OUR COMMON HOME
St Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home (the Earth) is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. We have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will. The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air and in all forms of life. This is why the earth herself burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she "groans in travail" (Rom 8:22). We have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7); our very bodies are made up of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive life and refreshment from her waters'. (Pope Francis) |
NORMAL MASS TIMES AT ST VINCENT'S SHEFFIELD
(See Bulletin opposite for any changes) SUNDAY: 9.30 am and 6 pm MONDAY: 9.30 am (except First Monday of every month and Bank Holiday Mondays when it is at St Michael's Chapel, Rivelin Valley Road, S6 5GL at 10.30am TUESDAY: 9.30 am WEDNESDAY: 7.00 pm (school holidays 9.30 am) THURSDAY: 9.30 am FRIDAY: 9.30 am 
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