Here is the link to “In God’s Image” (version 1): https://www.bcos.org.uk/Portals/0/In%20Gods%20Image%20WEB.pdf Publication of In God’s Image version 2 ‘In God’s Image’ – the document which is an ‘Instruction on Safeguarding’ from the Bishops of Scotland to all Catholic jurisdictions in Scotland – was published in March 2018 initially for a...
This final Sunday of the Season of Creation coincides with the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, but it’s no coincidence! People of all religions and none recognise Francis as an exemplary figure in the matter of respect and love for the created world. For Catholics, and for some other...
Yesterday, 3rd October, Pope Francis went to Assisi in anticipation of today’s feast (4th October) in honour of St. Francis. He did so in order to sign his new Encyclical Letter called “Fratelli Tutti” (which roughly means “We are all Brothers” and is a quote from St. Francis). Fraternity and...
An exasperated husband asked his wife, “Why are you worrying all the time when you know it doesn’t do any good?” She quickly retorted, “Oh yes it does! Ninety percent of the things I worry about never happen.” St. Paul tells us in the reading from Philippians that “there is...
CALL TO PRAYER: SUNDAY 4th October 2020 Prayer @ 7pm As we journey through these days, we will come to occasions of real significance that will mark out its future shape and course. However, we might only come to appreciate the significance of those occasions as we look back and...
CHRIST ABOVE AND IN CREATION Jesus berates the religious leaders of his time for failing to produce fruit at the proper time for the “owner of the vineyard”, his heavenly Father. Jesus angrily concludes his words by telling them that they will be dispossessed of the vineyard and it...
Some of the most important things in life we can sometimes take for granted. Among them are, perhaps, real jewels of prayer that have been handed down for generations and centuries. On this Solemnity of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, here in Largs, I thought it might be useful...
