Welcome to St Augustine's Parish, Manchester
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
‘You shall love the Lord your God’
Our readings this Sunday remind us of God’s love and compassion. We are asked to live this out each day in our relations with him and with others.
The First Reading is from the book of Exodus. God tells Moses to teach the Israelites the kind of care they are to show each other as children of God.
The Psalm is a song of praise and thanksgiving to God, who is the only source of our strength. We can express our love for him in our dealings with others.
St Paul, in the Second Reading, praises the Christians in Thessalonica for the way they have responded, in joy, to the Spirit, becoming imitators of Christ.
In the Gospel Jesus answers the question, ‘Which is the greatest commandment?’ The answer is, of course, to love God – with our whole being. Love of our neighbour is inextricable from this.
This week let us, with joy, strive to imitate Christ’s love for us in the smallest details of our motives and actions with regard to others.
(With thanks to St Beuno's Outreach)
ARTWORK
A Mezuzah is found on the doorpost in all Jewish homes and contains the words of the Hebrew 'Shema' - the text taken mostly from Deuteronomy that begins with the words Jesus uses in today's Gospel. Click here to learn more about the Mezuzah.
Greetings from the Jesuit Community
In September of this year the Jesuit community serving the Chaplaincy at Holy Name were asked by Bishop Arnold to also look after St Augustine's.
In so many ways it is an ideal arrangement - both churches have a long history serving this part of Manchester and it's extensive student population. So we were only too happy to agree.
Over time we plan for the churches to do more together and already we have cooperated to adjust Mass times so each church can have dignified and meaningful liturgies on Sundays and through the week.
The Jesuits might be new here at St Augustine's - and thank you for the very warm welcome! But we are of course no strangers to Manchester, arriving here in 1860 and opening the Holy Name in 1871, with only a brief period of absence between 1992 and 2012.
We look forward to being part of the life and mission of St Augustine's and on this website, which will grow and develop over time, you can read more about the Jesuits, our spirituality and our many diverse ministries in the UK and around the world.
Pope Leo's Prayer Intention for October
For mental health ministry
Let us pray that the mental health ministry be established throughout the Church, helping to overcome the stigma and discrimination of persons with mental illnesses.
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Visit the website of Pray With the Pope
Visit the website of Pray As You Go for a reflection on this month's video.