BULLETIN 1
JULY 2007
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
Saturday
30 June | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
Sunday
1 July | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
Monday
2 July | Mass at 7.00 pm for Father Michael Lynch |
Tuesday
3 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Stuart McDonald |
Wednesday
4 July | Mass at 10.00 am for a special intention - TOB |
Thursday
5 July | Mass at 7.00 for Paddy Codd |
Friday
6 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Janet Smyth |
Saturday
7 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Nora Ramsay |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Monday
2 July | 7.00
pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm | Saint
Vincent de Paul Society |
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:
Frank Tracy, Nanette Snyder and
Ella Killen who died recently;
Patrick Burns 2000, Hugh Brodie
1964, 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,
Patrick Tourish 1986,
Ryan Fleming 2002 and Teresa Usher
2006
whose
anniversaries occur at this time and
Leanne Montgomerie and
Kevin Gallagher and
Ann Cartwright and Derek McEvoy who were
married recently.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £870.80 - 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 £315.97.
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
CENTRE DONATION
Many
thanks to the Saint Vincent
de Paul Society for their donation of £100 for the use of the Parish
Centre.
PETER'S
PENCE
There will be a special collection at all Masses this weekend for Peter's
Pence.
ANNIVERSARY
MASS FOR FATHER LYNCH
Mass
will be celebrated for the third anniversary of Father
Michael Lynch's death on Monday 2 July at 7.00 pm.
SEA
SUNDAY
Next Sunday is Sea Sunday. Envelopes are available at the stall if you
wish to make a donation. Please pray for all who work at sea and their families.
PARISH
CENTRE
During the month of July, the Parish Centre will be closed to allow
the floor in the main hall to be treated and maintained. As a result, there will
be no teas and coffees after 10.00 am Mass on Sundays.
REFURBISHING THE
BLESSED SACRAMENT CHAPEL
£120
raised at the African Night on 23 June brings the total collected for the refurbishment
of the Blessed Sacrament
Chapel to £4595. Thanks very much.
THE
INNOCENTS
A box is available in the porch for baby goods, for example, talcum
powder, lotion, shampoo
and so on for The Innocents.
GOING
INTO HOSPITAL
If you are going into hospital, please let the staff know you
are a Roman Catholic in order that the Chaplain can be informed. The hospital
does not routinely inform the chaplain about Catholic patients.
READERS
More
people are required to read at 10.00 am Mass. If you can help, please volunteer.
SAINT
MICHAEL'S COLLEGE AND ACADEMY
A Celebration Book, Saint Michael's College and
Academy 1921-2007 is available at the stall at a cost of £5.00.
THANKS
Henrietta
McGonigle would like to thank everyone who offered her good wishes after her recent
stay in hospital. She is now keeping well again.
MARIE
LINDSAY
As many of you know, Mrs Marie Lindsay came with me to Ardrossan as
housekeeper. Marie worked in the house in Kilwinning for about eighteen years
and agreed to move with me to help me settle in Ardrossan. The first move was
to the house in Seamill then to Barrie Terrace and then eventually to Saint Peter's
Presbytery a year ago. Marie's husband, Jim, is retired, her daughter, Clare,
has a little boy and Marie's mother in Glasgow is frail. All of them need a little
more time from Marie. Her decision to leave is the right one. I am grateful to
Marie for the help and friendship she has given for so many years. Patricia O'Neil,
also from outside the parish, has agreed to give the job of keeping house here
in Saint Peter's a trial period.
BENEDICTINE
MONASTERY, 5 MACKERSTON PLACE, LARGS
Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament
Daily in our Chapel
from 6.30 am to 8.15 pm
Retreats
Come
for a retreat in your own time or as a group. Be directed or be alone.
Guest
House
We have a Christian guest house available
to all.
Christian
Heritage Museum
Monasticism
Displays
illustrating the story of monastic life
A
vivid account of the history of monastic houses in the South West
Vestments
A
permanent display of beautiful embroidered vestments from France and Dumfries
Priory
Café
Light
refreshments and home baking served in the Museum
Open
daily Easter to September 10.00 am - 5.00 pm and from October to Easter by appointment
All
money raised in the Guest House or Café goes straight to the upkeep of
the Monastery.
The saints are the sinners who keep going. |
Sometimes
your medicine bottle has 'Shake well before using.' on it. That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable. |
Count
your blessings. Once you realise how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage and confidence. |
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
Kings
19:16.19-21
The
Lord said to Elijah: Go, you are to anoint Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel Meholah,
as prophet to succeed you. Leaving there, Elijah came on Elisha son of Shaphat
as he was ploughing behind twelve yoke of oxen, he himself being with the twelfth.
Elijah passed near to him and threw his cloak over him. Elisha left his oxen and
ran after Elijah. Let me kiss my father and mother, then I will follow you he
said. Elijah answered, Go, go back; for have I done anything to you? Elisha turned
away, took the pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He used the plough for cooking
the oxen, then gave to his men, who ate. He then rose, and followed Elijah and
became his servant.
Second
Reading
Galatians
5:1.13-18
When
Christ freed us, he meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not
submit again to the yoke of slavery. My brothers, you were called, as you know,
to liberty; but be careful, or this liberty will provide an opening for self-indulgence.
Serve one another, rather, in works of love, since the whole of the Law is summarised
in a single command: Love your neighbour as yourself. If you go snapping at each
other and tearing each other to pieces, you had better watch or you will destroy
the whole community. Let me put it like this: if you are guided by the Spirit
you will be in no danger of yielding to self-indulgence, since self-indulgence
is the opposite of the Spirit, the Spirit is totally against such a thing, and
it is precisely because the two are so opposed that you do not always carry out
your good intentions. If you are led by the Spirit no law can touch you.
Gospel
Luke
9:51-62
As the time drew near for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely
took the road for Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and
they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people
would not receive him because he was making for Jerusalem. Seeing this, the disciples
James and John said, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven
to burn them up?" But he turned and rebuked them, and they went off to another
village. As they travelled along they met a man on the road who said to him, "I
will follow you wherever you go." Jesus answered, "Foxes have holes
and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his
head." Another to whom he said, "Follow me," replied, "Let
me go and bury my father first." But he answered, "Leave the dead to
bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God."
Another said, "I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say good-bye
to my people at home." Jesus said to him, "Once the hand is laid on
the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.".