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Sunday of Corpus Christi O God who in this wonderful sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons.

“Call yourself a Christian?” is the classic response to us when a person on the outside of the Church perceives that we have acted hypocritically or not in line with their expectation.

“See how these Christians love each other!” is the observation of pagans living in the Roman Empire who were astonished at the exemplary behaviour of Christians, who stood in stark contrast to the surrounding culture. While many Romans engaged in mutual hate, they observed Christians showing a profound love to their neighbour, including the oppressed and marginalised, willing to sacrifice themselves for one another and the sake of the gospel. Christians manifest practical charity to others, through the application of the ‘works of mercy.’

https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/new-evangelization/jubilee-of-mercy/the-corporal-works-of-mercy

https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/new-evangelization/jubilee-of-mercy/the-spiritual-works-of-mercy

Here you will find a link to the US Bishops Conference, which gives a excellent examples of ‘examinations of conscience’ based on the Ten Commandments and Catholic Social Teaching, for all ages and states of life. These ‘examinations’ help us make better Confessions in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and when acted upon will, bring us closer to holiness.

https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/sacraments-and-sacramentals/penance/examinations-of-conscience

What is upcoming in the next few weeks in the Community of St Joan of Arc?

• First Holy Communion Mass at 10.00am on Saturdays 6th & 13th June.
• Buddy Masses for St Polycarp’s School at 11am on Thursdays 4th, 11th & 18th June.