{"id":666,"date":"2021-04-29T12:05:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T11:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/?p=666"},"modified":"2021-11-02T14:46:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T14:46:16","slug":"reflections-for-the-month-of-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/reflections-for-the-month-of-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections for the Month of May"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the last weeks of Easter lead us to Pentecost, \u2018normality\u2019 has not yet been declared. With the power of technology many events are trying to restart or at least open up new avenues to reach other audiences. Distance has become no longer a barrier to float an idea, or link with someone we\u2019ve lost touch with. We can find a Mass anywhere in the world and in any language. We can join conversations in Australia or Canada just as easily as with our neighbours in the street we live on. Zooming<\/em> is no longer \u2018for da kids\u2019 but many older generations can escape as well. Of course, it can be difficult, even trying at times to navigate the array of tools, apps and terms that proliferate in the Web.<\/p>\n

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The Church has always been at the forefront of change and challenges to take the Good News to the bounds of the world – to the Americas and Antipodes, across deserts and oceans so that Jesus Christ may be known to all people. These are times for great charity, education, love, sacrifice and for the church to welcome other creeds, beliefs and peoples.<\/p>\n

It is generally at times of struggle, persecution and hardship that our faith can grow and bloom. So rather than feeling disillusioned and downhearted we need to be seeing the greater good that is calling us to go further by the Spirit that made Pentecost.<\/p>\n

Calendar for May, Easter & Ordinary Time I, Year B<\/h5>\n

1st\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 St Joseph the Worker<\/p>\n

3rd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ss Philip & James\u00a0 Apostles<\/em><\/p>\n

4th\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The English Martyrs\u00a0 National<\/em> (Diocesan) Calendar<\/em><\/p>\n

13th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>The Ascension of Our Lord\u00a0 Solemnity<\/em><\/p>\n

14th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St Matthias\u00a0 Apostle<\/em> Martyr<\/em><\/p>\n

23rd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pentecost Sunday<\/p>\n

24th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary, Mother of the Church<\/p>\n

25th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bede the Venerable\u00a0 National Calendar<\/em><\/p>\n

26th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>St Philip Neri<\/p>\n

27th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest\u00a0 Feast National Calendar<\/em><\/p>\n

29th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St Paul VI\u00a0 Pope<\/em><\/p>\n

31st\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>The Visitation\u00a0 Feast<\/em><\/p>\n

DEACON MICHAEL BALDRY<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the last weeks of Easter lead us to Pentecost, \u2018normality\u2019 has not yet been declared. With the power of technology many events are trying to restart or at least open up new avenues to reach other audiences. Distance has become no longer a barrier to float an idea, or link with someone we\u2019ve lost … Continue reading “Reflections for the Month of May”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saintstephens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}