75th Anniversary of VE Day Today all over the World we mark Victory in Europe Day, when Germany surrendered to the Allied Army. It is a day to commemorate and remember the bravery and courage of our Allied Soldiers, our own family members and fellow townsfolk of Neilston who were willing to sacrifice their lives … [Read more…]
Month of May: Rosary each evening at 7pm. Join Fr Joe and fellow parishioners each evening to Pray the Holy Rosary at 7pm. Although we cannot be together physically let Our Blessed Mother bring us spiritually together with all our loved ones, so that she can place them and our intentions before her Son, Jesus. … [Read more…]
St John 14:1-6 This is a Gospel Passage which we will be very familiar with since it is used very often at Funeral Masses. Jesus speaks to his Apostles about returning to his Father’s house and how he goes there before them, to prepare a place in heaven for them. It is the Father’s desire … [Read more…]
St Mother Teresa of Calcutta St Mother Teresa of Calcutta spent most of her life caring and ministering to the poorest of the poor. She was able to see in each person that she encountered, the face of God. She had the spiritual awareness and insight to understand that to caress the dying, wash the … [Read more…]
St John 13:16-20 In our Gospel today, St John takes us back to the Last Supper when Jesus celebrated the Passover with his Apostles. It was the custom to wash your guest’s feet before eating. The host would never have contemplated this, as that was the task of the servant or slave. It should also … [Read more…]
Acts of the Apostles 12:24- 13:5 St Luke shows us in our first reading today, that despite the persecutions and obstacles to Christianity that the Word of God is spreading rapidly and bearing much fruit. St Paul is set apart with St Barnabas, the cousin of Mark the Evangelist. They are to go the biggest … [Read more…]
St John 10: 22-30 The Feast of Dedication, also known as Hanukkah, celebrated the people of Israel’s freedom from the Seleucid Kings of Syria and the cleansing and rededication of the temple in Jerusalem circa 165 Bc by Judas Maccabeus after the profanations committed there by the tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes. This festival of lights in … [Read more…]
Intercession of the Saints. The Communion of Saints. In 1 Timothy 2:5, St Paul says “For there is one God and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ”. We as Catholics ask the Saints to intercede for us and we find out why in the Catholic Catechism of the Church … [Read more…]
St John 6: 11-18 Jesus, the Good Shepherd, in today’s Gospel passage anticipates his own death and passion as he tells us that “the good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep”. Jesus will literally lay down on a cross. This is the price of unconditional love, the proof of how … [Read more…]
Read Bishop Keenan’s Pastoral Letter for Good Shepherd Sunday 2020 below.