WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2024
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham Reg. Charity No. 234216. The Coventry and Nuneaton Deanery consists of the following churchess: Our Lady of the Angels (Nuneaton) , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Bulkington) & St Francis of Assisi (Bedworth) , St Anne (New Arley) & St Joseph (Nuneaton), St Benedict (Atherstone), St. Joseph (Monks Kirby) , All Souls, Christ the King & St Augustine’s, Corpus Christi & St Anne, Holy Family, Our Lady of the Assumption & St John Vianney, Sacred Heart, St John Fisher, St Elizabeth, Ss Mary and Benedict, St Osburg, St Patrick , St Thomas More & St Joseph the Worker. Deanery website Coventry Catholic Deanery 
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SAFEGUARDING
The Parish operates in accordance with Statutory Safeguarding Guidance and the National and Archdioceses policies & procedures at all times. Our Parish Safeguarding Representatives are Asipitha Iroko & Perpetua Sam. They can be contacted at: [email protected] or alternatively the Diocesan Safeguarding team can be contacted on 0121 230 6240 [email protected] if you have any concern.
Gospel Reflection
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Mark 10:24–25 Have you ever been “exceedingly astonished” by the demands of the Christian life? Hopefully you have been. And if you have been, hopefully you are no longer. Being exceedingly astonished is one of many purifications we must go through in order to enter the Kingdom of God. The “eye of a needle” is a reference to one of the gates in the wall surrounding the city of Jerusalem. After dark, the gate would be closed and the only way to enter was through a small door in the center of that gate. A person could pass through by ducking down, but a camel could not enter unless it got down on the ground and literally crawled through. This took much effort and direction from the master of that camel, but it was possible. The point of this story is to emphasize that we will not be able to easily stroll into Heaven. In this case, Jesus was speaking about how easy it is for a person with money to become so attached to that money that they fail to obtain the riches of Heaven. The rich young man, to whom Jesus was just speaking, went away sad because Jesus lovingly invited him to detach from his earthly wealth so as to obtain the riches of Heaven. Jesus said to him, “Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” To that, the rich young man went away sad. Reflect, today, upon anything that our Lord has taught that is difficult for you to face. Is there any commandment that you tend to ignore? Any teaching that you attempt to rationalize? Any demand that appears to you to be too much? |