Reflection
“O that today you would listen to his voice. Harden not your hearts.” From a spiritual point of view, hardness of heart is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone. To adopt a hard-hearted attitude is to maim oneself. A hard heart can’t feel, can’t respond, can’t love. A hard heart can’t experience joy. A hard heart is a closed heart. A hard heart is a barren heart. A soft heart, on the other hand, is a blessing. A soft heart can receive and can respond. It can be saddened but it can also be deliriously happy. Softened by the rain of God’s grace and warmed by the sun of his love, the human heart can be turned from a desert into a garden.
Second collections
There is a second collection next Sunday, 13th September, for Catholic Education. The following Sunday, there is a second collection for Home Missions.
Urgent: Stop assisted suicide - postcards available
The vote on assisted suicide is on 11 September.
Not Dead Yet UK have provided postcards you can send to your MP to ask them to vote NO to assisted suicide in the vote in the House of Commons on 11 September.
Please take action now - collect a red and white postcard, fill out your details, add a stamp and post it to your MP today!
Funeral
The Funeral Mass for Joan Burton will take place here in St James’ on Thursday 10th September at 12 noon. Please pray for the repose of Joan’s soul and the comfort of her family.