CHURCH OF SAINT PETER IN CHAINS, ARDROSSAN  •  A Family of Parishes  •  SAINT BRIDE'S CHURCH, WEST KILBRIDE

                                                        

Meeting people where they are - leading them to where God calls them to be!


BULLETIN                                          13 JUNE 2021

ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME IN YEAR 2

SERVICES AND GATHERINGS
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, public Church services and gatherings are limited till further notice.
Father Duncan will live-stream Holy Mass every day and assures you of his prayers for you and your family.

A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (Mark 4:26-34)
Jesus said to the crowds "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man throws seed on the land. Night and day, while he sleeps, when he is awake, the seed is sprouting and growing - how, he does not know. Of its own accord, the land produces first the shoot, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear - and when the crop is ready, he loses no time. He starts to reap because the harvest has come." He also said, "What can we say the kingdom of God is like? What parable can we find for it? It is like a mustard seed which at the time of its sowing in the soil is the smallest of all the seeds on earth - yet once it is sown it grows into the biggest shrub of them all and puts out big branches so that the birds of the air can shelter in its shade." Using many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, so far as they were capable of understanding it. He would not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything to his disciples when they were alone.



REFLECTION
From the Pastoral Letter of Bishops for Pentecost 2021 - 'Our world, God's creation, is a precious gift to us. It is our common home entrusted to each generation'. They go on to say "We all have a part to play, each and every one of us, in the routines, choices and decisions of our everyday lives and our aspirations for the future. The actions of parishes, families, schools, and individuals will have a significant impact on our efforts to restore our common home. There are now many resources, freely available, to advise us on our choice of food, saving of water and electricity, suggestions about travel, waste and re-use. These are measures that everyone can employ, in some degree, with minimal inconvenience and change. They are effective ways in which we can each reaffirm our personal vocation to be stewards of creation."

THE LORD'S DAY AT HOME
If you are housebound or self-isolating at this time, please use these prayers to unite yourself with the worship of the Universal Church, and your own parish, this Sunday. If alone, read or say these prayers quietly to yourself. If with another, or in a family, someone should read the Gospel and others respond. It might be suitable to find a special, quiet place at home for your Sunday prayers.


SAINT PETER'S AND SAINT BRIDE'S CHURCH SERVICES

 
Saint Peter's
All services are live-streamed and public by booking unless otherwise stated.
Saint Bride's Church, West Kilbride
All services are public by booking  unless otherwise stated.

Saturday 12 June  
Eleventh Sunday of the Year 

Vigil Mass at 5.30pm for Tom Atkins and Sheelagh Kelly at their anniversaries and Michelle Bainbridge who died recently  
Sunday 13 June  
Eleventh Sunday of the Year 
Holy Mass at 10.30am for our parishes Holy Mass at 12.15pm
Monday 14 June   
Holy Mass at 10.00am for Monsignor Brendan Murphy at his anniversary and Nan Donohoe at her birthday
 
Tuesday 15 June  

Holy Mass at 10.00am for Saint Peter's primary 7 school leavers, the special intention of Roisin Collins and Tilly Docherty at her anniversary
  Private

Holy Mass at 10.00am
Wednesday 16 June  
Votive Mass of Saint Joseph at 10.00am for Michael Collins at his anniversary and Linda Gorman who died recently
 
Thursday 17 June 
Holy Mass at 10.00am for Saint Peter's Primary School, Michael Leonard at his anniversary, Tom McKay and John Dolan
  Private
 
Friday 18 June  
Holy Mass at 10.00am for Saint Peter's Primary School and the special intentions of Joseph Micallef (Malta) and Patrick Quinn Holy Mass at 12 noon

Saturday 19 June  
Twelfth Sunday of the Year  

Vigil Mass at 5.30pm for Margaret Taylor at her anniversary and Ann McEwan who died recently
 
   
Father Duncan is assisted by the retired priest, Father Gerry Hamill.

SAINT MARY'S AND SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH SERVICES
 
Saint Mary's Church, Saltcoats
All services are live-streamed and public by booking unless otherwise stated.
Saint John’s Church, Stevenston
All services are live-streamed and public by booking unless otherwise stated.

Saturday 12 June  
Eleventh Sunday of the Year 

Vigil Mass at 4.30pm  
Sunday 13 June  
Eleventh Sunday of the Year 
Holy Mass at 10.00am
Holy Mass at 11.30am
Monday 14 June   
   
Tuesday 15 June  

 
Wednesday 16 June  
  Holy Mass at 10.00am
Thursday 17 June 
Holy Mass at 10.00am
 
Friday 18 June  
  Holy Mass at 10.00am

Saturday 19 June  
Twelfth Sunday of the Year  

Vigil Mass at 4.30pm  
 
Canon Martin Poland is assisted by Father Benjamin Mkeri and Canon Matt McManus who is retired.


PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Jim Boyle, Bill Holden, Valerie Bickers, Jean Brawley, Margaret McCabe and Cathy Garvey;
Annie Watt, Michelle Bainbridge, Linda Gorman, Ann McEwan, Jim Feeney and Liz Haveron (Renfrewshire) who died recently;
Bobby Findlay 2014, Molly Monaghan 2008, Felix Murphy 1997, Catherine Carroll née Rice, Rita Kelly 2014, Sarah Sweeney 1997, Margaret Duffy 2000, Anthony Forbes 2002, Rena Freer 2010, Julia Petrie 1998, Edward Swiercz 1991, David Brodie 1994, Agnes Hunter 1956, Sheila Reilly 1987, Carol Stewart 2005, Agnes Cochrane 1998, Mary Theresa Dolan 1999, Sylvia Kemp 2018, Bernard Kilbane 1986, Michael Leonard 2000, Father Tom Leverage 1996, Cardinal Thomas Winning 2001, Sheila Kennedy 1996, Samuel McGonigle 1997, Andrew McPadden 2002, Joseph Pendleton 2020, Una Delahunt Rice 2005, Margaret Forbes 2006, Billy Harvey 2004, John Malloy 2002 and Father Alan Wilson 2012 whose anniversaries occur at this time and those who are sick.
If deceased members of your family are not on our anniversary list, please tell Father Duncan
, the parish office or contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net. If members of your family or friends are in need of our prayers, please tell Father Duncan or the parish office.


FEED YOUR SOUL - RENEWING OUR PARISH COMMUNITIES
The first proclamation, the task of every Christian, is based on that 'go' which Jesus gave as an instruction to his disciples and which implies going out, making haste, accompanying, thus becoming true missionary disciples. It cannot be reduced to the conveying of a message but is first of all sharing the life that comes from God and communicating the joy of having met the Lord. As Pope Benedict wrote 'Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction'.


PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in this Holy Sacrament of the altar. I love you above all things and I passionately desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come spiritually into my soul so that I may unite myself wholly to you now and forever. Amen.



A CALL FROM GOD
One Saturday night, a parish priest was working late and decided to call the presbytery housekeeper before he left for home. It was about 10.00pm but the housekeeper didn't answer the phone. The priest let it ring many times. He thought it was odd that she didn't answer but decided to finish off a few last things and try again in a few minutes. When he tried again, she answered right away. He asked her why she hadn't answered before and she said that it hadn't rung at the presbytery - there had been no prior call. They both just brushed it off as a fluke and went on their merry ways. The following Monday, the parish priest received a call at the church office, which was the phone that he'd used that Saturday night. The man that he spoke with wanted to know why he'd called on Saturday night. The priest couldn't figure out what the man was talking about. Then the man said "It rang and rang but I didn't answer." The priest remembered the mishap and apologised for disturbing him, explaining that he'd intended to call the presbytery. The man said "That's okay. Let me tell you my story. You see, I was planning to commit suicide on Saturday night but before I did, I prayed "God if you're there and you don't want me to do this, give me a sign now.' At that point, my phone started to ring. I looked at the caller identity and it said 'Sacred Heart'. I was afraid to answer!" The Church that the priest attends is called the Sacred Heart Church.


BOOKLET ON THE MEANING OF THE EUCHARIST
God works through all these messy human realities and wants to encounter us at every Mass. The Lord wants to deeply encounter everyone in the Mass and especially in the Eucharist. However, it can be hard for us to recognise his presence. By learning about the deeper meaning behind what Catholics do at Mass, we lift the veil between the human and divine. Dr Edward Sri is a professor at the Augustine Institute and a founding leader of Focus, a campus outreach that pursues college students with intentionality and love by inviting them into a growing relationship with Jesus and the Catholic faith, inspiring and equipping them for a lifetime of Christ-centered evangelisation, discipleship and friendships in which they lead others to do the same. In this excerpt from Meaning of the Eucharist, he discusses what the Mass is and the three ways that every Catholic should know the Eucharist
the memorial of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross, the real presence of Jesus and Holy Communion with Our Lord.

JUST FOR A LAUGH ...
There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him. An angel heard his plea and appeared to him. "Sorry, but you can't take your wealth with you." The man begged the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the rules. The man continued to pray that his wealth could follow him. The angel reappeared and informed the man that God had decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathered his largest suitcase and filled it with pure gold bars and placed it beside his bed. Soon afterward, he died and showed up at the gates of heaven to greet Saint Peter. Saint Peter, seeing the suitcase, said "Hold on, you can't bring that in here!" The man explained to Saint Peter that he had permission and asked him to verify his story with the Lord. Sure enough, Saint Peter checked it out, came back and said "You're right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check its contents before letting it through." Saint Peter opened the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed "You brought pavement?"




PARISH STEWARDSHIP
Saint Bride's Offertory collection last weekend amounted to £114.00 and Saint Peter's to £701.44. Many thanks for your support and generosity.

STANDING ORDERS
Please consider taking out a Standing Order. It would be of great benefit to our parishes. Forms are available from the parish office, Ardrossan@GallowayDiocese.org.uk and 01294 464063.

SCOTTISH BISHOPS WELCOME POPE'S CALL FOR SYNOD IN 2023
Recently the Church celebrated the Feast of Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and our Lady at the very beginning, the birthday, of the Church. We gave thanks for the gifts of the Holy Spirit that first Pentecost but also celebrated the ongoing gifts of the Holy Spirit to the Church. Mindful of these gifts the Bishops of Scotland welcome the initiative of Pope Francis to listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church, to the People of God, to listen to one another and to make that Synodal journey together of communion, participation and mission.

SAINT JOSEPH NOVENA FOR FAMILIES
Here is a beautiful and simple Saint Joseph Novena for Families for the Year of Saint Joseph. It is a nine-day prayer for the Domestic Church and for our families. The Novena begins on Fathers’ Day, Sunday 20 June. Please download the Novena and pray it with and for your families.

PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
Canon Matt has signed up to go on a five-day pilgrimage to Lourdes for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December. Travel restrictions permitting, the flight will be from Edinburgh. Full details are available from Northern Star Travel Limited at www.NorthernStarTravel.com and 0161 773 2115.

HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY
If a member of your family or a friend is sick, please let us know and give us the details. Deacon Bill Corbett (01292 521208, 07904 248948, Rev.BillCorbett@btinternet.com) is the Chaplain to Crosshouse Hospital and is assisted by the Priest on call each week.


ADVERTISER SUPPORT
Our advertisers would welcome your support. We are grateful for their continuing sponsorship. We are grateful for the support of Mr and Mrs Sohal, Nisa Stores, Glasgow Street for the weekly donation of tea, coffee and milk for the Sunday teas.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - MISSION STATEMENT
The Catholic Church in Scotland is concerned with the lives, safety, wholeness and well-being of each individual person within God's purpose for everyone. It seeks to safeguard the welfare of people of all ages who are involved in whatever capacity
with the Church and its organisations. As a Church community, we accept that it is the responsibility of all of us, ordained, professed, paid and voluntary members, to work together to prevent the physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of children, young people and vulnerable adults.