A few words...

Hope all’s well.

‘Keep me in your prayers’ someone may say to you.

‘Would you say a special prayer for me, for my intentions’ they might say.

‘Say one for me’. ‘Remember me in your prayers’. ‘Keep them going for me’

These are requests we can make to someone, or someone might make to us.

Praying for others is what we do. It is taught to us by Christ, especially at the Last Supper.

Take a look at today’s gospel. Look at how Jesus intercedes, prays for his followers.

‘Keep those.....  protect them......  consecrate them.....’ he prays.

This is what we do. We pray for others. We ask others to pray for us.

Praying to God for others, keeping them in our prayers, remembering them, is following Christ’s example. 

When we pray for others, it is an expression of love for those for whom we are praying, whether they are with us or have gone before us.

Remember me in your prayers, as I remember you in mine.

Remember, too, tonight’s 9@9 prayer to the Holy Spirit. This is night 6.  Come, Holy Spirit.

And good to hear the thinking caps are on for marking Pentecost at home this Sunday.

Have a safe and happy Wednesday.

Take care 

Fr Mackle

Requiescant in pace 

We pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of Alan Baker whose funeral will take place this morning. 

Once again, our deepest and most prayerful sympathies to Eileen and her family.

May God give Alan rest and peace in the kingdom of light.

Re-opening - We are desperately looking  forward to the day when our church doors will reopen – no definite dates yet, though, since these are dependent on the developing scientific evidence.

The Scottish Government  has announced that places of worship will be allowed to open for private prayer in the 2nd phase of the plan, and reopen for Mass and other group gatherings in phase 3.
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The Bishops’ Conference have expert advisers preparing plans for how this can work, and we have already started to look at a number of things in preparation to reopen.

​Regarding social distancing, we are comfortable that we can fit in the church around 50 people whilst observing the 2m distance, and more if couples and families sit together. We’re also looking in to the possibility of both halls being used.

There will be lots more details provided as we get closer to reopening and get more guidance from both national and archdiocesan level on what we need to do to reopen our church and halls safely.​

Fr Mackle 

Requiescat in pace

We pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of Christina Lafferty whose anniversary it is today. 

Thoughts and prayers today are with Margaret and her family.​

Requiescat in pace
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We pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of Alan Baker who has died at his residence in Buchanan House Care Home. 

Our deepest and most prayerful sympathies to Eileen and her family.

May God give Alan rest and peace in the kingdom of light.