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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
1st SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B 17th-18th FEBRUARY 2018
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON When he calls on me, I will answer him; I will deliver him and give him glory. I will grant him length of days. Psalm 90.15-16 COMMUNION ANTIPHON One does not live on bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Matthew 4.4
1st Reading: Genesis 9.8-15: In the aftermath of the flood, God establishes a covenant with Noah and his descendants. “Covenant” is simply another word for “relationship”—something from which God will never walk away. Response to the Psalm: Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant. 2nd Reading: I Peter 3.18-22: Christ died to lead us to God. In this passage, the author sees the waters of the great flood as a symbol of baptism. It is these waters which give us spiritual cleansing and which assure us of God’s pledge to us.
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory! Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory! Mark 1.12-15: The story of Jesus’ temptation in Mark’s gospel is short and to the point. This spiritual strug-gle Jesus undergoes is presented as the prelude to the beginning of his ministry when he proclaims the presence of God’s kingdom. There
is an urgency in Mark’s words, and they culmi-nate in Jesus’ call to repentance and belief in the Good News.
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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Prolife Scotland invite you to join them in St Bride’s Hall, Motherwell on 19th February at 7pm as they make their tour of Scotland
Please take the leaflet on Lent available in the porch if you haven’t already done so. Remember each Wednesday of Lent we will be reflecting on the Eucharist. The meetings will take place in the Oratory from 7-8.30pm. Please consider coming along as part of your Lenten preparation for Easter. Fr Magill will be leading sessions on Contemplative Theology in the Xavier Centre Carfin beginning this Thursday, from 7.30-9pm.
A PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK IN LENT Bring us back to you. This week we pray for a renewal of our lives. We are beginning to be more attentive and alert. We are trying new patterns. The difficulties we encounter keep us humble.
Our desire is clear. We want the “self-sacrificing love of Christ” - which brings us mercy and healing - to be “reproduced in our lives.” In our journey, we seek to savour the meaning of Jesus' self-less love, that we might reflect that love to others. At the end of our journey, we will renew our baptismal promises. Dying with Jesus in baptism, we have a new life in him. Today, we desire nothing less than God's re-creating us - breathing new life into us.
This prayer is taken from Creighton University’s online ministries. It’s a wonderful resource for Lent. Check it out— onlineministries. creighton.edu
This year’s World Day of Prayer Ser-vice will take place in St John’s Church of Scotland, on Friday 2nd March at 1.30pm. The theme this year is “All God’s Creation is Very Good”, written by the Christian women of Suriname. The speaker will be Rev. Drew Sheridan of Christ Church Lanark.
Please pray for the eternal rest of Danny Leech who died on Thursday. May the Lord comfort his wife Christine and his family at this time of their loss. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Please remember in your prayers our sick and housebound: Eddie Lebida, Betty Flynn, Isobel Gardner, Helen
Kelly, Mary Kelly, Ann Martin, Walter Britton, Maureen Campbell, Lynett Moses, George Wisdom, Joan McKay, Michael McKay, John Ness, Mary Brown, Paula Magee, Geraldine Creany, Dylan Ferguson, Jordan Ferguson, May Kelly & Mary Haverstock.
May God grant eternal rest to those who have recently died and whose month’s mind and anniversaries occur at this time: Danny Leech, James McMurray, Maureen Boyle, Phil Haverstock, John Milloy. Harry McLaughlin.& Brian McCaughey.
HOLY MASS: Vigil of Sunday: Saturday, 6pm; Sunday: 10am. 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
Thank you for your offering last week of £747 in the plate, and for £610 in Standing Orders. There will be a 2nd collection next week for the needs of the diocese. The collection for SCIAF takes place on the 4th Sunday of Lent.
The Parish Social Committee has arranged a Parish Social on Saturday 24th Feb-ruary. Doors open at 7pm. 18s and over. On 17th March there is a St Patrick’s Night event with Irish Stew and soda bread. Tickets £10. The first bingo of the year will be on 8th April. £1.50 for a tea ticket. Donations of prizes will be gratefully received.
Parents presenting children for First Confession are invited to our final meeting in the Oratory on Tuesday from 7-8pm. The children with their parents will make their formal request to receive the Sacrament during Sun-
day Mass on 25th February in preparation for their celebration of the Sacrament on Tuesday 27th February at 7pm.
SCIAF is screening the film The Claim—Blessed Oscar Romero, His People and Pope Francis in St Bride’s Parish Hall, Greenlees Road, Cam-buslang G72 8JB at 7pm Tues-day 20th February. 7.30pm.
DURING LENT There will be Stations of the Cross followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament each
Monday of Lent at 7pm Each Wednesday of Lent beginning February 21st at 7pm you are invited to take part in
our reflections and meditations on the Eucharist. The church will be open Monday-Friday from 7am until dusk. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7am-10am, 10.30am-1pm. Stations of the Cross each Friday in St Athanasius’ School at 9am. All welcome.
During Lent, we intensify our PRAYER, FASTING AND GIVING in order to prepare ourselves for the celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. We do this both as individuals and as a parish. This year I propose that our theme for Lent be
COMMUNION AND PARTICIPATION. We aim to experience deeper communion with God and each other
through greater participation in our life as a community of faith, especially our participation at Mass. May the Holy Spirit guide us during this holy season and bring us closer to God and each other.
There will be a Ramblers meeting in the hall on Thursday 22nd February at 6.30pm.
