BULLETIN
8
DECEMBER 2002
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT IN YEAR 2
SUNDAY
MASSES
The Saturday Vigil Mass is at 6.30 pm. Sunday Masses are at 10.00 am,
12.00 noon and 6.30 pm.
WEEKDAY MASSES
Mass during the week are at
10.00 am. Thank you for your presence at the Mass which you have requested.
|
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday |
Gerard
McCulloch Jim Mathieson John Maher Tommy Walsh - month's mind Danny Mathieson Sister Immaculata |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
8 December | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am 7.30 am |
Children's Liturgy Sacramental Preparation Tea and Coffee after Mass Youth Café |
| Monday
9 December |
9.00 to 11.45 pm 9.30 to 11.30 am 2.45 to 5.45 pm 5.45 to 6.45 pm 6.45 to 8.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.40 pm | Pre
5 Children Mothers and Toddlers After Care Rainbows Brownies Weight Watchers Saint Vincent de Paul Society |
|
Tuesday
10 December | 9.00
to 11.45 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 1.30 to 3.30 pm 2.45 to 5.45 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm |
Pre 5 Children Pre 5 Children Country Dancing After Care Ignatian Group Aerobics Saint Anne's Guild |
|
Wednesday
11 December | 9.00
to 11.45 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 2.45 to 5.45 pm |
Pre 5 Children Pre 5 Children After Care |
|
Thursday
12 December | 9.00
to 11.45 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 2.45 to 5.45 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.15 pm |
Pre 5 Children |
| Friday
13 December | 9.00
to 11.45 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 7.30 to midnight | Pre
5 Children Parents and Toddlers Private Party |
Saturday
14 December | 10.30 to noon | Italian Lessons |
EXPOSITION
OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
on Thursday from 10.45 am to 5.00 pm.
THIS
WEEK'S FEASTS
Monday - Immaculate Conception
Friday - Saint Lucy
Saturday
- Saint John of the Cross
CHRISTMAS TIMETABLE
Ecumenical Carol Service
- Sunday 15 December, 3.00 pm
Parish Reconciliation - Tuesday 17 December,
7.00 pm
Christmas Vigil - Tuesday 24 December - Carols 8.45 pm, Mass 9.00 pm
Christmas
Day Masses - Wednesday 25 December 10.00 am and 12.00 noon
FUNERALS
Families are reminded of the need to consult the Church before the funeral director.
SICK
OR HOUSEBOUND
Please let me know if any of your family or friends are sick
or housebound.
SAINT
VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
Many thanks to those who were able to help Saint
Vincent de Paul Society the with donations of curtains and a cooker. It was
very much appreciated. A box will be available in the Church porch during Advent
for donations of non-perishable goods.
ADVENT EXTRA
Copies of the Advent
Extra magazine are available in the Church porch.
SAINT
PETER'S DIARIES
Saint Peter's diaries are available at the stall.
ARDROSSAN CHURCHES
GROUP
The Ardrossan Churches Ecumenical Carol Service will be held in the
Parish Centre on Sunday 15 December at 3.00 pm.
EUCHARISTIC
MINISTERS RETREAT
There will be a retreat for Eucharistic Ministers at Smithstone
House, Kilwinning on Wednesday 11 December.
PIOUS
OBJECT STALL
A wide selection of Christmas cards, cribs, calendars, gifts and
so on is available at the pious object stall.
PARISH
CENTRE DONATION
The recent sponsored disco held in the Parish Centre by the
Rainbows, Brownies and Guides has raised £900. This was the annual fundraiser
towards the use of the Parish Centre facilities during the year. Many thanks to
the parents for their support and generosity and the leaders for their continuing
commitment to guiding.
CHRISTMAS
SPENDING
Plan to set aside some of your Christmas spending money for someone
in need.
THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY
The
Joyful Mysteries
1 The Annunciation
2
The Visitation
3
The Nativity
4
The Presentation
5
The Finding in the Temple
The
Mysteries of Light
1
The Baptism in the Jordan
2
The Wedding at Cana
3
The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
4
The Transfiguration
5
The Institution of the Eucharist
The
Sorrowful Mysteries
1
The Agony in the Garden
2
The Scourging at the Pillar
3
The Crowning with Thorns
4
The Carrying of the Cross
5
The Crucifixion
The
Glorious Mysteries
1
The Resurrection
2
The Ascension
3
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4
The Assumption
5
The Crowning of Our Lady in Heaven and the
Glory of all the Saints
THANK GOD
A man had been wandering in the desert
for over a week. At last he finds the home of a missionary where he is nursed
back to health. On his recovery he goes out the back door and sees a horse tethered
there. He asks the missionary "Can I borrow the horse? I'll get it back to
you somehow.". "Sure" said the missionary, "but to get this
particular horse to go you have to say 'Thank God!' and to get it to stop you
say 'Amen!'". The man gets on the horse and cautiously says "Thank God"
and the horse starts walking slowly. Getting bolder he says, "Thank God,
thank God, thank God" and the horse went faster and faster until it was in
a full gallop. After a while the rider sees a cliff coming up and cries "Whoa!
Stop!" but the horse keeps going. Finally he remembers right on the cliff
edge "Amen!". The horse stops inches from going over the cliff and the
rider leans back, sighs and says " Thank God!" ….
| Blessed
are those who can laugh at themselves - they will never cease to be amused. |
| If
you think nothing is impossible, try yawning with your mouth closed. |
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.
A
reading from the Prophet Isaiah
A voice is shouting: Clear a path in the desert
for the Lord. Build a straight road there for our God. Fill in the valleys and
flatten the mountains and hills. Level the rough and rugged ground. Then the glory
of the Lord will appear for all to see. The Lord has promised this.
A reading
from the Second Letter of Saint Peter
There is one thing, my friends, that
you must never forget; that with the Lord, 'a day' can mean a thousand years,
and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord is not being slow to carry out his
promise, as anybody else might be called slow; but he is being patient with you
all, wanting nobody to be lost and everybody to be brought to change his ways.
The Day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then with a roar the sky will
vanish, the elements will catch fire and fall apart, the earth and all that is
contains will be burnt up. Since everything is coming to an end like this, you
should be living holy and saintly lives while you wait and long for the Day of
God, when the sky will dissolve in flames and the elements melt in the heat. What
we are waiting for is what he promised: the new heavens and new earth, the place
where righteousness will be at home. So then, my friends, while you are waiting
do your best to live lives without spot or stain so that he will find you at peace.
A
reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark
The beginning of the Good News
about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:
Look, I am going to send my messengers before you; he will prepare your way. A
voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight,
and so it was that John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. All Judaea and all the people
of Jerusalem made their way to him, and as they were baptised by him in the river
Jordan they confessed their sins. John wore a garment of camel-skin, and he lived
on locusts and wild honey. In the course of his preaching he said, "Someone
is following me, someone who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to kneel
down and undo the strap of his sandals. I have baptised you with water, but he
will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.".