St Patrick's RC Church
Pentrebane Street, Grangetown, Cardiff
CF11 7LJ
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/
Weekday in Ordinary Time
The Lord is always knocking
at our door. Let us be ready
to welcome Him in.
Click on the image above for today's Reading
Friday 11th October 2024
The Lord keeps His covenant ever in mind.
This Gospel begins with Jesus once again “driving out a demon.” Some of the individuals who witnessed Jesus’ power to drive out demons were critical and suspicious of Him. They accused Jesus of driving out demons by the power of Beelzebub. There also were other unbelievers in the crowd who wanted to test Jesus. So they asked Him to give them a sign from heaven. However, Jesus knew their thoughts and their motivation. He realized that they were testing Him.
Most likely Jesus’ reply was not the answer they expected or hoped for.
Jesus tells them: “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste. And house will fall upon house.” Then he asks: “If Satan is divided against himself, will his kingdom stand?”
Jesus continued, saying: “Some of your members also drive out demons! From whom do they get their power?”
Jesus’ questioners did not answer him.
Let us ask ourselves : what are our demons? We all have them. No one is exempt. We may read stories or see TV programmes about individuals who were driven by demons. Perhaps they broke into a house and stole several items. Or perhaps it is the story of a child, woman or man being abused. Or the headline of the evening news may be on the never-ending fighting in the Middle East.
Our human reality is: we all have our own personal demons. No human being is exempt from demons, not even the saints. However, the saints testify to us that with God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit in our lives, with the grace they give us , we can control our demons. And hopefully over time with God’s grace, we may be able to “dis-empower” our demons. Most likely they will not completely disappear from our lives. However, we will be better able to recognize them and control them, rather than our demons controlling us.
And with our more powerful demons, only the grace of God or Jesus’ grace will do. Today be attentive to your demons. Take your demons to Jesus! He will drive them out!
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of
Mgr John Maguire who acted as Administrator in
St Patricks in 2009.
May he rest in the
eternal peace of the Lord.
Please remember him in your prayers.
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. According to an account by fifteenth-century Dominican, Alan de la Roch, Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1206 after he had been praying and doing severe penances because of his lack of success in combating the heretics. Mary praised him for his valiant fight and then gave him the Rosary as a mighty weapon, explained its uses and efficacy, and told him to preach it to others.
To join in the saying of the Rosary click here
Masses for this and the coming week
The Rosary will be prayed before Weekday Masses
during the month of October
Friday 6.30pm
Saturday 6.30pm
Sunday 10.00am
Monday 6.30pm
Tuesday 6.30pm
Wednesday 6.30pm
Thursday NO MASS
Changes
Last week our school children celebrated a Harvest Mass, when we thanked God for the bounty of the Earth
Read our Parish Newsletter
October 6th 2024
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Mass can also be followed on these links.
http://www.catholictv.org/masses/catholictv-mass
Daily Mass (On Demand)
https://www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/st-mary-of-the-angels
10.00am Sunday and Daily Mass
https://www.cardiffcathedral.org.uk/#welcome
Service Times in other Catholic Churches in Cardiff
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