Dear Parishioners,
It is good to be able to greet you alongside sending the weekly Newsletter and the Readings for Holy Mass this weekend.
May I wish you all a very pleasant and relaxing Bank Holiday weekend, with the extra wish that those who are travelling – as large numbers are forecast to be on our roads – will do so in safety and with the necessary patience needed to drive these days !
With an assurance of prayerful remembrance, kindest thought and affection.
As ever, Fr. Nicholas
Dear Parishioners,
It is good to be able to send you the Newsletter and Readings for Mass this weekend. As I assure you of a daily remembrance in my prayers on a weekly basis, I am sure that the powerhouse of prayer that we can be collectively will benefit a number of parishioners who are going through some tough times at the moment. Please do remember all who stand in need of a little extra spiritual support; I know that it will be appreciated.
So be assured of my prayerful support, kindest thoughts, and affection.
As ever, Fr. Nicholas
Dear Parishioners,
Celebrating the beautiful Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption this weekend, I’m sure that like so many of you, I am grateful of her maternal companionship on the journey of life. It is also a reminder of her powerful intercession on our behalf to her Beloved Son. With so many in need of a remembrance in prayer let us be generous in our spiritual recollections and place into Our Lady’s ever-caring hands all those who stand in need of reassurance and encouragement on their particular pathway through life. Whilst we may be able to name some of these people, others will be far removed from us, and without a name familiar to ourselves, while some in especial need of prayerful support may stand, sit or kneel closer to you than you imagine as we gather for our Masses this weekend. Whether the needs of those we recall, or indeed those of ourselves, are heavy or light to bear, in the title of our church at Cleckheaton may all find hope and inspiration: Our Lady of Unfailing Help. And may Our Blessed Lady do for us, what she is outstanding at – pray for us !
With prayerful remembrance, kind thought and affection.
As always, Fr. Nicholas
Dear Parishioners,
Once more it is good to greet you and enclose the Newsletter and Readings for Holy Mass this weekend. I remain grateful, as I know many of you do, to those who work hard behind the scenes to ensure that so many often unnoticed jobs get done. It was good today to see church cleaners as well as brass-polishers working at Holy Spirit, and to enter St. Paul’s recently to the scent of polish and detergent left by the cleaners the previous day ! Whilst it may not be in vogue to say “Thank you”: to those who simply get on and do, aiding the smooth running of our two churches, I say a sincere thank you, acknowledging not only the work done or ministry carried out, but for being the ‘worker bees’ crafting a stabilising normality that we’ve so missed in recent times.
Be assured of prayerful remembrance, kindest thought, and affection.
As ever, Fr. Nicholas