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THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Woodbridge Mass: Saturday 6th January at 6.00 p.m.
Framlingham Mass: Sunday 7th January at 09.00 a.m.
Woodbridge Mass: Sunday 7th January at 11.00 a.m.
ASCENSION DAY
Woodbridge Mass: Thursday 9th May at 09.30 a.m.
Framlingham Mass: Thursday 9th May at 12.00 p.m.
CORPUS CHRISTI
Woodbridge Mass: Saturday 1st June at 6.00 p.m.
Framlingham Mass: Sunday 2nd June at 09.00 a.m.
Woodbridge Mass: Sunday 2nd June at 11.00 a.m.
SAINT PETER & SAINT PAUL
Woodbridge Mass: Saturday 29th June at 6.00 p.m.
Framlingham Mass: Sunday 30th June at 09.00 a.m.
Woodbridge Mass: Sunday 30th June at 11.00 a.m.
THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY
Woodbridge Mass: Thursday 15th August at 09.30 a.m.
Framlingham Mass: Thursday 15th August at 12.00 p.m.
ALL SAINTS DAY
Woodbridge Mass: Friday 1st November at 09.30 a.m.
Framlingham Mass: Friday 1st November at 12.00 p.m.
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
Wednesday 25th December, 2024.
For full details of Masses at Woodbridge and at Framlingham
please see the PARISH NEWSLETTER page of this website.
AN ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
(St. Alphonsus Ligouri)
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
RETURNING TO MASS AT PENTECOST (2022)
An invitation from the Bishops of England and Wales
This is the bread come down from heaven (John 6:58)
A beautiful hallmark of the Catholic faith is the profound desire to participate in the Holy Mass and share in the Eucharist. We do so with deep gratitude and joy. The Eucharist gives the Church her identity – “The Eucharist makes the Church, and the Church makes the Eucharist.” It enables us to worship Almighty God, to support each other on our journey of faith, and to be a visible sign of faith in the world. This hallmark is supported and strengthened by the precept that our fundamental Christian duty is to worship God by participating in the celebration of Mass. Attending Mass on Sundays and Holy Days is the greatest of all privileges, sometimes referred to as “the Sunday Obligation.”
Since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, until the present time, we have shared with you our judgment that the situation of the last two years has meant that the Sunday Obligation has been impeded and has needed to be fulfilled in other ways. We thank God that this situation has now changed. The pressing challenges of the pandemic have lessened significantly. Most people have resumed the wide range of normal activities, no longer restricted by the previous Covid measures. We therefore believe that the reasons which have prevented Catholics from attending Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation no longer apply.
We understand there will still be some members of our congregations who, for reasons of health, do not feel safe enough to return to Mass. It has always been the understanding of the Church that when the freedom of any Catholic to attend Mass in person is impeded for a serious reason, because of situations such as ill health, care for the sick or legitimate fear, this is not a breach of the Sunday Obligation.
Our Catholic people and parishes have benefitted during these difficult times from the online streaming of Mass and other services. “Virtual viewing” of Mass online does not fulfil the Sunday Obligation. It may, however, be a source of continual spiritual comfort to those who cannot attend Mass in person, for example those who are elderly and sick, for whom the obligation does not apply. In this context, we recognise gratefully the ministry of those who administer Holy Communion to the elderly, sick and housebound.
We are grateful to our clergy, religious and lay faithful who have served our parishes, schools and communities with dedication and distinction throughout this pandemic. Now we look forward with renewed faith and confidence.
In the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Lord’s Supper, the Lord Jesus entrusted to us the precious gift of Himself. With humility, we glory in being a Eucharistic people for whom attendance at Mass is essential. Looking forward to the forthcoming feast of Pentecost, we now invite all Catholics who have not yet done so to return to attending Mass in person.
As the Church needs the witness of the presence of each person, so too each believer needs to journey in faith and worship with their fellow disciples. Nourished by our encounter with the Risen Lord Jesus, fed with His Word and His Body and Blood in Holy Communion, and supported by the presence of each other, we receive strength week by week, to serve the Lord and glorify Him with our lives.
Approved by the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops’ Conference
Friday, 6 May, 2022.