BULLETIN
11 SEPTEMBER 2005
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
10 September | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm |
Sunday
11 September | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
12 September | Eucharistic
Service at 10.00 am Reception of the body of Rona McNamara at 7.00 pm |
Tuesday
13 September | Requiem Mass at 10.00 am for Rona McNamara |
Wednesday
14 September | Mass at 10.00 am for John Stewart |
Thursday
15 September | Mass at 7.00 pm for Annie McCormick |
Friday
16 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Walter Jones |
Saturday
17 September | Mass at 10.00 am for Mary McLellan |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
11 September | 11.00 am | Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
12 September | 8.00
to 9.00 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 11.30 to 6.00 pm 5.30 to 6.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Parents and Toddlers Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Rainbows Brownies Saint Vincent de Paul Society Weight Watchers |
Tuesday
13 September | 8.00
to 9.00 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 11.30 to 6.00 pm 1.30 to 3.30 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Country Dancing Keep Fit Ignatian Prayer Group |
Wednesday
14 September | 8.00
to 9.00 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 11.30 to 6.00 pm 5.00 to 6.00 pm 6.30 to 8.30 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds 2 B Slim Special Religious Development (SPRED) Finance Committee |
Thursday
15 September | 8.00
to 9.00 am 9.00 to 11.30 am 11.30 to 6.00 pm 1.00 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for 3 to
5 year olds Nursery Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds Thursday Club Rainbows Brownies Girl Guides |
Friday
16 September |
8.00 to 9.00 am |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Jimmy Grant, Edna Hart
and Rona McNamara who died recently;
Mary Mitchell 2004, Mr and
Mrs Daniel Brown, Bridget McLaughlin 1997,
Jane McKechan 1998,
Mary Crossan 1981, John Burns 1997,
Patrick Joseph O'Hare 1955,
Elizabeth Cawley 1997, John Marshall 2000,
James Lawson 1992,
Mary McLellan 2004, Walter Jones 1985,
John Hazelton 1974 and
Helen Mulhearn 2001
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £661.64
- 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.
RETIRED
PRIESTS COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for retired priests amounted
to £454.35 - 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.
FATHER MATT
SIXTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY AND FORTY YEARS OF PRIESTHOOD
Father
Matt has come to Ardrossan to be our Parish Priest. This year he is celebrating
forty years in the priesthood and this month his sixty-fifth birthday. This is
more than sufficient reason to have a party. Please join us on Saturday 24 September
for a Celebration Mass at 5.30pm and afterwards at a party in the Parish Centre.
There will be a bar, some music and a few surprise items. There will be a toast
and a few words at about 7.00 pm. A light buffet will be available until 9.00
pm. You are welcome to stay for a while or just pop in for some food and a chat.
The Centre will be open until 11.00 pm. Envelopes are available at the stall if
you wish to make a donation to Father's presentation.
SOCIETY
OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL ANNUAL MASS
The Annual Mass for the Sick will be
celebrated by Bishop John Cunningham in the Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr on Wednesday
21 September at 7.30 pm. Tea will be available after Mass in the Cathedral Hall.
Parishioner wishing to attend will be made most welcome. If transport is required,
please contact a member of our Conference as soon as possible.
SAINT
PETER'S WEBSITE
The number of visits to the new Saint Peter's website has
far exceeded expectation. There have been over 1500 hits in less than two months.
The website spans all years of the Church's existence from its opening in 1938
to the present day, the latter through the weekly bulletins. There are over 160
photographs of priests, parishioners and the building. We are keen to add more
pictures and other information. Please try to have a look at the website at www.SaintPeterInChains.net.
If you have photographs, a story or a suggestion, please contact the website author
at WebsiteAuthor@SaintPeterInChains.net.
For example, there may be an interest in starting a wedding photographs page.
If you or your parents were married in Saint Peter's, these photographs could
be included. Your opinions are valued. Thanks to all who have supported the venture.
SPECIAL RELIGIOUS
DEVELOPMENT (SPRED)
The SPRED group needs volunteers to help with the Group.
It meets in the Parish Centre on Wednesday evenings at 7.00 pm. If you would like
more information, please contact Liz Petrie.
GOLDEN
WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS:
Congratulations to Tom and Greta McGreevy on their
Golden Wedding Anniversary on Saturday 10 September.
GLASGOW
PHOENIX CHOIR CONCERT
There will be a concert by Glasgow Phoenix Choir in
Saint Mirin's Cathedral, Paisley on Friday 30 September at 7.30pm. Further details
are on the notice board.
ATHIESM
To the
disciples' delight, the Master said he wanted a new shirt for his birthday. The
finest cloth was bought. The village tailor came in to have the Master measured,
and promised, by the will of God, to make the shirt within a week. A week went
by and a disciple was dispatched to the tailor while the Master excitedly waited
for his shirt. Said the tailor, "There has been a slight delay. But, by the
will of God, it will be ready by tomorrow." Next day the tailor said, "I'm
sorry it isn't done. Try again tomorrow and, if God so wills, it will certainly
be ready." The following day the Master said, "Ask him how long it will
take if he keeps God out of it.".
The
difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. |
Friends
are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. |
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 Ecclesiasticus
27:30 - 28:7
Resentment
and anger, these are foul things, and both are found with the sinner. He who exacts
vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account
of sin. Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you, and when you pray, your sins
will be forgiven. If a man nurses anger against another, can he then demand compassion
from the Lord? Showing no pity for a man like himself, can he then plead for his
own sins? Mere creature of flesh, he cherishes resentment; who will forgive him
his sins? Remember the last things, and stop hating, remember dissolution and
death, and live by the commandments. Remember the commandments, and do not bear
your neighbour ill-will; remember the covenant of the Most High, and overlook
the offence.
Second
Reading
Romans
14:7-9
The
life and death of each of us has its influence on others; if we live, we live
for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord, so that alive or dead we belong
to the Lord. This explains why Christ both died and came to life, it was so that
he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Gospel
Matthew
18:21-35
Peter
went up to Jesus and said, "Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if
he wrongs me? As often as seven times?" Jesus answered, "Not seven,
I tell you, but seventy-seven times." And so the kingdom of heaven may be
compared to a king who decided to settle his accounts with his servants. When
the reckoning began, they brought him a man who owed ten thousand talents; but
he had no means of paying, so his master gave orders that he should be sold, together
with his wife and children and all his possessions, to meet the debt. At this,
the servant threw himself down at his master's feet. "Give me time"
he said "and I will pay the whole sum." And the servant's master felt
so sorry for him that he let him go and cancelled the debt. Now as this servant
went out, he happened to meet a fellow servant who owed him one hundred denarii;
and he seized him by the throat and began to throttle him. "Pay what you
owe me" he said. His fellow servant fell at his feet and implored him, saying,
"Give me time and I will pay you." But the other would not agree; on
the contrary, he had him thrown into prison till he should pay the debt. His fellow
servants were deeply distressed when they saw what had happened, and they went
to their master and reported the whole affair to him. Then the master sent for
him. "You wicked servant," he said "I cancelled all that debt of
yours when you appealed to me. Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your
fellow servant just as I had pity on you?" And in his anger the master handed
him over to the torturers till he should pay all his debt. "And that is how
my heavenly Father will deal with you unless you each forgive your brother from
your heart."