Our Sunday Gospel through the eyes and words of a young girl.
Prayers for the sick and dying
Mgr Aldo Angelosanto VG has expressed his tremendous sadness at having to work with the existing strictures on consoling those who are suffering and grieving at this time. He called too for prayers for Mgr Hendry, St Mary Magdalene’s, Perth, who was taken into hospital in Easter Week. Yesterday, Bishop Stephen Robson had called for prayers from across the diocese …
Church collections
During the lockdown, some parishioners have been asking about the effect on church finances. The impact is that we are losing every week from Mass collections, boxes in the church, donations and the hire of premises. In addition the second collections – for example our support for the upkeep of the Holy Places and for the Papal and Episcopal Charities …
Gospel for Easter Thursday
Read by Mary O’Duffin
The Easter Gospel
After the Sabbath was over, at dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to visit the tomb… how astonished were they? The Gospel according to St Matthew tells us what happened…
A Good Friday Reflection
from Fr Mike Freyne, St Bernadette’s, Tullibody “Today across the world, millions of Christians will celebrate Good Friday. The day on which Jesus was crucified on the cross. But, you might not feel much like celebrating today. With the world in the grips of crisis, you may feel like God has forsaken you. If so, you’re not alone. As Jesus …
Compline – 29th March
Bishop Stephen leads us in an evening reflection – and the Office of Compline.
Urbi et orbi – “we are facing the storm together”
With great emotion I watched on Rai 1 Italian TV, a lonely Pope in an empty St Peter’s Square, in the pouring rain, deliver a beautiful sermon on the calming of the storm. Two points jumped out: we are all, believers and unbelievers, in that boat, facing that storm together, one humanity in fear, experiencing our need for help. Then …
Thursday 26th March
Mass for Thursday in the 4th Week of Lent.