Fr David Swyer SSC (Vicar): 07872 572681: davidswyer64@gmail.com
www.portslade-mileoak.org.uk
EASTER DAY
New English Hymnal         
119 The strife is o’er (Victory); 117 The Day of Resurrection; 124 Ye choirs of new Jerusalem; communion: 375 I danced in the morning; Recessional 110 Jesus Christ is risen today (COGS) Regina Caeli sung to same tune (St Nicolas)

SUN 20 EASTER DAY
	9.00am Parish Mass (Good Shepherd) (Easter eggs for children) 
	11.00am Parish Mass (St Nicolas) (Easter eggs for children)

Tue 22	Tuesday in Easter Week
	10.00am Morning Prayer (S Nicolas)

Wed 23	Wednesday in Easter Week
	10.00am Morning Prayer (The Good Shepherd)

Sat 26 	Saturday in Easter Week
	11.00am-2.00pm Spring Fayre at the Parish Centre

SUN 27 EASTER II (Low Sunday)
	9.00am Parish Mass (Good Shepherd) 
	11.00am Parish Mass (St Nicolas) 

Intercessions
PRIEST:  On this holy day when Jesus Christ rose from the dead and restored our life of grace we turn to God our Father in prayer asking for all our needs: 

READER: For all who believe in the Resurrection:
that through our sharing in the life of the Risen Lord,
this Easter may mark for us a new beginning in our life of faith.
Lord in your mercy 
Hear our prayer

For peace in our world: that the peace promised by the Lord will become a reality for all people.
Lord in your mercy 
Hear our prayer

That people of every nation may come to share the joy of this day, and that the Good news of the death and Resurrection of Christ may gladden the hearts of all.
Lord in your mercy 
Hear our prayer

For the sick, that they may receive the risen Christ’s healing touch. For…
Lord in your mercy 
Hear our prayer

For all whose lifelong vigil for the Lord has ended
and who now sleep in death, that they may live forever in Christ who has destroyed the power of death
and opened the gates of heaven to all. For…

Lord in your mercy 
Hear our prayer

		In a moment of silence, we offer our own petitions…

  	We join our prayers with those of our Blessed Mother.

  	Hail Mary…

PRIEST:  God our Father, through Christ you have made us your daughters and sons. We pray for the grace to accept and live to the full the new life you have given us. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen 

Please pray for:
The Sick: Irene Harman, Tracey Harman, Barbara Woodward, Janet Edwards, Ryan Woolgar, Christine Smith, Phillip Jones, Tony Johnson, Susan Styles, Adrian, Gordon Cubberley, Beverley Cubberley, Mel, Fr Andrew Perry

Departed: Angus Barrett, Mary Cooke, Dietmar Bennett

Year’s Mind: Colin Pope 21st, Meryvn Rought 24th,
Doris Richardson

Spring Fayre at the Parish Centre on Saturday the 26th of April from 11.00am until 2.00pm. Grand Draw tickets available. Prizes for the Tombola and raffle are still needed