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Welcome to St Bede Catholic Church
The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
And the love of God
And the communion of The Holy Spirit
Be with you all
Christ Our welcome Guest
I am sure we all have come across people who seem to be very busy and active all the time. We have also know those who just sit back and let others do all the work. Both situations are not good for us. We cannot be busy all the time, and neither can we sit back and let others do everything. There is a need to balance things; being active and engaged and taking time to rest and renew ourselves.
In today’s gospel reading, we are given two complementary sides of how to be a disciple of Jesus. We need to balance things. We have Mary who seats at the feet of Jesus and listens to him as he speaks. We also need Martha who prepares and serves food. No one is better than the other. Both ways of experiencing and encountering Jesus are needed in everyday life. There are times when we can be busy with the daily routines and activities that occupy our days. These are the times when we can look to Martha as a model. Serving others is how we put our faith and love into action. However, there are times when we are called to be silent so we can listen what Jesus is saying to us. We need to look to Mary who has a listening attitude.
Scripture encourages us to be still and know Lord, and to seek his kingdom first. If we are always busy and active, we will not allow ourselves time to be with God. On the hand we are called to live in the ordinary world of work and daily activities. Through our prayer and relationship with Jesus, we can bring a deep quality of service and ministry to our own lives and of those we serve. Two questions that we can ask ourselves; do I take time to rest and pray? And what is the quality of my service and care of others?
God bless you all. Fr. Henry
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ABOUT SAINT BEDE...
St Bede 673-735AD
Bede was born in 673 AD in the northeast of England. From the age of seven, he received a Benedictine education at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth, today part of Sunderland. Bede spent his whole life within the twin monasteries of St Peter at Wearmouth and St Paul in Jarrow, where he became a Benedictine monk and continued his studies using the fine libraries established by the monastery's founder, St Benedict Biscop, Bede's first teacher, and under the guidance of Abbot Ceolfrith (Ceolwulf).
Bede wrote on many topics. His most famous work, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (the Ecclesiastical History of the English People), earned Bede the title "The Father of English History". His works revealed not only Bede's qualities as a scholar and historian but also the qualities of modesty and humility which make his works so memorable. However, Bede's work shows that he had at his command all the learning of his time. Bede's writings included papers and articles on scientific, historical, theological, and mathematical matters, as well as poetry and literature. St Bede is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars. His sainthood was generally recognized around fifty years after his death on 25th May 735 AD. His bones were later elevated from St Paul's in Jarrow to Durham, where they lie in the Galilee Chapel at Durham Cathedral. Bede's scholarship and importance to Catholicism were recognized on 13th November 1899 when Pope Leo XIII decreed the title of Doctor Ecclesiae to St Bede the Venerable, making him the only English Doctor of the Church.
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