BULLETIN 16
MARCH 2008
PALM SUNDAY IN YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
15 March | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
Sunday
16 March | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
17 March | Mass at 9.00 am for John Carroll |
Tuesday
18 March | Mass at 9.00 am for James Mulhern |
Wednesday
19 March | Mass at 9.00 am for Samuel Bannon |
Thursday
20 March | Mass of the Last Supper at 7.00 pm |
Friday
21 March | Children's
Service at 12.00 noon The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ at 3.00 pm Veneration and Stations of the Cross at 7.00 pm |
Saturday
22 March | Short Morning Prayer at 10.00 am for by Confession |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
16 March | 10.00
am 10.00 am 1.00 to 4.00 pm |
Children's
Liturgy |
Monday
17 March | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8 00 pm |
Nursery |
Tuesday
18 March | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Legion of Mary Nursery Keep Fit |
Wednesday
19 March | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 7.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Passover Supper |
Thursday
20 March | 9.00
to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm | Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Cardiac Rehabilitation |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Michael Creane, James T
F Muir and Margaret Sweeney who died recently and
Victor
Donald 1985, Susan Heaney 1956, Martha Pentleton 2004, James Mulhern 1982,
John Gurney 2004, Keith Baldwin 2006, Kate Smith 1972, William Shanks
1952,
William Shanks 1987, Maureen Conway 1999, Mary Reid
2002, Maria Monaghan 2004,
Sam Bannon 2006 and Susan Reid
2007 whose anniversaries occur at this time
and
Liam Michael Le Roux and Ava Jo Milligan who were baptised
recently.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to
£738.53 - many thanks. Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4300
per month. Each month £4200 is repaid to the Diocese for the building loan
and levy.
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.
PARISH
CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted
to £346.28 - many thanks.
COLLECTION
FOR HOLY PLACES
There will be a special collection on Holy Thursday for Holy Places.
HOLY
WEEK SERVICES IN ARDROSSAN CHURCHES
Monday to Friday
Morning
meditation for 15 minutes in Park Church at 10.00 am
Monday
to Wednesday
Morning Mass here at 9.00
am
Monday
Evening
Service in Evangelical Union Church at 7.00 pm
Tuesday
Evening
Service in Barony Saint John's Church at 7.00 pm
Mass
of the Chrism in Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr at 7.30 pm
Wednesday
Passover
Supper in the Parish Centre at 7.00 pm
Thursday
Mass
of the Last Supper here at 7.00 pm
Communion
Service in Evangelical Union Church at 7.00 pm
Friday
Children's
Service here at 12.00 noon
Liturgy of the
Passion here at 3.00 pm
Stations and Veneration
of the Cross here at 7.00 pm
Evening Service
in Park Church at 7.00 pm
Good
Friday is a day of fasting and abstaining from meat and a day of penance
remembering
the death of Jesus. During the Good Friday liturgies there
will
be collections for the Holy Places in Jerusalem.
Saturday
Short
Morning Prayer here at 10.00 am followed by Confession until 11.00 am
Easter
Vigil Mass here at 8.00 pm - there is no 5.30 pm Vigil Mass
Sunday
Sunrise
Service on Cannon Hill at 8.00 am followed by breakfast rolls in
Barony
Saint John's Church Hall at about 8.45 am
Mass
here at 10.00 am and 12.00 noon
LENT
SCIAF BOXES
Please return Boxes
for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) to the stall.
SAINT PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE
The Nursery and Toddler group will be closed
on Friday 21 and Monday 24 March for the Easter Break. To register your child
for the Kindergarten
2 to 3 Years for August
2008 or to make enquires please phone Josephine or Lisa. Please register early
as places are limited.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The Ozanam Centre in Glasgow is run
by the Saint
Vincent de Paul Society to assist homeless men and women. We have been
asked to assist in the collection of toiletries during Lent so these might be
distributed as a very practical way of assisting those who use the Centre. Saint
Peter's parishioners have donated generously to this appeal in previous years
and it is hoped that you will do so once again. The Conference thanks you in anticipation
of your kind assistance. A box to receive donations of all kinds of toiletries
is available in the Church Porch during Lent.
COMPUTER
GEEK NEEDED
Canon
Matt requires a computer geek who could undo stupid mistakes, upgrade his
computer, tweak a network, clean up a registry, sort out a few RJ45s and other
non-theological tasks. Pay is in prayer.
MALAWI
A Scottish Ceilidh in aid of Malawi is being held in Saint Matthew's Academy on
Friday 28 March. Tickets cost £10 including a buffet and are available from
Mrs M T Hughes in the school office. This event is always a sell out so get your
tickets now.
FATHER
JOHN
Canon
Matt spoke to Father
John last Sunday and he sends his best wishes to you all. He is well and thanks
you for all your emails. Unfortunately, it is fairly difficult for him to get
to an internet cafe to reply to them. His postal address is Father John Maendeleo,
PO Box 1534, Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa.
PASSION
FOR LIFE
Postcards are available at the stall for you to send to your MP asking
them to vote accordingly in the Passion for Life campaign.
HMS
DASHER
The HMS Dasher
Memorial Service will take place on Sunday 30 March at 11.00 in the Sunken Gardens.
Tea and coffee will be served in the Parish Centre afterwards for all those taking
part. Tea and coffee will be served after 10.00 am Mass as usual.
SCHOOL
HOLIDAY
Schools are closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday and from 4 to
22 April.
A
HOLY WEEK REFLECTION
Give
up complaining - focus on gratitude.
Give up pessimism - become an optimist.
Give up harsh judgments - think kindly thoughts.
Give up worry - trust Divine
Providence.
Give up discouragement - be full of hope.
Give up bitterness
- turn to forgiveness.
Give up hatred - return good for evil.
Give up
negativism - be positive.
Give up anger - be more patient.
Give up pettiness
- become mature.
Give up gloom - enjoy the beauty that is all around you.
Give up jealousy - pray for trust.
Give up gossiping - control your tongue.
Give up sin - turn to virtue.
Give up giving up - hang in there!
Knowledge
is of no value unless you put it into practice. |
If
you are going through hell, keep going. |
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
50:4-7
The Lord has given me a disciple's tongue. So that I may know how to
reply to the wearied he provides me with speech. Each morning he wakes me to hear,
to listen like a disciple. The Lord has opened my ear. For my part, I made no
resistance, neither did I turn away. I offered my back to those who struck me,
my cheeks to those who tore at my beard; I did not cover my face against insult
and spittle. The Lord comes to my help, so that I am untouched by the insults.
So, too, I set my face like flint; I know I shall not be shamed.
Second
Reading
Philippians
2:6-11
His state was divine, yet Christ Jesus did not cling to his equality
with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave, and became as
men are; and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death,
death on a cross. But God raised him high and gave him the name which is above
all other names so that all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld,
should bend the knee at the name of Jesus and that every tongue should acclaim
Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Gospel
Matthew
27:11-54
Jesus, then, was brought before the governor, and the governor put
to him this question, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied,
"It is you who say it." But when he was accused by the chief priests
and the elders he refused to answer at all. Pilate said then to him, "Do
you not hear how many charges they have brought against you?" But to the
governor's complete amazement, he offered no reply to any of the charges. At festival
time it was the governor's practice to release a prisoner for the people, anyone
they chose. Now there was at that time a notorious prisoner whose name was Barabbas.
So when the crowd gathered, Pilate said to them, "Which do you want me to
release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" For Pilate knew
it was out of jealousy that they had handed him over. Now as he was seated in
the chair of judgement, his wife sent him a message, "Have nothing to do
with that man; I have been upset all day by a dream I had about him." The
chief priests and the elders, however, had persuaded the crowd to demand the release
of Barabbas and the execution of Jesus. So when the governor spoke and asked them,
"Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" they said, "Barabbas."
Pilate said to them, "What am I to do with Jesus who is called Christ?"
They all said, "Let him be crucified!" "Why? What harm has he done?"
Pilate asked. But they shouted all the louder, "Let him be crucified!"
Then Pilate saw that he was making no impression, that in fact a riot was imminent.
So he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd and said, "I
am innocent of this man's blood. It is your concern." And the people, to
a man, shouted back, "His blood be on us and on our children!" Then
he released Barabbas for them. He ordered Jesus to be first courged and then handed
over to be crucified. The governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the Praetorium
and collected the whole cohort round him. Then they stripped him and made him
wear a scarlet cloak, and having twisted some thorns into a crown they put this
on his head and placed a reed in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt
to him saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they spat on him and took
the reed and struck him on the head with it. And when they had finished making
fun of him, they took of the cloak and dressed him in his own clothes and led
him away to crucify him. On their way out, they came across a man from Cyrene,
Simon by name, and enlisted him to carry his cross. When they had reached a place
called Golgotha, that is, the place of the skull, they gave him wine to drink
mixed with gall, which he tasted but refused to drink. When they had finished
crucifying him they shared out his clothing by casting lots, and then sat down
and stayed there keeping guard over him. Above his head was placed the charge
against him: it read: "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews". At the
same time two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the
left. The passers-by jeered at him; they shook their heads and said, "So
you would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days! Then save yourself!
If you are God's son, come down from the cross!" The chief priests, with
the scribes and elders mocked him in the same way, saying, "He saved others;
he cannot save himself. He is the king of Israel; let him come down from the cross
now, and we will believe in him. He puts his trust in God; now let God rescue
him if he wants him. For he did say, 'I am the son of God.'" Even the robbers
who were crucified with him taunted him in the same way. From the sixth hour there
was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour,
Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lama sabachthani?" that
is, "My God, my God, why have you deserted me?" When some of those who
stood there heard this, they said, "The man is calling on Elijah," and
one of them quickly ran to get a sponge which he dipped in vinegar and, putting
it on a reed, gave it him to drink. The rest of them said, "Wait! See if
Elijah will come to save him." But Jesus, again crying out in a loud voice,
yielded up his spirit. At that, the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top
to bottom; the earth quaked; the rocks were split; the tombs opened and the bodies
of many holy men rose from the dead, and these, after his resurrection, came out
of the tombs, entered the Holy City and appeared to a number of people. Meanwhile
the centurion, together with the others guarding Jesus, had seen the earthquake
and all that was taking place, and they were terrified and said, "In truth
this was a son of God."