Mass Times
This Week
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Monday 27th March
10:00 am, Mass
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Tuesday 28th March
10:00 am, Mass
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Thursday 30th March
10:00 am, Mass -
Thursday 30th March
7:00 pm, Mass
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Friday 31st March
10:00 am, Mass
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Saturday 1st April
5:00 pm, Vigil
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Sunday 2nd April
11:00 am, Mass
Prayer to
Saint Michael the Archangel
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in the day of battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil;
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
And do thou,
O Prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits
who wander through the world
for the ruin of souls.
Amen.
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Holy Week
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Sat, 1st Apr5:00 pm, Vigil
Passion Sunday
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Sun, 2nd Apr11:00 am, Mass
Passion Sunday
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Wed, 5th Apr7:00 pm, Mass
Chrism Mass
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Thu, 6th Apr7:30 pm, The Lord's Supper
Holy Thursday
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Fri, 7th Apr3:00 pm, The Lord's Passion
Good Friday
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Sat, 8th Apr9:00 pm, Easter Vigil
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Sun, 9th Apr11:00 am, Mass
Easter Sunday
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Parish News
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday — Mass at 10 a.m.
Saturday : Exposition and Confessions. 4.15 – 4.45 p.m.
Tuesday : St Thomas Aquinas. Dominican Priest and theologian. Died 1274
Friday : St. John Bosco. Priest. Founded the Salesian Fathers and Sisters to care for deprived children. Died in Turin in 1888.
Next Sunday : Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Gospel of St. Matthew
The Gospels were written to convert, to infuse faith in Christ our Lord, to enlighten his followers and defend the faith against its opponents. Matthew wrote his Gospel for Jewish Christians. He demonstrates by quotations from the Old Testament that the Jewish scriptures are fulfilled in the person and work of the Lord Jesus. There are five discourses, each introduced by miracles and signs which throw light on the following discourse. Then, at the start we have the Infancy narrative and at the end we have the account of the Passion. In this way Mathew gives us an account in seven acts of the coming of the kingdom of God. He describes for us how the kingdom heaven came to us through the life and teaching of Christ our Lord.
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Service in the Cathedral this afternoon at 4 pm
All Welcome
Ash Wednesday : February 26
Easter Sunday : April 12
Going to Hospital ?
When a loved one goes to hospital it is very important to inform the chaplain of this so that he/she can receive the spiritual care which we all need. Or inform the parish priest who will inform the chaplain for you.
Phone numbers of the R. C. chaplains to Forth Valley Hospital, Larbert, are in the porch
The Church Teaching on Baptism : Catechism —–paras. 1213–1217
The sacrament of Baptism is so called from the Greek ( baptizein ) meaning to plunge or immerse; the plunge into the water symbolizes the person’s burial into Christ’s death, from which he/she rises up with Him by the power of resurrection as a new creature. The sacrament is also called the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit, for it signifies and brings about the birth by water and the Spirit without which no one can enter the kingdom of God.
The bath is also called enlightenment, because those who receive the catechetical instruction are enlightened in their understanding. Having received in Baptism the Word, the true light that enlightens every person, he/she has been enlightened, becoming a son or daughter of the Light, indeed becoming light himself.
Baptism is God’s most beautiful and magnificent gift. We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal and most precious gift. It is called gift because it is conferred on people who bring nothing of their own; grace, since it given even to the guilty; Baptism, because sin is buried in the water ; anointing, because it is priestly and royal as are those who are anointed; enlightenment, because it radiates light; clothing, because it clothes our shame; bath, because it washes ; and finally, seal, because it is our guard and the sign of God’s lordship.