Wednesday 15th May 2024
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Just a mid week update…
Funerals
The funeral for John Hall RIP will be at Accrington Crematorium tomorrow (16th May 2024) at 1pm. The Requiem Mass for Hilda Owen RIP will be on Friday (17th May 2024) at 10am and there will be a Requiem Mass for Doreen Grundy RIP next Wednesday (22nd May 2024) at 10am.
The New Lectionary
This Advent (Sunday 1st December 2024) the new Lectionary comes into mandatory use in England and Scotland and Wales.
'The Lectionary, which is the book that contains the Scripture readings for Mass and the Sacraments, is changing as part of the continuing process of revising liturgical translations. The process began with the Roman Missal in 2011 and has continued with all the other liturgical texts. The new Lectionary will use the English Standard Version - Catholic Edition of the Bible and the Abbey Psalter. The changes are intended to make the biblical translations more faithful to the original languages, biblical scholarship, and to provide a text for use in liturgical setting that is more proclaimable and, where appropriate, more inclusive.' www.newlectionary.org
The Ambo edition is the one we will need for church and is part of a 4 volume set.
Volume I - Sundays, Solemnities, Feasts of the Lord.
Volume II - Weekdays: Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time (weeks 1-9), Lent, Easter. Proper of Saints: December – June, Commons.
Volume III - Weekdays: Ordinary Time (6-34). Proper of Saints: June – November, Commons.
Volume IV - Ritual Masses, Masses for Various Needs and Occasions, Votive Masses, Masses for the Dead.
The cost will be £695.00 for the complete 4 volumes. The Bishop has suggested that some people may like to donate the funds towards buying one of the new lectionary volumes (£173.75 per volume) and there name would be inscribed on a Donor Bookplate in the front of the lectionary. If you would like to donate one of the volumes please contact Fr. O'Brien, by telephone (01254) 232 433 or email sean.obrien@dioceseofsalford.org.uk For more information regarding the new mandatory lectionary and the opportunity to get new Sunday and Weekday Missals please visit www.newlectionary.org.
God Bless
Fr. O'Brien