Praying the Rosary during Lent: The Mysteries of Light V

During the month of May, you are invited to pray the Rosary with the parish.

Beginning Monday 6th May, the invitation is each weekday to pray one decade of the Rosary.

Opening Prayers

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.

God our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world.
You sent the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the Gospel:
now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Concluding Prayers

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation;
grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries
of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Each day the prayers ‘prayed on the beads’ are accompanied by a mostly abstract image to illustrate the Mystery of the Day.

Today’s image represents the food and drink of the Last Supper used by Jesus to indicate his self-gift to his disciples, and to the world – for the forgiveness of sins. In the celebration of the Mass the bread and wine is changed and becomes, under the form of that food and drink, becomes Christ’s Body and Blood, his life, his self, gifted to us to strengthen us in our self-gift to him and to the world, in imitation of him.

The strokes of red remind of the cost of this self-gift, and the yellow of love revealed.

Image and text (c) 2024, Allen Morris.

Praying the Rosary during Lent: The Mysteries of Light IV

During the month of May, you are invited to pray the Rosary with the parish.

Beginning Monday 6th May, the invitation is each weekday to pray one decade of the Rosary.

Opening Prayers

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.

God our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world.
You sent the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the Gospel:
now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Concluding Prayers

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation;
grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries
of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Each day the prayers ‘prayed on the beads’ are accompanied by a mostly abstract image to illustrate the Mystery of the Day.

Today’s image represents the Transfiguration. The disciples who accompanied Jesus to pray away from te crowds, saw him transfigured and conversing with Moses and Elijah. The event echoes the moment of revelation at Jesus’ baptism and indicates how Jesus is Son of God, fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets, and Light for the world..

Image and text (c) 2024, Allen Morris.

Could you be a seed of hope?

The Archdiocese of Birmingham is inviting enthusiastic individuals to create a network of Environment Champions. To celebrate Laudato Si week (19-26 May), please help us get as many parish/cluster/deanery Environment Champions as we can.

Your mission is to be a channel of communication between the Archdiocese and your parish, cluster or deanery, to promote Care of Creation and to enthuse others to help in responding to Pope Francis’ call in Laudato Si to a spirituality which supports an ecological conversion.

You will receive the full support of the Care for Creation Committee as part of the diocesan effort to act as stewards of creation.  https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/seedofhope

Image (c) 2024, Allen Morris.

Praying the Rosary during Lent: The Mysteries of Light III

During the month of May, you are invited to pray the Rosary with the parish.

Beginning Monday 6th May, the invitation is each weekday to pray one decade of the Rosary.

Opening Prayers

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.

God our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world.
You sent the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the Gospel:
now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Concluding Prayers

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation;
grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries
of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Each day the prayers ‘prayed on the beads’ are accompanied by a mostly abstract image to illustrate the Mystery of the Day.

Today’s image represents the tiny seed from which grows the greatest of plants, offering shelter and hospitality to those in need. Jesus also offered a parable of seed that sprouts and then withers because it lacks soil. The absence of soil in the image reminds that though the Gospel is always good news, it is not always received fruitfully. So far these shoots look healthy, but…

Image and text (c) 2024, Allen Morris.

Praying the Rosary during Lent: The Mysteries of Light II

During the month of May, you are invited to pray the Rosary with the parish.

Beginning Monday 6th May, the invitation is each weekday to pray one decade of the Rosary.

Opening Prayers

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.

God our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world.
You sent the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the Gospel:
now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Concluding Prayers

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation;
grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries
of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Each day the prayers ‘prayed on the beads’ are accompanied by a mostly abstract image to illustrate the Mystery of the Day.

Today’s image represents the miracle of Cana, water turned into wine. It also gestures towards the cup of martyrdom that he challenges James and John to drink from (when they look for preferment at his hands), and the cup of the Last Supper where Jesus shares himself in form of wine.

Image and text (c) 2024, Allen Morris.

Praying the Rosary during Lent: The Mysteries of Light I

During the month of May, you are invited to pray the Rosary with the parish.

Beginning Monday 6th May, the invitation is each weekday to pray one decade of the Rosary.

Opening Prayers

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.

God our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world.
You sent the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the Gospel:
now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Concluding Prayers

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation;
grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries
of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Each day the prayers ‘prayed on the beads’ are accompanied by a mostly abstract image to illustrate the Mystery of the Day.

Today’s image represents the Baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan. The spiral represents the water of baptism,and the journey that has brought Jesus to the moment of baptism and that leads him from that moment into his public ministry.encounter between Mary and Elizabeth. Both women hold in their bodies children conceived through God’s grace. The Gospels speak of the Spirit of God appearing in the form of a dove, and descending on Jesus as a sign of blessing and integrity as Son of God.

Image and text (c) 2024, Allen Morris.

Praying the Rosary during May: V

During the month of May, you are invited to pray the Rosary with the parish.

Beginning Monday 6th May, the invitation is each weekday to pray one decade of the Rosary.

Opening Prayers

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.

God our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world.
You sent the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the Gospel:
now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Concluding Prayers

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation;
grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries
of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Each day the prayers ‘prayed on the beads’ are accompanied by a mostly abstract image to illustrate the Mystery of the Day.

When he was 12 years old, Jesus’ family made their annual Passover pilgrimage to Jerusalem. THis time, unknown to his parents, when they set off to return him, he stayed behind, exploring the Law of God with teachers of the Law. Today’s image gestures towards books, journeys through hills and valleys, and uses colours of newness and hope.

Image and text (c) 2024, Allen Morris.

Praying the Rosary during May: IV

During the month of May, you are invited to pray the Rosary with the parish.

Beginning Monday 6th May, the invitation is each weekday to pray one decade of the Rosary.

Opening Prayers

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.

God our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world.
You sent the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the Gospel:
now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Concluding Prayers

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation;
grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries
of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Each day the prayers ‘prayed on the beads’ are accompanied by a mostly abstract image to illustrate the Mystery of the Day.

Today’s image represents the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem, acknowledging the child as gift of God and offering thanks and life in response for the gift. The spiral suggests the journey to make offering to God and the journey out and back to life and share God’s gifts.

Image and text (c) 2024, Allen Morris.

Praying the Rosary during May: III

During the month of May, you are invited to pray the Rosary with the parish.

Beginning Monday 6th May, the invitation is each weekday to pray one decade of the Rosary.

Opening Prayers

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created.
And you shall renew the face of the earth.

God our Father, pour out the gifts of your Holy Spirit on the world.
You sent the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the Gospel:
now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Concluding Prayers

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation;
grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries
of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Each day the prayers ‘prayed on the beads’ are accompanied by a mostly abstract image to illustrate the Mystery of the Day.

Today’s image represents the Nativity, an event in which the Light of the World comes to birth, an event which has cosmic significance. The Light comes for the salvation of humankind, and yet requires the protection and care of Mary and of Joseph. The Holy Family receives the love of God and works so that the love of God may be shared with all.

Image and text (c) 2024, Allen Morris.

St John Paul ll Multi Academy – VACANCY EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL

St John Paul ll Multi Academy is currently looking to appoint an Executive Principal to cover St Joseph’s Catholic School Sutton Coldfield and Holy Cross Catholic School Walmley to commence September 2024/January 2025

For details of how to apply visit http://johnpaulii.co.uk/Vacancies

Deadline date for applications 15th May, 2024