Dear All I consider it a miracle that I was able to set up the live-streaming in the gallery of St. Mary’s! Thanks to Paul Buchert whose technical skills and GREAT patience made that possible. We are having a few teething issues with the sound. It is not yet...
The text below is from the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution “Gaudium et spes” on the Church in the Modern World. This document is Vatican II’s landmark teaching on how the Church should renew its ways and means of relating to all different aspects of life in the modern world. It...
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In recent days, as part of the checks carried out by the Health and Hygiene Directorate of the Vatican City State in compliance with the directives on the coronavirus emergency, another positive was found at Covid-19: an officer of the Secretariat of State resident in Santa Marta who, presenting...
The Daily Bread, 28th March 2020. Entrance Antiphon: Cf. Ps 17: 5, 7 The waves of death rose about me; the pains of the netherworld surrounded me. In my anguish I called to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard my voice. Collect or Opening Prayer Let us pray....
Dear Sisters and Brothers I’m delighted to announce that, as from the 6pm Vigil Mass this evening at St. Mary’s in Largs, you will be able if you wish to “tune in” to Mass via YouTube. The link is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7cDQZu3kuyfuhvPH27UpVg/ YouTube allows a more user-friendly address after one month...
Below is the English translation of what the Pope said after the Gospel was proclaimed in which, terrified by a storm while Jesus was asleep, the apostles waken him up and he calms the storm. “When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins...
The Daily Bread, 27th March 2020. Readings: Wisdom 2:1,12-22; Psalm 33(34):16,18,19-21,23; John 7:1-2,10,25-30 As we move towards Passion Sunday, the 5th Sunday of Lent, you could say that the readings of the Mass show that “the plot thickens” around Jesus. This is just reflecting what actually happened at the...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/spirituality-time-scarcity https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/03/discernment-in-plague-times https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/older-catholics-reflect-pandemics-effect-faith-life-how-they-cope https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/03/26/our-response-coronavirus-pandemic-reveals-who-we-truly-are
