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 the Third Week of Easter
Click on the image above for today's Reading
Friday 19th April
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Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News.
Today’s Gospel is a continuation of yesterday’s Gospel. After listening to Jesus preach to the people, the Jews began to argue among themselves. How could Jesus possibly give them His flesh to eat?
Jesus then tells the people that they will not have life within if they do not eat His flesh and also drink His blood! However, if they choose to eat Jesus’ flesh and blood, they will have eternal life and they also will be raised up on the last day and have eternal life. He adds that anyone who does this will be with Jesus in eternity. They will live forever!
In this reading, the words “flesh and blood” are a Hebrew idiom referring to the whole person. When Jesus speaks of His “flesh and blood,” He is not speaking literally. Rather, He is speaking metaphorically. Jesus wants us to understand and believe that when we receive the body and blood of Christ, we truly encounter Jesus in a deeply personal way. When we receive the body and blood of Christ, we truly are in communion with Jesus!
Do we believe and trust that we truly are receiving Jesus? Or do we simply eat the bread and drink the wine but we do not choose to encounter Jesus our Lord? Receiving the body and blood of Christ is not a “magical” action! Every time we received the body and blood of Christ, Jesus is there! However, we need to be awake and aware of whom we are receiving. If we are on “automatic pilot” when we receive the body and blood of Christ, if we are not awake and alert, we will miss being in full communion with Jesus. What loss that is for us!
Today and every day, may we be alert and awake to the many ways that Jesus comes to us! He is with us every moment!
Masses for this week
Friday 10.00am
Saturday 6.30pm
Sunday 10.00am
Monday -No Mass
Tuesday 6.30pm
Wednesday Req. Mass 12.30pm (VW)
Thursday 10.00am
Friday Req. Mass 11.45am (JM)
Next Sunday will be Good Shepherd or Vocations Sunday.
We will be having a collection for the training of new priests.
"Tell me about the priest hood" ( listen to a video conversation)
Read our Parish Newsletter
April 14th 2024
Mass can also be followed on these links.
Please click on the above image for donations directly to the Parish.
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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From 1882 there have been many Parish Priests and Curates serving in St Patrick's
How many of these names can you remember ?
(Archdiocesan Office)
Are you a member of our Parish Facebook page? The Facebook page has been established for quite a long time and has over 400 members
Join us on: Friends of St Patrick’s Grangetown -www.stpatrickscardiff.co.uk
We now have a Twitter account.
Please follow us: St Patrick’s Church Grangetown @StPatsGrange
Latest News and Information
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Latest news from Pope Francis St Patrick's Primary School Website