Worship & resources during the current restrictions
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THIS PAGE IS UPDATED REGULARLY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK.
LAST UPDATED 22/11/20 Click here for 'Fr Philip Writes' - The 'online' November magazine Click here for November Calendar (Daily Mass intentions) NATIONAL LOCKDOWN from Thursday 5th Nov.
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Candles for departed loved ones in St Mary's - November 2020
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Sunday Mass- 22nd November 2020 - Christ the King
Click on the image below or go to https://www.facebook.com/stmarysmendlesham/ where the livestreamed recording remains available to view.
Sunday Mass- 15th November 2020
Click on the image below or go to https://www.facebook.com/stmarysmendlesham/ where the recording is still available.
Remembrance Sunday - 8th November 2020
First Sunday in 2nd national lockdown.
For the first time we livestreamed to our new Facebook page and the recording remains available. Click on the image below or go to https://www.facebook.com/stmarysmendlesham/
Now also available on YouTube by clicking here
For the first time we livestreamed to our new Facebook page and the recording remains available. Click on the image below or go to https://www.facebook.com/stmarysmendlesham/
Now also available on YouTube by clicking here
Mass on 1st November 2020 (All Saints Day)
Click on the photo below to access the YouTube recording
Click on the photo below to access the YouTube recording
Mass on 25th October 2020 (Feast of Dedication)
Click on the photo below to access the YouTube recording
Click on the photo below to access the YouTube recording
Mass on 18th October 2020 (29th Sunday of year A)
Click on the photo below to access the YouTube recording
Click on the photo below to access the YouTube recording
For Previous online worship from March to September, click here
Happy Pentecost!
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A Message for Pentecost from Bishop Norman. Click on the image below to view this.
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What is Pentecost?Pentecost was originally a Jewish festival and a Greek word, meaning "50th day." On this day we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the Christian Church.
On the first Pentecost, 50 days after Easter, 120 of Jesus' disciples, including the Apostles and his mother, Mary, were gathered in a room in Jerusalem. Suddenly there was the sound of a great wind and a flame appeared as a tongue of fire, which split into many individual flames above the heads of all those present. It was a sign that the Holy Spirit of God had came upon these people and each began to speak in different languages. Some people outside, gathered for the feast, accused those speaking in other languages of being drunk, but Peter addressed the crowd, explaining that it was only 9 o'clock in the morning, and that they weren't drunk, but that this was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, as prophesied in the scriptures. He told the people about Jesus - his life and his resurrection and about three thousand people were baptised that day. You can read about this in the New Testament - Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2. |
- Please continue to pray for each other, for the needs of the parish, the world and particularly at this time for all affected by the pandemic and all key workers. Click here for a special prayer booklet
- Daily prayers from the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham can be accessed here then click on 'Videos'
- Throughout the lockdown we maintained contact with members of the congregation through email and a phone tree. We realise some people are still shielding. If you would like to be added to the email list, which means you will receive bulletins and links to recorded worship as soon as it is processed, please phone Fr Philip or send a request through the Contact page.
- A link to resources available on the website of the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich can be accessed here
- We also need to care for each other during this time. We can once again leave donations for the Stowmarket foodbank, in the red boxes in church.
‘By our service and by our love, Jesus Christ will be made known and the hope of the gospel – a hope that will counter fear and isolation – will spread through the land.’
For any pastoral need, contact:
Fr. Philip Gray, Mendlesham Vicarage, Tel (01449) 766359 or send a message via the CONTACT page
Prayer for all those affected by Coronavirus
Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
