BULLETIN
31
JULY 2005
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
30 July | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
Sunday
31 July | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
1 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Denis Long |
Tuesday
2 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Margaret Boyd |
Wednesday
3 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Cynthia McDonald |
Thursday
4 August | Mass at 7.00 pm for Fred Derrick |
Friday
5 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Margaret Fisher |
Saturday
6 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Kathleen Robertson |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
31 July | 11.00 am | Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
1 August |
7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Saint
Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
Tuesday
2 August | 7.30 pm | Keep Fit |
Wednesday
3 August | 5.00
to 6.00 pm 6.30 to 8.30 pm 7.30 pm |
Street Dance for 13 to 18
year olds The Best of Health Ignatian Prayer Group |
Thursday
4 August | ||
Friday
5 August | ||
Saturday
6 August | 7.00 pm | Private Party |
IF
YOU ARE HERE ON HOLIDAY, YOU ARE VERY WELCOME; IF
YOU ARE GOING ON HOLIDAY, ENJOY YOUR BREAK.
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Margaret Fisher, Joseph
Shearer and Mrs McPhee who died recently;
George Tonner 1931,
Isabelle Rennie 2004, Robert Tumilty 1981, Laurence Hamilton 1998,
Margaret
McGuinness 2004, William Tumilty 1980, Lawrence Tumilty 1993, Father Jack Kerr
2001,
Lauretta Salotti 1981, Elizabeth Taylor 1951, Samuel
Taylor 1969 and Mary McCann 1987
whose anniversaries occur at
this time;
Chad Duncan and Kerry Louise Shiells who were baptised recently
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last
weekend's collection amounted to £629.84 - many thanks.
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 amounted to £234.08
- 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.
SAINT
PETER IN CHAINS WEBSITE
Thanks to those who tested and made helpful comments
on the new Saint Peter's website. It is now 'live'. The address is www.SaintPeterInChains.net.
THURSDAY
CLUB
Many thanks to the Thursday
Club for their half-yearly donation of £150 for the use of the Parish
Centre.
PARISH
MINISTRIES
If
we are to follow 'Embracing the Future', our Diocesan Plan for the years to come,
we have a responsibility to ensure that the next two generations are involved
fully in the life of our parish. This means we need to encourage our young people
to take on responsibilities at Mass and in the wider life of the parish.
Readers
We have a team of very good readers - but what about encouraging a younger member
of the family to share the duty: one of the Readings or the Bidding Prayers. It
would enable them to take over eventually.
Eucharistic Ministers
Again, we are very well served but the same principle applies. Invite a younger
family member or friend to fill in for you occasionally and they will eventually
take the responsibility themselves.
Passkeepers
Passkeeping
is usually left the members of the Saint
Vincent de Paul Society but they have their own ministry - so what about
volunteering for a Mass, say once a month. It is no great hardship: helping people
to find a seat, taking up the collection, ensuring that people have leaflets and
that visitors feel welcome.
Presenting the Offertory Gifts
Just say yes when you are asked.
Musicians,
Children's Liturgy Leaders, Servers And Sacristans
If shyness means your
talent is still hidden, grit your teeth and go for it. We are all in this together.
Talk to Father Matt about it.
Priest
The one you have sometimes feels his age and would willingly give way to someone
younger. There is no time like present to start preparing.
Don't
worry about anything. Pray about everything. Don't forget to thank God for the answers. |
A
person who is always finding fault seldom finds anything else. |
Life
is short, but there is always time for courtesy. |
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
55:1-3
Thus
says the Lord: Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty; though you have
no money, come! Buy corn without money, and eat, and, at no cost, wine and milk.
Why spend money on what is not bread, your wages on what fails to satisfy? Listen,
listen to me and you will have good things to eat and rich food to enjoy. Pay
attention, come to me; listen, and your soul will live. With you I will make an
everlasting covenant out of the favours promised to David.
Second
Reading Romans
8:35.37-39
Nothing
can come between us and the love of Christ, even if we are troubled or worried,
or being persecuted, or lacking food or clothes, or being threatened or even attacked.
These are the trials through which we triumph, by the power of him who loved us.
For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing
that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, or height or depth, nor any
created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
Gospel
Matthew 14:13-21
When Jesus received the news of John the Baptist's death he withdrew by boat to
a lonely place where they could be by themselves. But the people heard of this
and, leaving the towns, went after him on foot. So as he stepped ashore he saw
a large crowd; and he took pity on them and healed their sick. When evening came,
the disciples went to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the time
has slipped by; so send the people away, and they can go to the villages to buy
themselves some food." Jesus replied, "There is no need for them to
go: give them something to eat yourselves." But they answered, "All
we have with us is five loaves and two fish." "Bring them here to me,"
he said. He gave orders that the people were to sit down on the grass; then he
took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the
blessing. And breaking the loaves he handed them to his disciples who gave them
to the crowds. They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected the scraps
remaining, twelve baskets full. Those who ate numbered about five thousand men,
to say nothing of women and children.