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Dear Parents and Carers,
It’s easy to get caught up in the daily busyness of life
and forget what life’s really all about. However, to assist
us on our path through life, God sends messengers to
help us remember what is most important.
In this Sunday’s Gospel, the servants represent God’s
messengers (the Prophets) and the tenants of the
vineyard represent the leaders of Israel at that time.
Jesus told this story because some of the leaders were
not listening to God’s messengers.
Wednesday 30th September 2026
In many ways we are like ‘tenants’ in this world.
The messengers that God sends today remind us that
God has a plan for our lives. We are created for
everlasting life and, for now, we are here to share,
enjoy and develop what God gives to us in this life.
Enjoy a very special time together hearing your
child’s thoughts about this Sunday’s Gospel and
this Wednesday’s word, which is MESSENGER.
Dom Henry Wansbrough
A Word from
the Saints
“Let the message of Christ live in you.” St Paul
THE GOSPEL IN CHURCH
Sunday 4th October 2026
Jesus
said,
“There
was
once
a
landowner who planted a vineyard,
rented it to some tenant farmers and
then went off far away. When the
fruit-season came, he sent some of
his servants to the farmers to collect
his fruit. But the farmers seized his
servants. He then sent his son to them. ‘They will
respect my son,’ he said. But the farmers said to one
another, ‘Look – here’s the heir: come on, let’s take
over his inheritance.’ So they seized the son, threw
him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now when the
lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those
farmers?” “He’ll bring those bad men to a bad end,”
was the reply. “Then he’ll rent the vineyard to other
tenants who will give him the fruit at harvest time.”
Adapted from Matthew 21:33-43
The 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Learn mor
more
e about this Sunday’s Gospel in your
local Parish Church: all are very warmly invited.
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Good News
for Everyone
Our schools and parishes continue to share Jesus’ message today, so that
all people can live in a right relationship with God. Through our words and
especially through our actions we too can be God’s messengers,
sharing God’s joy and love at home, at school and in the community.
SPREAD THE WORD and bring GOOD NEWS to your friends by sharing THE WEDNESDAY WORD
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SHARING SUNDAY’S GOSPEL
WITH PARENTS & FAMILIES
