BULLETIN
23
APRIL 2006
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER IN YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
22 April | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Mary Strain |
|
Sunday
23 April | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
24 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Agnes McCann |
|
Tuesday
25 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Phyllis and Patrick Doherty |
| Wednesday
26 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Jane McFarlane |
| Thursday
27 April | no Mass |
|
Friday
28 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Bridget McLellan |
| Saturday
29 April | Mass at 10.00 am for Sam Bannon |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
23 April | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's Liturgy Primary Four Pupils' Preparation Tea and Coffee after Mass |
| Monday
24 April | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 2.30 pm 1.30 to 3 00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8 00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 7.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
|
Tuesday
25 April |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Country Dancing Ignatian Prayer Group Saint Anne's Guild Keep Fit |
|
Wednesday
26 April |
8.00 to 5.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Seafield School Training Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED) |
|
Thursday
27 April |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
| Friday
28 April |
8.00 to 5.30 am |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Jean Taylor, Joan Baird and Nicandro
Picozzi who died recently;
Sarah Coulter 1972, Thomas Nellany
2001, Mary Robertson, Jack Ferguson,
Agnes McKay 1969, Bridget
McLellan 1996, Agnes McCann 1970, John Murphy,
Patrick Doherty
2005, Frank Robertson 1989 and Edward McNamara 1977
whose anniversaries occur at this time;
Jordan and Josh Blackwood
who were baptised recently;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £958.70 - 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 £484.67
- many thanks.
HOLY
PLACES AND AFRICAN MISSIONS COLLECTION
Last
weekend's collection for the Holy Places and Africians amounted to £304.97
- 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.
CHILD
PROTECTION TRAINING
There will be a Child Protection training night on Thursday
11 May in the Parish Centre from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. All volunteers and Eucharistic
Ministers are invited to attend. Mrs Ann McAllister, Child Protection Adviser
will deliver the training. A good attendance would be appreciated.
SCOTUS COLLEGE OPEN DAY
There will be an open day at Scotus College, Glasgow on Vocations Sunday, 7 May.
Mass will be celebrated at 2.00 pm followed by a light buffet and tour of the
College. Evening Prayer will be said at 5.00 pm. All are welcome.
FATHER
CHAMBERS' CEILIDH
A ceilidh in aid of Father Martin Chambers' work in Ecuador
will be held in the Seamill Hydro on Saturday 2 September. Tickets costing £15.00
and including £6 for supper are available from Ann McGinn 550428, Bernadette
Anderson 467425, Mary Murphy 550765, Michael Lafferty 461234, Brian Fitzpatrick
and Claire Diamond. Father Chambers wil make a guest appearance.
THURSDAY
CLUB COFFEE AFTERNOON
The Thursday
Club is having a Coffee Afternoon on Thursday 4 May at 1.00 pm in the Parish
Centre. There will be the usual staff including home baking, and bric-a-brac.
Tickets cost £1.00. All are welcome.
FATHER
MATT
Father Matt
will be away from home from Monday 24 to Friday 28 April.
FOOTPRINTS
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the
Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed
two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonging to him, and the other to the
Lord. When the last scene of his life flashed before him he looked back at the
footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the
very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him and he questioned
the Lord about it. "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd
walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome
times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why
when I needed you most you would leave me." The Lord replied, "My precious,
precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial
and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried
you."
| Too
many people overvalue what they are not |
| As
I live each day, may I do my part |
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 Acts 4:32-35
The
whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own
use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in common. The apostles
continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and
they were all given great respect. None of their members was ever in want, as
all those who owned land or houses would sell them, and bring the money from them,
to present it to the apostles; it was then distributed to any members who might
be in need.
Second Reading 1 John
5:1-6
Whoever
believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten by God; and whoever loves
the Father that begot him loves the child whom he begets. We can be sure that
we love God's children if we love God himself and do what he has commanded us;
this is what loving God is - keeping his commandments; and his commandments are
not difficult, because anyone who has been begotten by God has already overcome
the world; this is the victory over the world - our faith. Who can overcome the
world? Only the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God; Jesus Christ who
came by water and blood, not with water only, but with water and blood; with the
Spirit as another witness - since the Spirit is the truth.
Gospel
John 20:19-31
In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed
in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood
among them. He said to them, "Peace be with you," and showed them his
hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord,
and he said to them again, "Peace be with you. 'As the Father sent me, so
am I sending you." After saying this he breathed on them and said: "Receive
the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those
whose sins you retain, they are retained." Thomas, called the Twin, who was
one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. When the disciples said,
"We have seen the Lord"', he answered, "Unless I see the holes
that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made,
and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe." Eight days
later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The doors
were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. "Peace be with you"
he said. Then he spoke to Thomas, "Put your finger here; look, here are my
hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Doubt no longer but believe."
Thomas replied, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him: "You believe
because you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe."
There were many other signs that Jesus worked and the disciples saw, but they
are not recorded in this book. These are recorded so that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing this you may have life
through his name.