St Patricks Church Grangetown Cardiff

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St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Grangetown, Cardiff, is part of the Cardiff Deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff.

This Church opened on St Patrick's Day March 17th 1930.

St Patricks RC Primary School is in Lucknow Street, Grangetown

It has close links with the Church.

The school website. http://www.stpatricks-primary.co.uk/

St Patrick's School -February Newsletter

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Weekday in the Second Week of Eastertide

1/9

Click on the image above for today's Reading.

We do not live by bread alone,

but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

Today we hear the familiar Gospel of the multiplications of the loaves and the fishes. When Jesus decided to cross over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, many people followed Him. They had seen the signs that Jesus had performed and they were awestruck and intrigued. They desired to know more about Jesus.
When Jesus arrived at the shore, He went up on a mountain and sat down with His disciples. Jesus simply may have desired some time with His friends. However, Jesus looked up and He saw a large crowd of people coming toward him. He asked if there was any food for them.
Andrew told Jesus that one boy had five loaves of barley bread and two fish and was willing to share his food! Five loaves of bread and fish might feed 2 or 3 people! However, what were they to do about feeding the rest of the crowd? The situation was impossible!
Jesus tells the disciples to have the people sit down. John writes that there were 5000 men. And they also needed food for the women and children. This was a huge crowd to feed. Eventually the disciples had everyone seated. At that point, Jesus took the five loaves of bread, gave thanks and blessed them. He once again gave thanks and blessed the fish. Then the disciples distributed the fish and bread. Surprisingly they had more than enough food! When everyone had eaten, they filled 12 baskets with the leftovers. When the people saw the miracle that Jesus had done, the people believed! They said: “This truly is the Prophet, the One we have been waiting and longing for.”
What is our need? What are we hungry for? What is our lack? Do we truly believe that Jesus will provide us with what we need? Do we trust that Jesus will satisfy our hunger, our longing? When we are in great need, it is difficult to trust that our needs will be met. However, Jesus will not fail us! Will we trust Jesus to satisfy our hungers?

One of our Parishioners is taking part in an SVP Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.Follow her on her journey.

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Chris will walk 15.5 miles from Padron to Santiago today.

The scallop shells guide the pilgrims on their way. The shell’s lines represent the many different Camino routes across Europe, all converging at Santiago de Compostela.

Please remember her and all the pilgrims in your prayers.

The Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage (Camino de Santiago) is an ancient network of routes leading to the shrine of St. James in Galicia, Spain. Pilgrims use a "Credencial" (passport) to collect daily stamps (at least two per day) on the journey to prove they have travelled the route.

Saint James is the Patron Saint of Spain and, according to tradition, what are believed to be his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela. He was one of the 12 Apostles and one of the first to be martyred.

Many legends and myths surround the origin of the scallop shell’s connection to Saint James and the Camino. One story says Saint James saved a knight who rose from the sea covered in scallop shells. Another version tells of a knight’s horse falling into the ocean and resurfacing, covered in shells as Saint James passed by. These tales helped establish the shell as a lasting spiritual emblem of the pilgrimage.

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