BULLETIN
25 FEBRUARY 2007
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT IN YEAR
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CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
24 February | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
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Sunday
25 February | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
26 February | Mass at 10.00 am for Hugh Wylie |
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Tuesday
27 February | Mass at 10.00 am for Mary McKenna |
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Wednesday
28 February | Mass at 10.00 am for May Whitehall |
| Thursday
1 March | Mass at 7.00 pm for Paul Gerard Brown |
| Friday
2 March | Stations
of the Cross at 9.40 am Mass at 10.00 am for Betty Kennedy |
| Saturday
3 March | Mass at 10.00 am for Raymond Downes |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
25 February | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am 12.00 noon |
Children's Liturgy |
| Monday
26 February | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 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 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
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Tuesday
27 February |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
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Wednesday
28 February |
8.00 to 5.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds |
| Thursday
1 March | 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 2.00 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds |
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Friday
2 March | 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:
Kelly Smith and Annette Jefferson
who died recently;
Brian Griffin 1980, James Smith 1986,
Canon Michael O'Connor 1966,
Father James Coyle 1975, Maureen
McIlhatton 1993, John Moore 2000,
Agnes Delahunt 1944,
Elizabeth Delahunt 1976, William John Dorian 1935,
Frank
Clark 1959, Betty Burns 2006, William Magee 2002,
Ambrose
Armstrong 1976, Odina Carrino, Mennotti Carrino,
Paul Gerard
Brown 1986, Frances Hackett 1997, Father Charles Barclay 1991,
Margaret
Dolan 1959, Maria Gillen 2001, Aldegonda Brogi
and Pietro
Brogi whose anniversaries
occur at this time;
Ava Anissa Crozier, Callum David Bacon,
Lucy Louise Frew
and Bailey Liam Frew who were baptised
recently
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £776.92
- many thanks.
Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4300 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 amounted to £394.35
- many thanks.
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.
CHURCH
STUDENTS' FUND COLLECTION
A special collection for the Church Students' Fund
will be taken at all Masses this weekend.
FINANCE
COMMITTEE MEETING
There will be a meeting of the Finance Committee in the Presbytery
on Thursday at 7.30 pm.
LENT EXTRA
Copies of Lent Extra are available
at the stall. A donation of 50 pence would be appreciated.
LENT SCIAF BOXES
Lent
collection boxes for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) are
available at the stall. Please take one home with you and return it at the end
of Lent.
LENT GALLOWAY NEWSLETTER
Free copies of the Lent Galloway Newsletter
are available at the stall.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Stations of the Cross
will be prayed each Friday during Lent at 9.40 am.
ENROLMENT
SUNDAY
Enrolment will be celebrated next Sunday 25 February during 10 o'clock
Mass for children who are preparing to celebrate the Sacraments of Confirmation
and First Communion in May and June. Please pray for them and their families.
WORLD
DAY OF PRAYER
Prayers for World Day of Prayer will be recited on Friday 2 March
at 11.00 am in South Beach House, South Crescent Road and at 2.00 pm in Barony
Saint John's Church.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The Saint
Vincent de Paul Society makes its Lenten Appeal for ladies' and gents' toiletries
for the homeless who visit the Ozanam Centre, Glasgow. A box for donations is
available in the Church porch.
SAINT
ANDREW'S ACADEMY 1971-2007
A warm invitation is extended to all those who have
been connected with Saint Andrew's Academy, Saltcoats at any time over the past
thirty-six years to a Buffet Dance in the Brisbane Suite of Seamill Hydro on Friday
11 May 2007. Tickets, priced £20 including welcome drink and finger buffet
supper, are available from the school office. It is anticipated that many members
of the school community, past and present, will wish to come together to mark
the closure of Saint Andrew's Academy by attending the dance. Since demand for
tickets is likely to be high anyone wishing to attend should contact the school
as soon as possible.
SAINT
PATRICK'S NIGHT SOCIAL
The Saint Patrick's Night Social will take place in
the Parish Centre on Saturday 17 March at 8.00 pm There will be dancing, musical
entertainment, a quiz, raffle and light supper. Tickets cost £4 from Donna
or Kate.
CHRISTIAN
AID
£201 was raised for Christian Aid at the recent quiz night in Barony
Saint John's Church. Thanks to all who supported it.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
ADULT HELPERS
25 February
Pre-Fives:
Frances and Maria
Primary 1 to 3: Andrena
and Theresa
Primary 4: Enrolment Sunday
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March
Pre-Fives: Frances and Elaine
Primary
1 to 3: Elaine, Eileen and Anne
Primary
4: Frank and Catherine
| Long
standing problem - try kneeling. |
|
The
smaller the mind the greater the conceit. |
| You
have to stand in the other person's shoes for a wee while to discover that they don't fit just as well as your own. |
A
WORD FROM THE LORD
I want you to face the mountain so that you can see,
when
the mountain's out of the way and all there's left is me.
Only I can move the
mountain, only I can push it away,
only I can solve the problems that you face
today.
Your only job is to believe, to listen to my voice,
And when you
hear what I command, obedience is your choice.
But it will not be difficult,
for the victory is already mine
and I will fill you with my Spirit and through
you my grace will shine.
Not when you are perfect, like you think you need
to be;
But when your heart is willing, to become more and more like me.
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 Deuteronomy
26:4-10
Moses
said to the people: The priest shall take the pannier from your hand and lay it
before the altar of the Lord your God. Then, in the sight of the Lord your God,
you must make this pronouncement: My father was a wandering Aramaean. He went
down into Egypt to find refuge there, few in numbers; but there he became a nation,
great, mighty, and strong. The Egyptians ill-treated us, they gave us no peace
and inflicted harsh slavery on us. But we called on the Lord, the God of our fathers.
The Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, our toil and our oppression; and
the Lord brought us out of Egypt with mighty hand and outstretched arm, with great
terror, and with signs and wonders. He brought us here and gave us this land,
a land where milk and honey flow. Here then I bring the first-fruits of the produce
of the soil that you, Lord, have given me. You must then lay them before the Lord
your God, and bow down in the sight of the Lord your God.
Second
Reading Romans 10:8-13
Scripture
says: The word, that is the faith we proclaim, is very near to you, it is on your
lips and in your heart. If your lips confess that Jesus is Lord and if you believe
in your heart that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved. By believing
from the heart you are made righteous; by confessing with your lips you are saved.
When scripture says: those who believe in him will have no cause for shame, it
makes no distinction between Jew and Greek: all belong to the same Lord who is
rich enough, however many ask for his help, for everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved.
Gospel
Luke 4:1-13
Filled
with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit through
the wilderness, being tempted there by the devil for forty days. During that time
he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry. Then the devil said to him, "If
you are the Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf." But Jesus replied,
"Scripture says: Man does not live on bread alone. " Then leading him
to a height, the devil showed him in a moment of time all the kingdoms of the
world and said to him, "I will give you all this power and the glory of these
kingdoms, for it has been committed to me and I give it to anyone I choose. Worship
me, then, and it shall all be yours." But Jesus answered him, "Scripture
says: You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone." Then he led
him to Jerusalem and made him stand on the parapet of the Temple. "If you
are the Son of God", he said to him "throw yourself down from here,
for scripture says: He will put his angels in charge of you to guard you, and
again: They will hold you up on their hands in case you hurt your foot against
a stone." But Jesus answered him, "It has been said: You must not put
the Lord your God to the test." Having exhausted all these ways of tempting
him, the devil left him, to return at the appointed time.