During Evening Prayer this past Friday (from the Liturgy of the Hours), the Short Responsory began with a text taken from the Book of Revelation: “Christ loved us and has washed away our sins with his blood.” It stopped me in my tracks for some reason and left me pondering...

CALL TO PRAYER: SUNDAY 11th October 2020 Prayer @ 7pm Among the many challenges our society faces at this time is that of finding the appropriate words to describe and express that which needs to be described and expressed. As we have discovered, that is a far more difficult challenge...

The Lord is a lavish giver. He’s never stingy. You need only look at the bounty of the created world. Whatever he does or gives, he goes the whole way. That doesn’t mean that he gives us too much straight away. He measures out his abundance according to our capacity...

St. Mary Star of the Sea, Largs Covid-19 News Bulletin, No. 6 9th October 2020 Dear Sisters and Brothers Warm and heartfelt greetings to you all from St. Mary’s parish house! Although I cannot see or greet each of you personally in your homes, as I would truly love to do,...

Bishops’ of Scotland Message to Clergy and People Let us not grow tired of doing good. (Gal 6:9) The Covid-19 Pandemic has presented the Church with unprecedented challenges.  It has brought about the temporary closure of Churches and, following the resumption of public worship, the introduction of rigorous health and...

Ths Sisters of the Cross and Passion, who in the past were very actively involved in education in our Diocese, are celebrating the 200th anniversay of the birth of their founder, Elizabeth Prout.   The sisters run the retreat centre in Drumalis in Larne, and are hosting a series of...

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...