Sunday Missal:  Easter Vigil – Page 320 (Readings 1,3,7) ; Easter Sunday – Page 364

 

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Service on Thursday.

 

SCIAF Wee Boxes should be returned as soon as possible.

 

Day for Poor: A total of £31,500 was raised in the Archdiocese from the Day of the Poor collection in November. The money has been donated to the Mercy Centre at St Catharine's Convent of Mercy, Lauriston, which helps the homeless and those in need. Sr Aelred Timmins said: "Thanks to all those in the Archdiocese for their generosity, which will help so many people. God bless you all." Watch the 45 second video about the Mercy Centre at bit.ly/mercycentre

 

200 Club: Congratulations to the winners in the March draw - £200 James Barton (20); £100 Joseph Slater (116); £50 Moyra De Soyza (67); £50 James Gray (197); £20 Sam Barton (19); £20 David Fox (49).

 

Job opportunity: Abortion Recovery Care & Helpline (ARCH) is seeking to employ a full-time Operations Administrator to join its team in Glasgow. Contact Louise for an application pack: louise@archtrust.org.uk Closing date: 18 April. More at www.archtrust.org.uk

Bright light in the “black holes” of life: Have you ever heard of a “black hole”? If you have ever watched movies or TV programs about travelling in outer space, like the TV series Star Trek, you will know what a black hole is. Roughly speaking, it is a spot in the vastness of space, which astronomers believe is like a giant vacuum or whirlpool sucking everything around it into the hole. Using Newton’s laws, scientists first theorized black holes in the 1790s but it wasn’t until 1994 that the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a massive supersized black hole – fortunately a long way from our own galaxy. There is also a black hole in our galaxy, the Milky Way. What if scientists said that it was not beyond the realms of possibility that one day our sun and everything around it would be sucked into this “black hole,” and everything would be gone? — “Black holes” are symbols of hopelessness, but the message of Easter tells us that there is something beyond those “black holes.” Maybe our personal   “black hole” includes grief for a loved one, anxiety over a work situation or what is happening in our family. Maybe it is a “black hole” of depression and stress, and we feel there is nothing we can do to change what is happening. Maybe it’s the “black hole” of sickness and pain. Maybe it’s the “black hole” of scrupulosity, actual guilt or failure. Whether those “black holes” are right here and now or show up at some time in the future, Easter tells us there is hope, there is a living Saviour and Friend who will help us when we feel as if we have been sucked into the deepest darkness. Easter tells us that there is nothing to fear. We have a Risen Saviour who promises never to leave us, to love us always, always to brighten our darkest paths, and to guide us from death to eternal life in Heaven. Even when we are in the middle of something deep and dark, our Risen Saviour is, and will always be, there — with us. “I am the Living One! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead” (Rv 1-:8).     (https://frtonyshomilies.com/)

Services Week Commencing 12 April:

 

Sunday 12 (2nd Sunday of Easter)	10.00am Mass	People of the Parish
Monday 13	No Mass
Tuesday  14	7:00pm Mass	Noreen Kopocinski
Wednesday 15	10:00am Mass	Deceased members – Barry Family
Thursday 16	9:30am Adoration 10:00am Mass	Private Intention
Friday 17	10:00am Mass	James Curtis
Saturday 18	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Eddie Daly People of the Parish
Sunday 19 (3rd Sunday of Easter)	10.00am Mass	Special Intention (Wood Family)

 

Sunday Missal:  3^rd Sunday of Easter Year A – Page 374

 

Happy Easter!  Have a good week. Take care. Fr James