Palm Sunday (5th April 2020)
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This Sunday's Mass sheet to download and follow
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This week's parish newsletter
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Each Sunday morning at 11.45am on BBC1, a Church service with hymns from Songs of Praise will be screened. This week the service comes from Hereford Cathedral.
Father John's Thought for the Week - see the video below
Thought for the week from Father Michael
During the week, a friend of mine sent a message asking, ‘What does Hosanna mean to you?’ Being a language geek, my immediate response was, ‘Do you mean its original meaning in Hebrew?’! But she then said, ‘No, when you hear the word Hosanna, how does it make you feel?’ So, I ask you now, how does it make you feel? When we sing Hosanna, when you hear the people in the Gospel proclaiming ‘Hosanna to the Son of David,’ what mood does that put you in? It’s a joyful one, isn’t it? I certainly felt that as I was growing up, that we were all joyfully praising God when we sang Hosanna. But in recent years I have learned what this word truly means. It means ‘Help!’, ‘Save,’ or ‘Rescue.’ That’s what those people in the Gospel are saying. They are recognising that Jesus is the Messiah and they are asking him to save them. A clue is in Jesus’ name, which means ‘God saves.’ And how appropriate this is for our current time. What a different and profound meaning this word takes on in the midst of our crisis. What amazing timing it is that today we can shout out Hosanna to Jesus. We need God to help us, we need God to save us. We need the strength and comfort that comes from Jesus’ death and resurrection. So, let’s all of us ask God now to help us, to save us. To help those who are suffering from the virus. To help those who are caring for them. To help their family and friends. To help those who have to go out to work for us. To help all of us. Let’s all cry out and sing ‘Hosanna!’
During the week, a friend of mine sent a message asking, ‘What does Hosanna mean to you?’ Being a language geek, my immediate response was, ‘Do you mean its original meaning in Hebrew?’! But she then said, ‘No, when you hear the word Hosanna, how does it make you feel?’ So, I ask you now, how does it make you feel? When we sing Hosanna, when you hear the people in the Gospel proclaiming ‘Hosanna to the Son of David,’ what mood does that put you in? It’s a joyful one, isn’t it? I certainly felt that as I was growing up, that we were all joyfully praising God when we sang Hosanna. But in recent years I have learned what this word truly means. It means ‘Help!’, ‘Save,’ or ‘Rescue.’ That’s what those people in the Gospel are saying. They are recognising that Jesus is the Messiah and they are asking him to save them. A clue is in Jesus’ name, which means ‘God saves.’ And how appropriate this is for our current time. What a different and profound meaning this word takes on in the midst of our crisis. What amazing timing it is that today we can shout out Hosanna to Jesus. We need God to help us, we need God to save us. We need the strength and comfort that comes from Jesus’ death and resurrection. So, let’s all of us ask God now to help us, to save us. To help those who are suffering from the virus. To help those who are caring for them. To help their family and friends. To help those who have to go out to work for us. To help all of us. Let’s all cry out and sing ‘Hosanna!’
Other videos for this week:
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Pray the Rosary
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Stations of the Cross
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