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SYNOD MATERIAL BOOKLET: I am delighted that we ran out of copies last week in Largs! There are more copies at the back of both our churches this week. The booklet contains the “information for participants” in the Synod, which the Diocese has put together, plus the “Synod Questions” provided...

Day Five: The Life of Sorrow which Jesus Led from His Birth ThoughtJesus Christ could have saved mankind without suffering and dying. Yet, in order to prove to us how much He loved us, He chose for Himself a life full of tribulations. Therefore the prophet Isaias called Him ‘a...

Day Four: The Life of Humiliation which Jesus Led from His Birth ThoughtThe Sign which the angel gave the shepherds to help them find the newborn Savior, points to His lowliness: ‘This shall be a sign to you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in...

Day Three: The Life of Poverty which Jesus Led From His Birth ThoughtGod so ordained that, at the time when His Son was to be born on this earth, the Roman emperor should issue a decree ordering everyone to go to the place of his origin and there be registered...

Day Two: God’s Love Revealed In His Being Born An Infant ThoughtWhen the Son of God became man for our sake, He could have come on earth as an adult man from the first moment of of His human existence, as Adam did when he was created. But since the...

Day One: God’s Love Revealed In His Becoming Man  ThoughtBecause our first parent Adam had rebelled against God, he was driven out of paradise and brought on himself and all his descendants the punishment of eternal death. But the son of God, seeing man thus lost and wishing to save...

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-10/pope-francis-discourse-moment-reflection-eve-inauguration-synod.html   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-10/pope-celebrating-synod-means-walking-together-on-the-same-road.html   https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2021/october/documents/20211009-apertura-camminosinodale.html   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-09/pope-francis-discourse-rome-faithful-synodal-process.html   https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2021/september/documents/20210918-fedeli-diocesiroma.html