eucharistic adoration and confession

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Ours is a faith that is centred around the belief in one God and the teachings of Our Lord and God - Jesus Christ. We believe that through prayer, meditation, and acts of service, we can connect with God and find purpose in our lives.

CCC 2691 states  

The church, the house of God, is the proper place for the liturgical prayer of the parish community. It is also the privileged place for adoration of the real presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. 

The choice of a favourable place is not a matter of indifference for true prayer.

- For personal prayer, this can be a "prayer corner" with the Sacred Scriptures and icons, in order to be there, in secret, before our Father. 

- In regions where monasteries exist, the vocation of these communities is to further the participation of the faithful in the Liturgy of the Hours and to provide necessary solitude for more intense personal prayer.

- Pilgrimages evoke our earthly journey toward heaven and are traditionally very special occasions for renewal in prayer. For pilgrims seeking living water, shrines are special places for living the forms of Christian prayer "in Church."

At St John Vianney -  Clayhall , Adoration and Exposition of blessed sacrament are at following times .

 Sunday 4:30 pm - 5pm

Tuesday-Saturday - 8:30 am to 9 am

Extended Adoration on First Friday of the Month 9:30 am to 11 am. 

 Confessions offers a sacred space for individuals to seek forgiveness and live a faith filled life.

IT IS A SACRAMENT OF RECONCILLIATION

 Why I have to go to a Priest to confess my sins?

 As Catholics, we  believe that it is essential to regularly confess our sins to God through the ministry of priests. In other words, we believe that when we go to confession and confess our sins we are actually seeking God’s forgiveness, not the priest’s. The priest stands as the minister of this wonderful gift of forgiveness. We believe it’s what God wants. 

In John’s Gospel, Chapter 20,  Jesus bestowed the Holy Spirit upon his first Bishops- the Apostles, and told them, “Whose sins you forgive they are forgiven them.” Why would Jesus give the Apostles such an incredible ability if He did not want them to use it? Most certainly He had something important in mind when He said this. 

Jesus’ words and actions always have great significance. By commissioning His Apostles to go and forgive sins we understand that this is the ordinary way that Jesus wants to bestow His forgiveness upon us all. And He did not intend this only for them. 

As in the Acts of the Apostles and from the earliest times of the Church that this sacred power was passed on from these first Apostles to others. It was passed on to new Bishops as well as to those who assisted the bishops in the early Church, the priests.

So it’s essential that we, as followers of Jesus, be open to His gift of forgiveness in the way that He chooses to give it to us. Since He is the source of forgiveness, He can choose how to give that gift to us.

The penance that priests might give after confession, is a wonderful practice to help us realize that just because we have been forgiven, we have most likely not completely conquered our attraction to sin. We need continued prayer and penance to do this. Whatever penance a priest gives is intended to help the person overcome future tendencies to sin again in the same way.

Our Confession times

Saturday 10 AM after morning mass

Other times are available by Appointments. Please use the Contact Us Form or send a message to Parish Priest Fr Rob on 07974942501