BULLETIN
2
JULY 2006
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
|
Saturday
1 July | Confession
on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for Anne McCabe |
|
Sunday
2 July | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
3 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Father Michael Lynch |
|
Tuesday
4 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Hang Heng |
|
Wednesday
5 July | Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention |
| Thursday
6 July | Mass at 7.00 pm for Ellen Hamilton |
| Friday
7 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Peter Walsh |
|
Saturday
8 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Sam Bannon |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Sunday
2 July | 10.00
am 11.00 am 1.00 pm |
Children's Liturgy |
|
Monday
3 July | 7.00
pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm 7.45 pm |
Saint
Vincent de Paul Society |
| Tuesday
4 July |
7.30 pm |
Keep Fit |
| Wednesday
5 July |
9.00 to 5.00 pm | Quarrier's
Homes Training Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club |
IF
YOU ARE HERE ON HOLIDAY, YOU ARE VERY WELCOME; IF
YOU ARE GOING ON HOLIDAY, ENJOY YOUR BREAK.
PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
Michael Fitzpatrick, Margaret
Burns, Henry Boyle and Gerry Tracy who died recently;
Father
Michael Lynch 2004, Mary Tonner 1936, James Brennan 1963,
Kathleen Robertson 2005, Oliviero Agostini 1940, Thomas Magee 1995,
Margaret Fisher 2005, Rosetta McKay 1994, Ian Moran 1975, Ryan Fleming 2002,
and Joseph Armstrong 1998 whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
and those who are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £689.22
- 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 £312.46
- 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.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO MONSIGNOR PETER MAGEE
The community of Saint Peter in Chains offers its congratulations to Monsignor
Peter Magee on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the Priesthood.
Ad multos Annos.
GALLOWAY NEWSLETTER
Free copies of the Galloway
Newsletter are available at the stall.
ORDINATION OF MARK KELLY
We
offer congratulations and prayers to Mark Kelly who was ordained to the Priesthood
on Friday at Saint Quivox Church, Prestwick.
FATHER
LYNCH ANNIVERSARY MASS
Mass will be celebrated for the second Anniversary
of Father Michael Lynch's death on Monday 3 July at 7.00 pm followed by tea and
coffee in the Parish Centre.
SEA SUNDAY
Next Sunday is Sea Sunday. Please pray for all who work at
sea and their families. Envelopes are available at the stall for anyone wishing
to make a donation to the Apostleship of the Sea.
LOST
BRACELET
A bracelet has been found in the church and can be claimed at the
stall.
SAINT
ANDREW'S ACADEMY NEWSLETTER
Copies of Saint Andrew's Academy newsletter are
available at the stall.
CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF SAINT PETER AND PAUL ON 29 JUNE 2006
Father
Matt wishes to offer his personal thanks to everyone who made the Feast day,
and the official opening of the new presbytery, such a happy event. Bishop Cunningham
was prevented by illness from attending, Bishop Taylor had a pre-arranged appointment
but Cardinal O'Brien and so many of the 'native' and local priests were most welcome
guests. The thanks of the parish community go to Shaun McLaughlin of D McLaughlin
and Sons, Builders, Iain Kirkpartick the Diocesan Property Manager, Paddy Cronin
of McMillan and Cronin Architects and to the many site workers for their kindness
and efficiency during the building process. Father
Matt is most grateful to everyone who works so hard for the parish and who
kept 'the show on the road' over the past two years.
MAKE
A DIFFERENCE
Everyone
assumes that the opposite of love is hate but a moment's reflection will lead
us to see that the true opposite of love is not hate but indifference. However
bad hate may be, it still treats people as people, whereas indifference treats
them as things, not people at all. One thing is worse than the evil we see around
us and that is indifference to it. The lowest point to which any man or woman
can sink when confronted with the effects of evil is to say, "I couldn't
care less.". The great virtue of live is that it does care and furthermore,
want to do something about the evil, even if the doing is a costly business.
| Worry is the interest paid on trouble before it becomes due. |
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
Wisdom
1:13-15; 2:23-24
Death
was not God's doing; he takes no pleasure in the extinction of the living. To
be - for this he created all; the worlds created things have health in them, in
them no fatal poison can be found, and Hades holds no power on earth; for virtue
is undying. Yet God did make man imperishable, he made him in the image of his
own nature; it was the devils envy that brought death into the world, as those
who are his partners will discover.
Second
Reading
2
Corinthians 8:7.9.13-15
You always have the most of everything - of faith,
of eloquence, of understanding, of keenness for any cause, and the biggest share
of our affection - so we expect you to put the most into this work of mercy too.
Remember how generous the Lord Jesus was: he was rich, but he became poor for
your sake, to make you rich out of his poverty. This does not mean that to give
relief to others you ought to make things difficult for yourselves: it is a question
of balancing what happens to be your surplus now against their present need, and
one day they may have something to spare that will supply your own need. That
is how we strike a balance: as scripture says: The man who gathered much had none
too much, the man who gathered little did not go short.
Gospel
Mark
5:21-43
When
Jesus had crossed in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered round
him and he stayed by the lakeside. Then one of the synagogue officials came up,
Jairus by name, and seeing him, fell at his feet and pleaded with him earnestly,
saying, "My little daughter is desperately sick. Do come and lay your hands
on her to make her better and save her life." Jesus went with him and a large
crowd followed him; they were pressing all round him. Now there was a woman who
had suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years; after long and painful treatment
under various doctors, she had spent all she had without being any the better
for it, in fact, she was getting worse. She had heard about Jesus, and she came
up behind him through the crowd and touched his cloak. 'If I can touch even his
clothes,' she had told herself,"I shall be well again"' And the source
of the bleeding dried up instantly, and she felt in herself that she was cured
of her complaint. Immediately aware that power had gone out from him, Jesus turned
round in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"' His disciples
said to him, "You see how the crowd is pressing round you and yet you say,
'Who touched me?'" But he continued to look all round to see who had done
it. Then the woman came forward, frightened and trembling because she knew what
had happened to her, and she fell at his feet and told him the whole truth. "My
daughter," he said, "your faith has restored you to health; go in peace
and be free from your complaint." While he was still speaking, some people
arrived from the house of the synagogue official to say, "Your daughter is
dead: why put the Master to any further trouble?" But Jesus had overheard
this remark of theirs and he said to the official, "Do not be afraid; only
have faith." And he allowed no one to go with him except Peter and James
and John the brother of James. So they came to the official's house and Jesus
noticed all the commotion, with people weeping and wailing unrestrainedly. He
went in and said to them, "Why all this commotion and crying? The child is
not dead, but asleep." But they laughed at him. So he turned them all out
and, taking with him the child's father and mother and his own companions, he
went into the place where the child lay. And taking the child by the hand he said
to her, "Talitha, kum!" which means, "Little girl, I tell you to
get up." The little girl got up at once and began to walk about, for she
was twelve years old. At this they were overcome with astonishment, and he ordered
them strictly not to let anyone know about it, and told them to give her something
to eat.