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A Parish of the Diocese of Motherwell.
The Bishop; Rt. Rev. Joseph A. Toal
www.rcdom.org.uk Scottish Charity No
SCO11041
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON These are the ones who living in the flesh planted the Church with their blood. They drank the chalice of the Lord and became friends of God. COMMUNION ANTIPHON Peter said to Jesus, “You are the Christ the Son of the living God.” And Jesus replied, “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church.”
1st Reading: Acts of the Apostles 12.1-11: Impr is-oned and put in chains by Herod, Peter experiences a miraculous escape. This is a confirmation to him that he was being led by the Lord Response to the Psalm: From all my terrors the Lord has set me free . 2nd Reading: II Timothy 4.6-18: Paul reflects on his approaching death and expresses his conviction that the Lord had stood by him and given him strength. Now he looks forward to being brought safe into God’s heavenly kingdom.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the under-world can never hold out against it. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Matthew 16.13-19: Peter expresses his faith in Jesus as the Christ of God. In turn, the Lord tells him that this faith is the rock on which the Church would be built. With this assurance, the Lord gives his
protection to the faithful gathered together as Church. The Church is of divine origin
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SOLEMNITY OF
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
YEAR C
29th-30th June 2019
The builders have now begun their work in the church and are due to complete the project by the end of August. Remember all Masses will take place in the hall during that time. The Sunday Masses are at the usual time and the Masses Monday-Friday begin at 9.30am
We welcome once again Fr Bill Harri-son who will be with us for the next four weeks. If you need to contact him, please call the parish number and you will be forwarded to him.
Useful online sites for summer prayer and reflection: Centre for Action and Contemplation Pray-as-you-go Thinking Faith
The parish summer bus trip will take place on Saturday 27th Ju-ly. Please put your name on the sheet on the noticeboard. Cost will depend on numbers.
The month of July is dedicated to The Precious Blood of Jesus. The entire month falls within the liturgical season of Ordinary Time, which is represented by the liturgical colour green. This symbol of hope is the colour of the sprouting seed and arouses in the faithful the hope of reaping the eternal harvest of heaven, especially the hope of a glorious resurrection.
Please remember in your prayers our sick and housebound: Isobel Gardner, Helen Kelly, Ann Martin, Walter
Britton, Maureen Campbell, Lynett Moses, George Wisdom, Michael McKay, Paula Magee, Geraldine Creany, Dylan Ferguson, Jordan Ferguson, Gertrude Love, Jonathan Sutton, John Leslie, Eddie Lebida, Andrew Lauder, Silvio Jaconelli, Betty & Ed McKay & Eddie Donnelly
May God grant eternal rest to those who have recently died and whose month’s mind and anniversaries occur at this time: Joe McAuley & Joyce McLaughlin
HOLY MASS: Vigil of Sunday: Saturday, 6pm; Sunday: 11am. Monday-Friday: 10am. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday 5.30–5.55pm and on request.
21 Mount Stewart Street, Carluke, ML8 5EB. Parish Priest: Fr. Thomas F. Magill. Tel: 01555 771250. Mobile No: 07789708192; Email address: [email protected] Website: www.stathanasiuscarluke.org Chairman of the Parish Pastoral Council: Mr Ronnie Cook. Parish Treasurer: Mr Eddie Kelly (email: [email protected])
stathanasiuscarluke @saintaths bit.ly/youtubestathanasiuscarluke
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for June: That social networks may work towards that
Inclusiveness which respects others for their differences. The Internet is a gift of God, but it is also a great responsibility. Communica-tion technology, its places, its instruments have brought with it a lengthening of horizons, a widening, for so many people. It can offer immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. May the digital network not be a place of aliena-tion. May it be a concrete place, a place rich in humanity.
Our diocese is promoting a one year distance learning course in faith devel-opment in partnership with the Maryvale Institute
Thank you for last week’s collection The 2nd collection today is for Peter’s Pence which funds the Holy Father’s charity work. The 2nd collection next week is for the church refurbishment.
SUNDAY TAKEAWAY
We would probably go to confes-sion to Peter sooner than to any of the other apostles. He is perhaps a more striking example of the simple fact of holiness. Jesus says to us as he said, in effect, to Peter: “It is not you who have chosen me, but I who have chosen you. Peter, it is not hu-man wisdom that makes it possible for you to believe, but my Father’s revelation. I, not you, build my Church.” Paul’s experience of the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus was the driving force that made him one of the most zealous, dynamic, and courageous ambassadors of Christ the Church has ever had. But persecution, humiliation, and weak-ness became his day-by-day carry-ing of the cross, material for further transformation. The dying Christ was in him; the living Christ was his life.
Saints Peter and Paul and Rome
We remember today Saints Peter and Paul who guided the early church just after the time of Jesus. Both died as martyrs for the faith in Rome, in the early 60’s, just thirty years after the death of Jesus. Peter was crucified upside down in the courtyard to the left of St. Peter’s Basilica (in the courtyard be-hind the arch where the Swiss Guards stand on du-ty) and Paul was beheaded between Rome and the sea, in a place now called Tre Fontane (Italian for three fountains after the legend that the three springs in the spot mark the three places where Paul’s head bounced after being beheaded). Peter was buried in the nearest cemetery which was on top of Vatican Hill and St. Peter’s Basilica was later built on top of Peter’s tomb, the main altar being directly on top of his tomb. Paul was also buried in the nearest cemetery and the Basilica of St. Paul’s outside the Walls was later build on top of his tomb, the main altar being directly on top of his tomb.
