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Remembrance & 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time A

"They grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them."

Of all the commemorations throughout the month of November, the one that is most especially not about us, is Remembrance Sunday. Today, we have not come here to make us feel better about ourselves but to fulfil the ‘spiritual work of mercy’ of praying for the dead, especially those fallen in war. Today, the Church permits one Requiem Mass to be celebrated for the War Dead. This will be at 11.15am Mass. At other Masses, our Remembrance happens at the end of the Prayers of the Faithful. “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them, may they rest in peace. Amen”. The celebration of the Eucharist is a perfect way to remember those fallen in war. The central part of the Mass is the ‘anamnesis’, (‘remembrance’); Jesus commanding us to ‘do this in memory of me’. When we ‘remember’ in this sense, we do not just call to mind his saving death and resurrection in an intellectual way, but in a real way, we ‘participate again’ in the saving mysteries of our redemption.

Advance Warning: On Saturday 14th November there is no 5pm Mass, as Fr. Simon is not available due to other pastoral commitments within the wider ‘Guildford Catholic Parish’ that week. The 9.15am, 11.15am and 5pm Mass on Sunday 15th Nov. will be celebrated as normal. Saturday Masses: 5.30pm at Holy Angels (Ash); 5.30pm at St Mary’s (Aldershot); 6pm at St Anselm’s (Hindhead); 6pm at St Edmund’s (Godalming); 6pm Sacred Heart (Bordon). Please check their websites for any alterations to their schedules.