A living faith, A warm welcome
It's not just about keeping an old building going in the face of adversity. The Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle is a thriving, living focus of community life within Elson and Hardway. Here, a warm welcome awaits you if you join us and share in God's Holy Sacraments and the Good News that he promises to each and every one of us.
The Parish Church has been a visible witness to the love of Christ since 1846, and as Gosport has grown up around and enveloped the small village of Elson, so the parish and its people have adapted and continued to proclaim the Kingdom of God with vigour and with friendly love.
Come and join us in worship and in fellowship and see what the love of Christ can do for you. Be fed at his Holy Table and enriched by his Holy Word, and discover the difference that the living faith can make to you. Whether you are nine, twenty-nine or ninety, St Thomas the Apostle welcomes you and can find a sacred space for you to encounter God.
Our life is lived through the sacramental worship of God; through the mass celebrated during the week and on Sundays, through the daily work of worship in the Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer and through encounters with God in alternative and meditative worship. hatever your preference, St Thomas can offer a worship experience for you.
Your parish priest is Fr. Simon Rundell, and he, along with all the people of this parish welcome you to come and join us, enjoy our fellowship and hospitality and share in our joyous worship.
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Scripture for the Day
Scripture for the Day
“Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise. Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.”
Proverbs 19:20-21
Saint of the Day
Saint of the Day
Blessed James Grissinger
(also known as James Griesinger;James of Ulm)
Commemorated on 11 October
Mercenary for the army of Naples in 1432.Disillusioned with military life, he spent five years as a lawyer s secretary in Capua.Falling on hard financial times, he briefly rejoined the army, then left for his true vocation, becoming a Dominican lay brother in Bologna in 1441.Spent most of the next 50 years painting images on the windows of churches.
Born: 1407 at Ulm, Swabia (modern Germany) Died: 1491 of natural causes Beatified: 1825
Prayer for the Day
Prayer for the Day
The day of the cross
O God, whose Son Jesus Christ, for the redemption of the world, consented to be betrayed, rejected, denied, and forsaken; to be accused, condemned, scourged, spat upon, and crowned with thorns; to hang in agony on the cross, to bear the weight of the worlds sin, to die and to be buried in the grave: help us at this time to remember that it was for us men and for our salvation he suffered these things, and most thankfully to receive the benefits of his passion; who is now alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
(Adapted)