BULLETIN
19
NOVEMBER 2006
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 2
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
18 November | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm for James Cummings |
Sunday
19 November | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
20 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
Tuesday
21 November | Mass at 10.00 am for Sal McAtee |
Wednesday
22 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
Thursday
23 November | Mass at 7.00 pm for Hugh Welsh |
Friday
24 November | Mass at 10.00 am for Rose Anne McDonald |
Saturday
25 November | Mass at 10.00 am for the Holy Souls |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
19 November | 10.00
am 10.00 am 11.00 am |
Children's Liturgy |
Monday
20 November | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.00 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm 2.00 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 6.30 to 8.00 pm 7.00 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
Tuesday
21 November |
8.00 to 5.30 pm |
Wrap-around Care for
3 to 5 year olds |
Wednesday
22 November |
8.00 to 5.30 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Kindergarten Nursery Kindergarten Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds Burakudo Karate Club Special Religious Development (SPRED) |
Thursday
23 November | 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 1.00 to 3.00 pm 6.00 to 7.30 pm 6.00 to 8.00 pm 7.30 to 9.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds |
Friday
24 November | 8.00
to 5.30 pm 9.00 to 11.30 am 9.30 to 11.30 am 12.30 to 3.00 pm | Wrap-around
Care for 3 to 5 year olds Nursery Parents and Toddlers Nursery |
Saturday
25 November | 8.00 to 11.00 pm | An Evening of Fun and Scottish Folk Music |
PRAYERS
Please
remember in your prayers:
May Duncan, Jihad Abdallah, Mary Dalziel
and Daniel Murray
who died recently
James
Smith 1999, Father
Paul O'Brien 1999, Annie Boyle O'Hare 1967,
Alice Tomelty
2000, Father Frank Kiernan 1989, Joseph Smith 2002,
Robert
Stevenson 1962, John Carry 1997, Canon George McCafferty 2000,
Patrick
Gerald Burns 2003, Karen Sharon Byrne 2003, Elizabeth McDougall 1948,
Monsignor
Frank Duffy 2000 and Mary McNally 2004
whose
anniversaries occur at this time;
Calum Andrew Graham and
Andrew McAuliffe who were baptised recently;
and those who
are sick.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to
£704.86 - 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 £330.33
- 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.
PARISH
SOCIAL
The next Parish Social is An
Evening of Fun and Scottish Folk Music on Saturday 25 November at 8 pm. The
main entertainer will be Stephen Quigg, a former parishioner. As well as being
a member of one of Scotland's foremost folk groups, The McCalmans, Stephen is
an accomplished and popular solo singer. Michael McCulloch and George McGrattan
will also sing as a duo. There will be a bar, food, a quiz, laughter and time
for blethering. Tickets, costing £4, are available from Kate, Donna or the
stall.
PIOUS OBJECT STALL
Raffle tickets costing 50p each are on sale
at the pious object stall for a porcelain Nativity Set. The draw will take place
at the Sunday Teas on 17 December.
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Stephen Cowan is
planning the music for the 8.30 pm Christmas Vigil Mass. He is looking for the
help of past, present - and new - choir members. It involves a rehearsal for the
next few Tuesdays at 7.00 pm. Come along to the Church this Tuesday and help Stephen
- who is helping us until we find a replacement for Gordon Stevenson.
NOVEMBER
LISTS
November Lists are available at the stall. Please take one and return
to the basket in front of the Altar.
BOOK
OF THE DEAD
During the month of November, the Book of the Dead will be in front
of the Blessed Sacrament
Chapel. Please add the names of your deceased family and friends.
SAINT
MICHAEL'S MAGAZINES - NOW ON COMPACT DISC
A CD has been produced to celebrate
the success of the staff and pupils of Saint Michael's College, Irvine and Saint
Michael's Academy, Kilwinning from 1921 to 2007. It contains all twelve school
magazines produced from 1957 to 1990. Copies cost £5 each and all profits
will be divided between Father Martin Chambers' Mission in Ecuador and the Scottish
Catholic International Aid Fund. Please order your copy from John Walsh.
COMFORT
FOR THOSE WHO MOURN
The great and sad mistake of many people, among them even
pious persons, is to image that those whom death has taken leave us. They remain!
Where are they? In darkness? Oh, no! It is we who are in darkness. We do not see
them but they see us. Their eyes, radiant with glory, are fixed upon our eyes
full of tears. Oh, infinite consolation! Though invisible to us, our dead are
not absent. I have often reflected upon the surest comfort for those who mourn.
It is this: a firm faith in the real and continual presence of our loved ones;
it is a clear and penetrating conviction that death has not destroyed them, nor
carried them away. They are not even absent, but living near to us, transfigured
having lost in their glorious change no delicacy of their souls, no tenderness
of their hearts, nor especial preference in their affection; on the contrary,
having depth and fervour of devotion grown larger a hundredfold. Death is for
the good a translation into light, into power, into love. Those who on earth we
only ordinary Christians, become prefect; those who were beautiful become good;
those who were good become sublime.
O
Holy Spirit, please: - replace the tension within me with holy relaxation - replace the turbulence within me with a sacred calm - replace the anxiety within me with a quiet confidence - replace the fear within me with a strong faith - replace the bitterness within me with the sweetness of your grace - replace the darkness within me with a gentle light - replace the coldness within me with a gentle warmth |
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
Daniel
12:1-3
At
that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who mounts guard over your people.
There is going to be a time of great distress, unparalleled since nations first
came into existence. When that time comes, your own people will be spared, all
those whose names are found written in the Book. Of those who lie sleeping in
the dust of the earth many will awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame
and everlasting disgrace. The learned will shine as brightly as the vault of heaven,
and those who have instructed many in virtue, as bright as stars for all eternity.
Second
Reading
Hebrews
10:11-14.18
All
the priests stand at their duties every day, offering over and over again the
same sacrifices which are quite incapable of taking sins away. Christ, on the
other hand, has offered one single sacrifice for sins, and then taken his place
for ever, at the right hand of God, where he is now waiting until his enemies
are made into a footstool for him. By virtue of that one single offering, he has
achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying. When all sins have
been forgiven, there can be no more sin offerings.
Gospel
Mark
13:24-32
Jesus said to his disciples: 'In those days, after the time of distress,
the sun will be darkened, the moon will lose its brightness, the stars will come
falling from heaven and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they
will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory; then
too he will send the angels to gather his chosen from the four winds, from the
ends of the world to the ends of heaven. "Take the fig tree as a parable:
as soon as its twigs grow supple and its leaves come out, you know that summer
is near. So with you when you see these things happening: know that he is near,
at the very gates. I tell you solemnly, before this generation has passed away
all these things will have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my
words will not pass away. But as for that day or hour, nobody knows it, neither
the angels of heaven, nor the Son; no one but the Father.".