Collections: 30th August Collection Gift Aid: £235.00 Non- Gift Aid: £96.75 Gift Aid Building Fund: £110.00 St Anthony’s: £10.00 Monthly Standing Orders: £1,677 Pro-life Gift Aid: £264.00 Pro-life Non GA: £85.65 Weekend Masses: Saturdays @ 4pm and Sundays @ 8.30am (until further notice.) & 10.am. Weekday Masses: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays @ 10am. The … [Read more…]
The Sabbath began on the evening of Friday at sunset and concluded at sunset on Saturday. It was a day reserved to worship God and to rest and no one was permitted to work including slaves and beasts. To break the Sabbath was seen by the Pharisees as a lack of religious commitment. Jesus along … [Read more…]
Society for the protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC) Two MPs are currently bringing forward bills to introduce buffer zones around abortion facilities to ban peaceful pro-life vigils. On 24 June 2020, a huge majority (213 – 47) of MPs voted in favour of Dr Rupa Huq MP’s Ten-Minute Rule Bill “to restrict demonstrations in the … [Read more…]
The Pharisees question why the disciples of John the Baptist fast and those of Jesus do not. The inference is that this is a veiled criticism given that the Pharisees fast twice weekly and also on the prescribed days of fasting. In response Jesus uses the image of a wedding feast. Wedding celebrations in Palestine … [Read more…]
This is an opportunity for all of us to pray, reflect and respond to the challenging words of Pope Francis “What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up”? SCIAF, Justice & Peace Scotland and SCES have prepared a series of online … [Read more…]
In today’s Gospel a dispute arises among the Apostles about who is the greatest. This is not the first time that this has occurred. Jesus reminds them that first and foremost that this is something common place among pagans and therefore should be alien to the follower of Christ. The disciple should never be confused … [Read more…]
St Gregory the Great was born in Rome about the year 540. He came from a noble family and was an administrator in public service in Rome before becoming prefect of the city around 570. After five years he resigned this post and became a monk, setting up monasteries on his own Sicilian estate. This … [Read more…]
Jesus has now left his home town of Nazareth and Capernaum which lies on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee becomes his base for his Galilean ministry. His teaching is very distinct from other rabbis and teachers as he teaches with authority. In today’s Gospel passage Jesus is present in the synagogue as … [Read more…]
Collection Gift Aid: £95 Non- Gift Aid: £141.30 Gift Aid Building Fund: £55 St Anthony’s: £74.68 Monthly Standing Orders: £1,677 Weekend Masses: Saturdays @ 4pm and Sundays @ 8.30am (until further notice.) & 10.am. Weekday Masses: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays @ 10am. The Church will be opened for Mass only and 20 minutes before … [Read more…]
St Augustine was born in Thagaste, North Africa in the year 354. He was well educated and his early life was influenced by Manichaeism and Neo- Platonism. He had a mistress and a child outside of marriage and lived a rather dissolute life, much to the dismay of his mother, St Monica. She spent many … [Read more…]