| Sunday Gospel The life of the Trinity becomes very ordinary in the love, care and forgiveness we offer to each other. It is also there in the ways in which we try to better the lives of the poor, the depressed and the anxious. It’s in how we try to teach a younger generation the best lessons of humanity and faith and introduce them to this mystery of God. We are active partners in the work of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the world today. Slowly make the sign of the cross a few times today, asking to believe in the mystery of God’s love within God and for us. By the mystery of water and wine in the Mass, help us, Lord, to share in the divinity of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our humanity. (Fr D Neary) Sunday Masses Church of the Holy Spirit (Sat.) Vigil 5pm, St Matthias’ 10am, St Teresa’s 12noon. Weekday Masses St Teresa’s, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10am. Confessions Saturday 4 30pm in Church of the Holy Spirit, after any Mass and on request. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Wednesday in St Matthias’ Church from 11am to 4pm. Recently Deceased: Lilian Gallagher, Betty Fitzpatrick. Months Mind: Ethna Smyth. Anniversaries: Patrick (Gerry) Friel, Phyllis Friel, Maria Crawford, Albert and Mary Spackman, Patrick McConville, Annie and James Heatley, Gerry Murray, Joan Hunter, Noreen White, Pat and Mary Flynn, Raymond Flynn, Desmond Flynn, Denis and Geraldine Flynn, Michael Doherty, Liam Donnelly, Patrick James Molloy, Ciara Deane. Sanctuary Candle Burning: Liam Donnelly. To book a wedding or baptism, please contact the parish office (better to email). Weekly Collection: £1 761. Thank you for your continued support. Parish Trocaire Lenten Campaign 2026. A total of £ 7 500 (excluding GiftAid) has been forwarded to Trocaire. Thanks to all who made a donation or counted the coins. First Saturday Devotions will take place in St Matthias’s Church on 6 June 2026. 3pm, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Confessions and Act of Consecration, Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, 4pm, Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Fr Conor McGrath & David Goodwin: Invitation to Vocation ‘Allies’, Tuesday 9 June 2026 6.30pm in the Catholic Chapliancy QUB, Check: Down and Connor Vocations FB Magnifica Humanitas, Holy Father’s Encyclical Letter A Church journeying through human history 19. The Church is present in the world as a sign of unity for the entire human family. She recognizes today’s questions and challenges as the current setting in which to carry out her particular vocation of listening, dialogue and service, and of being responsive to everything concerning the lives of contemporary men and women. This involvement in people’s lives helps the Church understand ever more clearly that her mission has a historical scope and entails a responsibility for the way in which social relations are built. For this reason, she cannot consider herself a stranger to the forces shaping society. On the contrary, the Church actively participates in the processes by which society grows and is organized, and she offers her own contribution to the creation of a more just and fraternal society. Pope Francis emphasized this historical dimension of the Church’s mission: “No one can demand that religion should be relegated to the inner sanctum of personal life, without influence on societal and national life, without concern for the soundness of civil institutions, without a right to offer an opinion on events affecting society.” Parish Draw Winners May: Thomas Smyth, Michael Barr, Molly O’Gorman, Katie Dornan, Marie Rea. Novena to The Sacred Heart Thursday 4 June to Friday 12 June 2026 The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is with great joy as a diocese we celebrate the Novena to The Sacred Heart. The Sacred Heart Novena invites you to nine days of prayer, cumulating in the celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Come to Me. These words of Jesus are among the most tender in all of the Gospels. They are not a command but an invitation – offered freely, offered personally, offered to each one of us. To set aside time each day for prayer is to say yes to that invitation. It is a simple act, yet a profound one. In the busyness of our lives – with all their demands, their joys, and their anxieties – to pause and turn our hearts toward Jesus is itself a form of love. (Bishop Alan McGuckian). Booklets are available in the church porches. Day of Reflection 21 June 2026. This special day provides an opportunity for reflection and to remember that so many suffered from all corners of society in our conflict. The annual Day of Reflection service will be held in St Peter’s Cathedral this year on Sunday 21 June 2026 at 3pm and will be attended by victims, survivors, religious, civic and political representatives. Everyone is warmly invited to attend. Cemetery Sundays Hannahstown, 3pm Sunday 31 May, The Rock 3pm Sunday 7 June 2026. St Vincent De Paul Helpline No. 028 90351561: Email address: info@svpni.co.uk Website address: www.svp.ie/get-help.aspx |
The Parish of St Teresa of Ávila, Glen Road, Belfast 