
Saturday: Juanita Torino, who died recently. RIP.
Sunday: Eric Mamo, 7th anniversary. RIP.

A notice from Geoff Thompson, Organiser of the British & Irish Film Season which may be of interest to some parishioners:

As you may be aware I am organising the 5^th annual British & Irish Film Season from 24 Sept to 7 Oct – see www.bifilmseason.lu for details. One film, Noble, (Fri 26/9 @ 17:00 @ Ciné Utopia; Wed 1/10 @ 19:00 @ Utopolis-Kirchberg) tells the truly inspirational story of Christina Noble who set up a foundation for street children in Vietnam. It would be great if you could let the congregation know of this screening as many may want to attend.

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Born into poverty, she eventually survives to found a charity to support street children in Vietnam – youngsters with whom she can associate. Shifting between past and present, the film charts both her early life growing up in Dublin as well as later in Vietnam. It focuses on her strength of character as she uses music and humour to pursue an almost impossible dream. She has gone on to help over 700,000 street children the other side of the world. Truly inspirational.

An entire list of the films is as follows:

–          A Dangerous Game (Sco), documentary

–          A Practical Guide to a Successful Suicide (Sco), black comedy

–          An Bronntanas (Irl), thriller (EN subtitles)

–          Calvary (Irl), black comedy (FR, NL subtitles)

–          Castles in the Sky (Sco), drama

–          Hector and the Search for Happiness (En), comedy drama (FR, Nl sub-titles)

–          Locke (En), drama (FR, NL sub-titles)

–          Noble (En), biopic

–          Poison Pen (Irl), rom com

–          Pride, (Wa, En), comedy drama (FR, NL sub-titles)

–          The Light of Day (Irl), mockumentary

–          The Riot Club (En), thriller (FR, NL sub-titles)

–          The Trip to Italy (En, Wa), comedy drama (FR, NL sub-titles)

–          What If (Irl), romantic drama (FR, NL sub-titles)

The full screening schedule is available www.bifilmseason.lu.

You may be interested that we have a number of “special guests” attending this year as well, as follows:

• Sun 28/9: A Dangerous Game (Director, Skype)
• Sat 27/9: A Practical Guide… (Producer, in person)
• Thu 25/9: An Bronntanas (crew member, in person)
• Tue 7/10: Castles in the Sky – CLOSING (Producer & Actor, in person; actor, Skype)
• Wed 1/10: Noble (1 Oct, director, in person)
• Thu 2/10: The Light of Day (actor, in person)

Please let me know if you are intending to come as a group and I can block-book tickets for you. Otherwise, tickets can be purchased online at www.utopolis.lu or at the cinemas themselves. Or, a Season Special Ticket is available atwww.bifilmseasival.lu (5 films for €25).