CHURCH
OF SAINT PETER IN CHAINS, ARDROSSAN • A Family of
Parishes • SAINT BRIDE'S CHURCH, WEST KILBRIDE
Meeting people where they are - leading them to where God calls them
to be!
BULLETIN 20 JUNE 2021
SERVICES
AND GATHERINGS
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, public Church services and gatherings
are limited till further notice. Father
Duncan
will live-stream Holy Mass every day and assures you of his prayers for you
and your family.
A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (Mark 4:35-41)
With the coming of evening, Jesus said to his disciples "Let us cross
over to the other side." And leaving the crowd behind, they took him,
just as he was, in the boat and there were other boats with him. Then it began
to blow a gale and the waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost
swamped. But he was in the stern, his head on the cushion, asleep. They woke
him and said to him "Master, do you not care? We are going down!"
And he woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea "Quiet now! Be
calm!" And the wind dropped and all was calm again. Then he said to them
"Why are you so frightened? How is it that you have no faith?" They
were filled with awe and said to one another "Who can this be? Even the
wind and the sea obey him."
The Gospel of the Lord.
THE LORD'S DAY AT HOME
If you are housebound or self-isolating at this time, please use these prayers
to unite yourself with the worship of the Universal Church, and your own parish,
this Sunday. If alone, read or say these prayers quietly to yourself. If with
another, or in a family, someone should read the Gospel and others respond.
It might be suitable to find a special, quiet place at home for your Sunday
prayers.
SAINT
PETER'S AND SAINT BRIDE'S CHURCH SERVICES
Saint
Peter's
All services are live-streamed and public by booking unless otherwise stated. |
Saint
Bride's Church, West Kilbride
All services are public by booking unless otherwise stated. |
|
Saturday
19 June |
Vigil
Mass at 5.30pm for Margaret Taylor at her anniversary and Ann McEwan
who died recently |
|
Sunday
20 June
Twelfth Sunday of the Year |
Holy Mass at 10.30am for our parishes | Holy Mass at 12.15pm |
Monday
21 June
Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga |
Holy Mass at 10.00am for Liz Haveron who died recently | |
Tuesday
22 June
|
Requiem
Mass at 10.00am for Millie Ferguson |
Holy Mass at 10.00am |
Wednesday
23 June
|
Votive
Mass of Saint Joseph at 10.00am for Annie Watt who died recently |
|
Thursday
24 June
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist |
Holy
Mass at 10.00am for Jesse Smith who died recently Private |
|
Friday
25 June
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am for Alex McPherson at his anniversary | Holy Mass at 12 noon |
Saturday
26 June |
Vigil
Mass at 5.30pm for Michael and Karen Fitzpatrick at their anniversaries |
|
Father
Duncan
is assisted by the retired priest, Father Gerry Hamill.
|
Saint
Mary's Church, Saltcoats
All services are live-streamed and public by booking unless otherwise stated. |
Saint
John’s Church, Stevenston
All services are live-streamed and public by booking unless otherwise stated. |
|
Saturday
19 June |
Vigil Mass at 4.30pm | |
Sunday
20 June
Twelfth Sunday of the Year |
Holy
Mass
at 10.00am |
Holy
Mass
at 11.30am |
Monday
21 June
Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga |
||
Tuesday
22 June
|
Holy
Mass
at 10.00am |
|
Wednesday
23 June
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Thursday
24 June
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist |
Holy
Mass at 10.00am |
|
Friday
25 June
|
Holy Mass at 10.00am | |
Saturday
26 June |
Vigil Mass at 4.30pm | |
Canon
Martin Poland is assisted by Father Benjamin Mkeri and Canon
Matt McManus who is retired.
|
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Jim Boyle, Bill Holden, Valerie Bickers, Jean Brawley, Margaret McCabe,
Cathy Garvey, Pat Breen, Miriam Jansen and Ian Hastings;
Millie Ferguson, Annie Watt, Jesse Smith and Liz Haveron (Renfrewshire)
who died recently;
Margaret Boyd 2005, Gertrude Cunningham 2008, Mary Bridget Magee 1988, James
Lane 1995, Catherine Robertson 2015, Susan Watson 2002, Rosie Benson 1995,
Agnes Delahunt 1936, Margaret Donnelly 1953, Mary Leishman 1997, Ronald
McKay 2008, Shiela Kearney, Mamie Scotland, Frank Tracy 2007, Marade Ballantyne
1991, John Flood 2003, Bill Mathieson 2014, Greta Murphy 1973, George Russell
2005, Ben Walsh 1985, Harry Boyle 2006, Fredrick Davis 2015, Michael Fitzpatrick
2006, Elizabeth Paterson and Joseph Sammons 1954 whose anniversaries occur
at this time and those who are sick.
If deceased members of your family are not on our anniversary
list, please tell Father
Duncan, the parish office
or contact WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterinChains.net. If members
of your family or friends are in need of our prayers, please tell Father
Duncan or the parish office.
FEED YOUR SOUL - RENEWING OUR PARISH COMMUNITIES
Pope Saint John Paul II wrote 'the definitive aim of catechesis is to put
people not only in touch but in communion, in intimacy, with Jesus Christ.
Only he can lead us to the love of the Father in the Spirit and make us
share in the life of the Holy Trinity.' Catechesis is oriented toward forming
persons who get to know Jesus Christ and his Gospel of liberating salvation
ever better, who live a profound encounter with him and who choose his own
way of life and his very sentiments, striving to realise, in the situations
in which we live, the mission of Christ, which is the proclamation of the
kingdom of God.
REQUIEM
MASS FOR MILLIE FERGUSON
Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of Millie Ferguson who died on Wednesday
9 June 2021 aged 97 years. Her Requiem Mass, which will be live-streamed
on Tuesday 22 June at 10.00am, will be followed by her interment at Ardrossan
Cemetery. May she rest in peace and rise in glory!
IN AND AROUND SAINT PETER'S
A lot of work has been done in the grounds with the treatment of weeds and
the planting of new hardy plants at the front door. The door at the back
of the Church from the car park, now unused, has been repaired and repainted.
Two new table-shelves have been placed in the choir loft to accommodate
the camera technology et cetera. Sincere thanks for the hard work.
SAINT PETER'S PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING
The Parish Pastoral Council have been invited to attend a meeting on Thursday
24 June at 7.00pm in the Lesser Hall of the Parish Centre. Council members
are asked to contact the parish office to confirm their attendance.
IN AND AROUND SAINT BRIDE'S
The Church painting continued last week with the bulk of the work completed
now. Some doors et cetera will be tackled this week. There is an attempt
to repair a severely damaged monstrance donated by parishioners many years
ago. We managed to locate a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the
left side of the Church. Sincere thanks for the hard work.
SAINT BRIDE'S 100 CLUB WINNERS
The winners of the last two 100 Club draws are Janet Ferguson and Peter
Ross. Each will win £26.50 - well done! The new season starts on 1
July. The subscription for the new year is still only £12 and is due
on 3 July. We are so grateful to those members who have supported the Club
over the years. We would be delighted to welcome new members to help boost
the numbers and funds. Half of the money goes to our Church funds and half
to our members by monthly draws. Envelopes will be available from Tuesday
29 June. Thank you.
SAINT BRIDE'S - THE FUTURE AHEAD FOR OUR PARISH
We are all hoping and praying that we shall soon be returning to Church
in a more liberal way to nurture our faith and share that faith with our
friends in West Kilbride. In order that we are prepared in some way for
this development, I would like to invite you to come along to what will
then be our lovely newly painted church on Monday 21 June at 7.00pm for
a discussion till no later than 9.00 I do hope you will be able to attend
and really look forward to seeing you then. Thank you.
PETER'S PENCE There will be a special collection next weekend, 26 and 27
June for Peter's Pence.
PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in this Holy Sacrament of the altar.
I love you above all things and I passionately desire to receive you into
my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come spiritually
into my soul so that I may unite myself wholly to you now and forever. Amen.
INNER HEALING OF WOUNDS - HURTS
Inner healing is asking Jesus to go back to the time when we were wounded
- ( that now we can become free. This implies two steps - to bring to light
those things which have wounded us, we need to ask oneself certain questions
which generally will reveal the basic wounds - hurts - for which we must
pray.
1 When did all this begin? Was it a happy
childhood? Many of the more profound wounds - hurts - go back to the first
two or three years of one's life, or better said, to the time in which we
were more vulnerable and less capable of defending ourselves. But it is
also true that some have received their wounds - hurts - later on in school.
2 What caused the wound - hurt? Often,
the answer to the first question already reveals the reasons for the old
wounds - hurts. Many of them stem from a rejection or a broken relationship.
Particularly important are our relationships with our parents. If the mother
did not caress the child sufficiently, if the father would return home from
work tired and would hardly speak to the child or punished him or her severely,
if there were too many children for a sickly mother and she did not have
time to show them affection or if one of the parents died when the child
was very young. All of these painful experiences leave wounds (hurts) which
deeply affect the basic emotions of the person.
Pray to the Lord that He heal us of these wounds - hurts. If we are able
to remember how and why everything began, then we ask Jesus to accompany
us into the past. He, as Lord of the times, is capable of doing what we
cannot do. He can heal these wounds - hurts - from the past which still
cause us suffering, sometimes immediately. After having prayed for the healing
of the wound - hurt - negative aspect of the healing, we can ask the Lord
to fill, in a positive way, our life with all that which we were missing.
Given that we have a very profound need for love, the conclusion of the
prayer for inner healing is, generally, to fill all the empty confines of
our heart with the love of God. Inner healing renders a great deal of peace
and joy to the person. It is a shame that so few understand and practice
this type of prayer. Thus, speaking simply, we can say that we place the
purification of the sub-conscience into the hands of the Lord, asking him
to cure the wounds - hurts.
COME BACK TO MASS
The past fifteen months have been a time of crisis and deep challenge for
our country and they have been a particular trial for the Catholics. During
this terrible Covid period, many of us have been compelled to fast from
attendance at Mass and the reception of the Eucharist. Now that the doors
of our Churches are commencing to open wide, I would like to urge every
Catholic reading these words - Come back to Mass! Why is the Mass of such
central importance? The Second Vatican Council eloquently teaches that the
Eucharist is the 'source and summit of the Christian life' - which is to
say, that from which authentic Christianity comes and toward which it tends.
It is the alpha and the omega of the spiritual life, both the path and the
goal of Christian discipleship. The Church Fathers consistently taught that
the Eucharist is sustenance for eternal life. They meant that in the measure
that we internalise the Body and Blood of Jesus, we are readied for life
with him in the next world. Thomas Aquinas said that all of the other sacraments
contain the virtus Christi - the power of Christ - but that the Eucharist
contains ipse Christus - Christ himself - and this would help to explain
why Saint Thomas could never make it through the Mass without shedding copious
tears. It is precisely at the Mass that we are privileged to receive this
incomparable gift. It is precisely at the Mass that we take in this indispensable
sustenance. Without it, we starve to death spiritually. A key feature of
the Mass is precisely our coming together as a community. As we speak, pray,
sing and respond together, we realise our identity as the Mystical Body
of Jesus. During the liturgy, the priest functions in persona Christi -
in the very person of Christ - and the baptised in attendance join themselves
symbolically to Christ the head and together offer worship to the Father.
If I might signal the importance of the Mass in a more negative manner,
the Church has consistently taught that baptised Catholics are morally obligated
to attend Mass on Sunday and that the conscious missing of Mass, in the
absence of a valid excuse, is mortally sinful. I understand that this language
makes many people today uncomfortable but it shouldn't, for it is perfectly
congruent with everything we have said about the Mass to this point. If
the Eucharistic liturgy is, in fact, the source and summit of the Christian
life, the privileged encounter with Jesus Christ, the moment when the Mystical
Body most fully expresses itself, the setting for the reception of the bread
of heaven-then we are indeed putting ourselves, spiritually speaking, in
mortal danger when we actively stay away from it. Just as a physician might
observe that you are endangering your life by eating fatty foods, smoking,
and refraining from exercise, so a doctor of the soul will tell you that
abstaining from the Mass is compromising your spiritual health. Come back
to Mass! And might I suggest that you bring someone with you, someone who
has been away too long or has perhaps been lulled into complacency during
Covid? Let your own Eucharistic hunger awaken an evangelical impulse in
you. Bring in people from the highways and byways. Invite your co-workers
and family members. Wake up the kids on Sunday morning. Turn off your computers.
Come back to Mass!
THE FENCE MAN
There was a large group of people gathered. On one side of the group stood
a man, Jesus. On the other side stood another, Satan. Separating them was
a fence running through the group. The scene set, both Jesus and Satan began
calling to people in the group. One by one, each having made up his or her
own mind, they went to either Jesus or Satan. This kept going for a time.
Soon enough, Jesus had gathered around him a group of people from the larger
crowd as did Satan. One man joined neither group. He climbed the fence that
was there and sat on it. Jesus and his people left and disappeared and so
too did Satan and his people. The man on the fence sat alone. As this man
sat, Satan came back, looking for something which he appeared to have lost.
The man said "Have you lost something?" Satan looked straight
at him and replied "No, but there you are. Come with me." The
man said "But I sat on the fence. I chose neither you nor Jesus."
Satan said "That's okay. I own the fence." 'Whoever is not with
me is against me.' - Jesus in Matthew 12:30
JUST FOR A LAUGH ...
A man dies and goes to heaven. Of course, Saint Peter meets him at the pearly
gates. Saint Peter says "Here's how it works. You need 100 points to
make it into heaven. You tell me all the good things you've done and I give
you a certain number of points for each item, depending on how good it was.
When you reach 100 points, you get in." "Okay" the man says
"I was married to the same woman for 50 years and never cheated on
her, even in my heart." "That's wonderful" says Saint Peter
"that's worth three points!" "Three points?" he says.
"Well, I attended Church all my life and supported its ministry with
my donations and support." "Terrific!" says Saint Peter "that's
certainly worth a point." "One point? Golly. How about this -
I started a soup kitchen in my city and worked in a shelter for homeless
veterans." "Fantastic, that's good for two more points,"
he says. "Two points!!" the man cries "At this rate the only
way I get into heaven is by the grace of God!" "Come on in!"
PARISH STEWARDSHIP
Saint Bride's
Offertory collection last weekend amounted to £114.00 and Saint Peter's
to £701.44. Many thanks for your support and generosity.
STANDING ORDERS
Please consider taking out a Standing Order. It would be of great benefit
to our parishes. Forms are available from the parish office, Ardrossan@GallowayDiocese.org.uk
and 01294 464063.
PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
Canon Matt
has signed up to go on a five-day pilgrimage to Lourdes for the Feast of
the Immaculate Conception on 8 December. Travel restrictions permitting,
the flight will be from Edinburgh. Full details are available from Northern
Star Travel Limited at www.NorthernStarTravel.com
and 0161 773 2115.
HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY
If a member of your family or a friend is sick, please let us know and give
us the details. Deacon Bill Corbett (01292 521208, 07904 248948, Rev.BillCorbett@btinternet.com)
is the Chaplain to Crosshouse Hospital and is assisted by the Priest on
call each week.
ADVERTISER SUPPORT
Our advertisers would welcome your support. We are grateful for their continuing
sponsorship. We are grateful for the support of Mr and Mrs Sohal, Nisa Stores,
Glasgow Street for the weekly donation of tea, coffee and milk for the Sunday
teas.
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS - MISSION STATEMENT
The Catholic Church in Scotland is concerned with the lives, safety, wholeness
and well-being of each individual person within God's purpose for everyone.
It seeks to safeguard the welfare of people of all ages who are involved
in whatever capacity with
the Church and its organisations. As a Church community, we accept that
it is the responsibility of all of us, ordained, professed, paid and
voluntary members, to work together to prevent the physical, sexual, emotional
abuse or neglect of children, young people and vulnerable adults.