BULLETIN                  11 MARCH 2007

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT IN YEAR 3


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 10 March

Confession on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm  
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm

Sunday 11 March
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 12 March
Mass at 10.00 am for James Mulhern  
Tuesday 13 March
Mass at 10.00 am for Martin McLaughlin
Wednesday 14 March
Mass at 10.00 am for Peter Bird
Thursday 15 March
Mass at 7.00 pm for Frank Slaven
Friday 16 March
Stations of the Cross at 9.40 am
Mass at 10.00 am for Ann McKenzie
Saturday 17 March
Mass at 10.00 am for John Carroll


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 11 March
10.00 am
10.00 am
11.00 am

Children's Liturgy
Sacramental Preparation
Tea and Coffee after Mass

Monday 12 March
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 3.00 pm
2.00 to 3.00 pm
5.30 to 6.30 pm
6.30 to 8.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Nursery
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)  

Tuesday 13 March

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.30 to 11.00 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.00 to 3.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Thursday Club
Saint Anne's Guild
Keep Fit
Ignatian Prayer Group

Wednesday 14 March

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
12.30 to 3.00 pm
5.00 to 6.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Nursery
 
Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds 
Burakudo Karate Club
Legion of Mary

Thursday 15 March
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.00 am
12.30 to 3.00 pm
1.00 to 2.30 pm
2.00 to 3.00 pm
6.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Nursery
Kindergarten

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Brownies
Girl Guides

Friday 16 March
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
7.30 pm
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds  
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Kindergarten
Private Party
Saturday 17 March
8.00 pm Saint Patrick's Social

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Nessie McCallum, Thomas Smyth and John Hamilton who died recently;
   Monsignor Archibald McSparran 1950, Monsignor Edward Traynor 2006,
   Canon Charles Matthews 1996, Catherine Stewart 2004, Grace Jamieson 2005,
   Hessie Hyslop 1998, Lilia Agostini 1969, Jean Walker 2001,
   Victor Donald 1985, Susan Heaney 1956 and Martha Pentleton 2004
   
whose anniversaries occur at this time and
   Lucia Jantje Silvius who was baptised recently

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £768.04 - many thanks.
Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4300 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 £401.63 - 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.

SPECIAL COLLECTION
There will be a special collection at all Masses next weekend for Papal and Espicopal Charities including the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF).

LENT EXTRA
Copies of Lent Extra are available at the stall. A donation of 50 pence would be appreciated.

LENT SCIAF BOXES
Lent collection boxes for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) are available at the stall. Please take one home with you and return it at the end of Lent.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Stations of the Cross will be prayed each Friday during Lent at 9.40 am.


REFURBISHING THE BLESSED SACRAMENT CHAPEL
The fund raising supper of 23 February raised £200 to bring the total collected for the refurbishment of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel to £4125. Thanks very much.

FATHER JOHN
Father John expresses his thanks for your prayers while he was in Italy. Please continue to keep him in your prayers.

LEGION OF MARY
There will be a meeting of the newly reformed
Legion of Mary in the Parish Centre on Wednesay 7 March at 7.30 pm. All are welcome.

SAINT PATRICK'S NIGHT SOCIAL
The Saint Patrick's Night Social will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday 17 March at 8.00 pm There will be dancing, musical entertainment, a quiz, raffle and light supper. Tickets cost £4 from Donna or Kate.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The Ozanam Centre in Glasgow is run by the Saint Vincent de Paul Society to assist homeless men and women. We have been asked to assist in the collection of toiletries during Lent so these might be distributed as a very practical way of assisting those who use the Centre. Saint Peter's parishioners have donated generously to this appeal in previous years and it is hoped that you will do so once again. The Conference thanks you in anticipation of your kind assistance. A box to receive donations of all kinds of toiletries will be available in the Church Porch during Lent.

THANKS
Greta McGreevy and her tea team have decided that they are no longer in a position to help with the Sunday Teas. Many thanks to them for all the years they volunteered and contributed to this very worthwhile event. More teams are required for Sunday mornings after 10.00 am Mass. If you would like to volunteer, please phone Kate.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY ADULT HELPERS

   11 March
      Pre-Fives: Frances and Maria
      Primary 1 to 3: Andrena and Theresa
      Primary 4: Karen and Sharon
   18 March
      Pre-Fives: Frances and Elaine
      Primary 1 to 3: Elaine, Eileen and Anne
      Primary 4: Julie and Gayle



  Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.  



PRECIOUS LITTLE TIME
The man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to find his five year old son waiting for him. Daddy, may I ask you a question? "Yes, sure, what is it?". "Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?" "That's none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily. "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" pleaded the little boy. "If you must know, I make £10 an hour." "Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I borrow £5 please?" The father was furious. "If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such childish games." The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even madder about the little boy's questioning. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money. After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that £5, and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. "Are you asleep son?" he asked. "No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy. "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man. "It's been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here's that £5 you asked for." The little boy sat straight up, beaming. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some more crumpled up notes. The man, since the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man. "Why did you want more money if you already had some?" the father grumbled. "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied. "Daddy, I have £10 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?"



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           Exodus 3:1-8.13-15
Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, priest of Midian. He led his flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the shape of a flame of fire, coming from the middle of a bush. Moses looked; there was the bush blazing but it was not being burnt up. I must go and look at this strange sight, Moses said, and see why the bush is not burnt. Now the Lord saw him go forward to look, and God called to him from the middle of the bush, Moses, Moses! he said. Here I am he answered. Come no nearer he said. Take off your shoes, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. I am the God of your father, he said the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. At this Moses covered his face, afraid to look at God. And the Lord said, I have seen the miserable state of my people in Egypt. I have heard their appeal to be free of their slave-drivers. Yes, I am well aware of their sufferings. I mean to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians and bring them up out of that land to a land rich and broad, a land where milk and honey flow. Then Moses said to God, I am to go, then, to the sons of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you. But if they ask me what his name is, what am I to tell them? And God said to Moses, I Am who I Am. This he added is what you must say to the sons of Israel: I Am has sent me to you. And God also said to Moses, You are to say to the sons of Israel: The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name for all time; by this name I shall be invoked for all generations to come.

Second Reading           Corinthians 10:1-6.10-12
I want to remind you, brothers, how our fathers were all guided by a cloud above them and how they all passed through the sea. They were all baptised into Moses in this cloud and in this sea; all ate the same spiritual food and all drank the same spiritual drink, since they all drank from the spiritual rock that followed them as they went, and that rock was Christ. In spite of this, most of them failed to please God and their corpses littered the desert. These things all happened as warnings for us, not to have the wicked lusts for forbidden things that they had. You must never complain: some of them did, and they were killed by the Destroyer. All this happened to them as a warning, and it was written down to be a lesson for us who are living at the end of the age. The man who thinks he is safe must be careful that he does not fall.

Gospel           Luke 13:1-9
Some people arrived and told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them, "Do you suppose these Galileans who suffered like that were greater sinners than any other Galileans? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell and killed them? Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all the other people living in Jerusalem? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did." He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none. He said to the man who looked after the vineyard, "Look here, for three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?" "Sir," the man replied "leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it: it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down." ".