BULLETIN 29
JULY 2007
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN YEAR 3
CHURCH SERVICES
| Saturday
28 July | Confession
on request from 4.30 to 5.15 pm |
|
Sunday
29 July | Sunday
Mass at 10.00 am Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon |
| Monday
30 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Eileen Mathieson and Alice Gibbons |
|
Tuesday
31 July | Mass at 10.00 am for Agnes Douglas |
| Wednesday
1 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Peter Murray |
| Thursday
2 August | Mass at 7.00 for Margaret Monaghan |
| Friday
3 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Margaret Ferguson |
| Saturday
4 August | Mass at 10.00 am for Ella Killen |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
| Monday
30 July | 7.00
pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm | Saint
Vincent de Paul Society |
Saturday
4 August | 12.00 noon to 6.00 pm | Special Needs Families |
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:
Bobby McLaren and Ian Boyle who
died recently;
Eileen Mathieson 2003, Jordan Walsh 1998,
John McQuaid 2004,
Alice Gibbons 1997, George Tonner 1931,
George Pettigrew 1988,
Isabelle Rennie 2004, Robert Tumilty
1981, Laurence Hamilton 1998,
Margaret McGinness 2004 and
William Tumilty 1980
whose anniversaries occur at this time
and Sophie
McVey who was
baptised recently.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted
to £848.15 - 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 £324.10 - 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.
THANKS
Margaret
Finnegan and family would like to thank all those who gave Sympathy Cards, Mass
Cards and Floral Tributes, donations to the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel and attended Gavin's funeral. It was all very much appreciated.
REFURBISHING
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
CHAPEL
Donations amounting to £257.50 in memory of Gavin Finnegan
bring the total collected for the refurbishment of the Blessed
Sacrament Chapel to £4992.50.
THE
INNOCENTS
The Innocents urgently require a sterilising unit and baby monitor.
If you can help please phone Josephine. A box is also available in the porch for
baby goods, for example, talcum powder, lotion, shampoo and so on.
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.
SCOTTISH
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF - PLEASE CAN YOU HELP?
Scottish International Relief
(SIR) works with some of the poorest people
in the third world countries such as Malawi, Liberia, Peru, Ecuador, India and
Uganda, amongst others. SIR offers help by collecting unwanted clothes, bedding,
bric-a-brac and tools. They then send the goods donated as aid or raise funds
through shops for overseas projects. SIR will be visiting Saint Peter's on Saturday
15 and Sunday 16 September. There will be more details nearer the time. Photographs
of the last two years' visits by Scottish
International Relief are on the Pictures
page.
COFFEE
MORNING
Montgomerie Court Residents are having a Coffee Morning in the Parish
Centre on Saturday 18 August at 10.30 am. There will be bric-a-brac, books, home
baking, a bottle stall, tombola and so on. Tickets cost £1.00.
SAINT
MATTHEW'S ACADEMY TIES
Saint Matthew's Academy ties are available from the
Parish Office.
UNEMPLOYED
GRADUATE
An unemployed graduate woke up one morning and checked his pocket.
All he had left was £10. He decided to use it to buy food and then wait
for death as he was too proud to go begging. He was frustrated as he could find
no job and nobody was ready to help him. He bought food and as he sat down to
eat, an old man and two little children came along and asked him to help them
with food as they had not eaten for almost a week. He looked at them. They were
so lean that he could see their bones coming out. Their eyes had gone into the
socket. With the last bit of compassion he had, he gave them the food. The old
man and children prayed that God would bless and prosper him and then gave him
a very old coin. The young graduate said to them "You need the prayer more
than I do". With no money, no job, no food, the young graduate went under
the bridge to rest and wait for death. As he was about to sleep, he saw an old
newspaper on the ground. He picked it up, and suddenly he saw an advertisement
for people with old coins to come to a certain address. He decided to go there
with the old coin the old man gave him. On getting to the place, he gave the proprietor
the coin. The proprietor screamed, brought out a big book and showed the young
graduate a photograph. This same old coin was worth three million pounds. The
young graduate was overjoyed as the proprietor gave him a cheque for three million
pounds within an hour. He collected the cheque and went in search of the old man
and little children. By the time he got to where he left them eating, they had
gone. He asked the owner of the canteen if he knew them. He said no but they left
a note for you. He quickly opened the note thinking it would lead him to find
them. This is what the note said: "You gave us your all and we have rewarded
you back with the coin". Signed God the Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost.
Have
you given all to Jesus Christ? If you haven't, do so today and he will surprise
you.
|
CHOICE Be
the change you want to see happen, instead of trying to change everyone else. |
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 Genesis 18:20-32
The
Lord said, How great an outcry there is against Sodom and Gomorrah! How grievous
is their sin! I propose to go down and see whether or not they have done all that
is alleged in the outcry against them that has come up to me. I am determined
to know. The men left there and went to Sodom while Abraham remained standing
before the Lord. Approaching him he said, Are you really going to destroy the
just man with the sinner? Perhaps there are fifty just men in the town. Will you
really overwhelm them, will you not spare the place for the fifty just men in
it? Do not think of doing such a thing: to kill the just man with the sinner,
treating just and sinner alike! Do not think of it! Will the judge of the whole
earth not administer justice? The Lord replied, If at Sodom I find fifty just
men in the town, I will spare the whole place because of them. Abraham replied,
I am bold indeed to speak like this to my Lord, I who am dust and ashes. But perhaps
the fifty just men lack five: will you destroy the whole city for five? No, he
replied I will not destroy it if I find forty-five just men there. Again Abraham
said to him, Perhaps there will only be forty there. I will not do it he replied
for the sake of the forty. Abraham said, I trust my Lord will not be angry, but
give me leave to speak: perhaps there will only be thirty there. I will not do
it he replied if I find thirty there. He said, I am bold indeed to speak like
this, but perhaps there will only be twenty there. I will not destroy it he replied
for the sake of the twenty. He said, I trust my Lord will not be angry if I speak
once more: perhaps there will only be ten. I will not destroy it he replied for
the sake of the ten.
Second
Reading Colossians
2:12-14
You
have been buried with Christ, when you were baptised; and by baptism, too, you
have been raised up with him through your belief in the power of God who raised
him from the dead. You were dead, because you were sinners and had not been circumcised:
he has brought you to life with him, he has forgiven us all our sins. He has overridden
the Law, and cancelled every record of the debt that we had to pay; he has done
away with it by nailing it to the cross.
Gospel
Luke 11:1-13
Once
Jesus was in a certain place praying, and when he had finished, one of his disciples
said, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." He
said to them, "Say this when you pray: 'Father, may your name be held holy,
your kingdom come; give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive each one who is in debt to us. And do not put us to the
test.'" 'He also said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend and
goes to him in the middle of the night to say, 'My friend, lend me three loaves,
because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have
nothing to offer him'; and the man answers from inside the house, 'Do not bother
me. The door is bolted now, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up
to give it to you.' I tell you, if the man does not get up and give it him for
friendship's sake, persistence will be enough to make him get up and give his
friend all he wants. So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search,
and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one who
asks always receives; the one who searches always finds; the one who knocks will
always have the door opened to him. What father among you would hand his son a
stone when he asked for bread? Or hand him a snake instead of a fish? Or hand
him a scorpion if he asked for an egg? If you then, who are evil, know how to
give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to those who ask him!".