BULLETIN
24
DECEMBER 2006
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT IN YEAR 3
FATHER
MATT AND FATHER
JOHN WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
23 December | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
Sunday
24 December | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon Christmas Vigil Masses at 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm preceeded by Carols at 5.15 pm and 8.15 pm |
Monday
25 December | Christmas Day Mass at 11.00 am |
Tuesday
26 December | Mass at 10.00 am for Jessie Brown |
Wednesday
27 December | Mass at 10.00 am for Con McNulty |
Thursday
28 December | Mass at 7.00 pm for Cosimo and Arturo Farro |
Friday
29 December | Mass at 10.00 am for Ester Smith |
Saturday
30 December | Mass at 10.00 am for Mr and Mrs A Murphy |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
24 December | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's Liturgy |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
Christopher Casey, Rose Leonard and
May Wilson who died recently;
Mereno Berti 2003, Margaret
Shanks 1966, Tom Finn 1993, Patrick Quinn 1969,
Isobel Rae
O'Hare 2004, Anne-Marie Jenkins 2005, Molly Cosgrove 1994,
Arthur
Robertson, Arturo Farro 1994 and Mary Dorian Stirling 1999
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £767.97
- 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 £360.71
- 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.
DONATIONS
TO THE PARISH CENTRE
Many thanks for donations to the Parish Centre, namely,
£700 from the sponsored disco received from the 1st Ardrossan Rainbows,
3rd and 5th Ardrossan Brownies and the 5th Ardrossan Guides and £150 from
the Thursday
Club.
REFURBISHING
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
CHAPEL
A donation of £100, gratefully received from a parishioner,
brings the total for refurbishing the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel to £3125.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
Congratulations to Mrs Addie
Hissey who celebrated her ninety-ninth birthday last Sunday.
CRIB
FIGURES RAFFLE
Congratulations to Father
Matt who won the crib figures in the recent raffle.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
If
your child is now confident enough to go on his/her own to the Children's Liturgy,
please let them. However, we could do with a few more parents on the rota. If
you can take part - now that have seen how it is done - please contact Kate and
complete the necessary Disclosure Scotland form.
CAR
PARKING
Please don't block the presbytery driveway. If you are late, there
is a little space in the car park extension at the side of the Presbytery.
SAINT
PETER'S CHILDREN'S CENTRE
Anne Hunter and staff would like to thank all parents
who supported them throughout the year. We hope you and the children have a happy
holiday, a merry Christmas and a happy new year. See you all on Monday 8 January
2007.
THE
INNOCENTS
Many thanks to all who have handed in goods over the year which Frank
and Josephine Coulter kindly pass on to the Innocents in Kilmarnock.
BURNS
SUPPER
The Burns
Supper will be held in the Parish Centre on Saturday, 20 January 2007. Tickets
costing £10
each are available from Kate and Gerry. Patrons are asked to be seated by 7.20
pm for a prompt start at 7.30 pm. The speakers and musicians are George McGrattan,
Father Matt McManus,
David Munn, Margaret Munn, Len Murray, Robin Reid, Ciaran Sinclair, Margaret Swiercz,
Aimee Taylor and Monica Taylor. Len Murray is a retired Glasgow solicitor who
has spoken at over 300 Burns Suppers on four continents. Further details of this
and previous Burns
Suppers are on Saint Peter's website.
50-50
CLUB
Congratulations to the following 50-50 Club prizewinners:
115
J Little £25, 99 Marina Carr £25, 119 Sharon McLaughlin £25,
83 Isobel Farrell £25, 152 Linda
Swan £100
Thank you for your continued support of the 50-50 Club. If
you would like to join the 50-50 Club, please contact Myriame Sammons.
Christmas
waves a magic wand over this world and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. |
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 Micah 5:1-4
The
Lord says this: You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, out
of you will be born for me the one who is to rule over Israel; his origin goes
back to the distant past, to the days of old. The Lord is therefore going to abandon
them till the time when she who is to give birth gives birth. Then the remnant
of his brothers will come back to the sons of Israel. He will stand and feed his
flock with the power of the Lord, with the majesty of the name of his God. They
will live secure, for from then on he will extend his power to the ends of the
land. He himself will be peace.
Second
Reading Hebrews 10:5-10
This
is what Christ said, on coming into the world: You who wanted no sacrifice or
oblation, prepared a body for me. You took no pleasure in holocausts or sacrifices
for sin; then I said, just as I was commanded in the scroll of the book, "God,
here I am! I am coming to obey your will." Notice that he says first: You
did not want what the Law lays down as the things to be offered, that is: the
sacrifices, the oblations, the holocausts and the sacrifices for sin, and you
took no pleasure in them; and then he says: Here I am! I am coming to obey your
will. He is abolishing the first sort to replace it with the second. And this
will was for us to be made holy by the offering of his body made once and for
all by Jesus Christ.
Gospel
Luke 1:39-45
Mary
set out and went as quickly as she could to a town in the hill country of Judah.
She went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth. Now as soon as Elizabeth
heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with
the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, "Of all women you are the
most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured
with a visit from the mother of my Lord? For the moment your greeting reached
my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed
that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.".