BULLETIN
7
JANUARY 2007
THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH
SERVICES
|
Saturday
6 January | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
|
Sunday
7 January | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
8 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Vincent Murphy |
| Tuesday
9 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Dalziel |
|
Wednesday
10 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Thomas Connor |
| Thursday
11 January | Mass at 7.00 pm for Nan Caddies |
| Friday
12 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Michael Fitzpatrick |
| Saturday
13 January | Mass at 10.00 am for Jane McFarlane |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
7 January | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's Liturgy |
|
Monday
8 January | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
|
Tuesday
9 January |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
|
Wednesday
10 January |
8.00 to 5.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club |
| Thursday
11 January | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 1.00 to 2.30 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds |
|
Friday
12 January | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Parents and Toddlers Kindergarten |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
John Cahill 1989, Bernard McLaughlan 1984, Robert Colvin
1998,
Gerard Fairhurst 2003, Derek Tomelty 2003, Patricia Brennan
2005,
Joseph Gibbons 1973, Rosina McPeake, Joan McCallum 2001,
Christine Cassidy 1998, Roy White 1993, John Aitken 2001,
Mary Donnelly 2006, Kathleen
Tritschler 2006,
Cecilia McCurdie 2005,
and James McNamara 1982 whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Calum Andrew Sweenie who was baptised recently;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amount will be given in next week's bulletin.
Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4000 per month. Each month
£4000 is repaid to the Diocese for the building loan and levy.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last
weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amount
will be given in next
week's bulletin.
BANKER'S ORDERS
Paying your collection by monthly or quarterly banker's order
makes money handling much safer. Banker's Order forms are available in the porch.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The Saint
Vincent de Paul Society thanks all who donated goods during its Advent Appeal.
They were very much appreciated.
CHRISTMAS
CARDS AND GIFTS
Father
Matt and Father
John would like to express their thanks and appreciation for the gifts and
cards received at Christmas.
BURNS
SUPPER
The Burns
Supper will be held in the Parish Centre on Saturday, 20 January 2007. Tickets
costing £10
each are available from Kate and Gerry. Patrons are asked to be seated by 7.20
pm for a prompt start at 7.30 pm. The speakers and musicians are George McGrattan,
Father Matt McManus,
David Munn, Margaret Munn, Len Murray, Robin Reid, Ciaran Sinclair, Margaret Swiercz,
Aimee Taylor and Monica Taylor. Len Murray is a retired Glasgow solicitor who
has spoken at over 300 Burns Suppers on four continents. Further details of this
and previous Burns
Suppers are on Saint Peter's website.
MEMORY CLINIC
Two elderly couples were enjoying
friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other "Fred, how was
the memory clinic you went to last month?" "Outstanding." Fred
replied. "They taught us all the latest psychological techniques, visualization,
and association. It made a huge difference for me." "That's great! What
was the name of the clinic?" Fred went blank and he thought and thought,
but couldn't remember. Then a smile broke across his face and he asked, "What
do you call that flower with the long stem and thorns?" "You mean a
rose?" "Yes, that's it!" He turned to his wife . . . "Rose,
what was the name of that clinic?"
| What
is right is often forgotten by what is convenient. |
| Religion
is first and foremost a way of seeing. It can't change the facts about the world we live in, but it can change the way we see those facts, and that in itself can often make a real difference. |
| A
word of appreciation can often accomplish what nothing else could accomplish. |
READINGS
The readings for this weekend's Masses are shown below in English. They are available
in eleven other languages
including French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish by clicking on this
link.
First
Reading Isaiah 60:1-6
Arise,
shine out, Jerusalem, for your light has come, the glory of the Lord is rising
on you, though night still covers the earth and darkness the peoples. Above you
the Lord now rises and above you his glory appears. The nations come to your light
and kings to your dawning brightness. Lift up your eyes and look round: all are
assembling and coming towards you, your sons from far away and your daughters
being tenderly carried. At this sight you will grow radiant, your heart throbbing
and full; since the riches of the sea will flow to you, the wealth of the nations
come to you; camels in throngs will cover you, and dromedaries of Midian and Ephah;
everyone in Sheba will come, bringing gold and incense and singing the praise
of the Lord.
Second
Reading Ephesians
3:2-3.5-6
You
have probably heard how I have been entrusted by God with the grace he meant for
you, and that it was by a revelation that I was given the knowledge of the mystery.
This mystery that has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles
and prophets was unknown to any men in past generations; it means that pagans
now share the same inheritance, that they are parts of the same body, and that
the same promise has been made to them, in Christ Jesus, through the gospel.
The
Gospel Matthew 2:1-12
After
Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, some
wise men came to Jerusalem from the east. "Where is the infant king of the
Jews?" they asked. "We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him
homage." When King Herod heard this he was perturbed, and so was the whole
of Jerusalem. He called together all the chief priests and the scribes of the
people, and enquired of them where the Christ was to be born. "At Bethlehem
in Judaea," they told him, "for this is what the prophet wrote: And
you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the leaders
of Judah, for out of you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel."
Then Herod summoned the wise men to see him privately. He asked them the exact
date on which the star had appeared, and sent them on to Bethlehem. "Go and
find out all about the child," he said "and when you have found him,
let me know, so that I too may go and do him homage." Having listened to
what the king had to say, they set out. And there in front of them was the star
they had seen rising; it went forward and halted over the place where the child
was. The sight of the star filled them with delight, and going into the house
they saw the child with his mother Mary, and falling to their knees they did him
homage. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense
and myrrh. But they were warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, and returned
to their own country by a different way.