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Dear Parents and Carers,
Enthusiasm is one of life’s most important ingredients.
The word ‘enthusiasm’ comes from the Greek word
‘entheos’ which means ‘God-filled’. Life really is joyful
when we are enthusiastic about the right things.
In this Sunday’s Gospel, we read how the people had
actually lost sight of God by getting caught up in their
buying and selling. Jesus’ enthusiastic action was a
Wednesday 5th November 2025
protest that things had gone seriously wrong with
how they were relating to God; something needed
to change.
Right here – right now – we can begin or renew
our relationship with God and be filled with fresh
enthusiasm for life. Enjoy your week together,
and help share God’s love – with ENTHUSIASM!
Dom Henry Wansbrough
A Word from
the Saints
“Remem ber the past with gratitud e, live the present with enthusia sm,
look forward to the future with confide nce.” Pope Saint John Paul II
THE GOSPEL IN CHURCH
Sunday 9th November 2025
Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the
Temple there he found people selling
cattle and sheep and pigeons, and money
changers sitting at their counters. Making
a whip out of some cord, he drove them
all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as
well, scattered the money changers’ coins,
knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers,
“Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house
into a market.” Then his disciples remembered the words of
scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The people
in the Temple said to Jesus, “What sign can you show us
to justify what you have done?” Jesus answered, “Destroy
this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The people
replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple:
are you going to raise it up in three days?” Now the
Temple Jesus was talking about was his own body. And
later when he was raised from the dead, his disciples
remembered what he had told them.
Adapted from John 2:13-22
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
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more
e about this Sunday’s Gospel in your
local Parish Church: all are very warmly invited.
2025: The Jubilee Year of Hope!
Enthusiasm is
attractive quality. As we become more aware of God’s presence in our
Having Hope daily lives, weanbecome
happier and more filled with energy and enthusiasm. God wants us
in
our Families to pray: to ask him to fill us with enthusiasm for the right, good and lasting things in life.
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