Palm Sunday

                                Palm Sunday 24th of March
 
COLLECTIONS
First Collection GA: £480.10 NGA: £ 929.16                              
Monthly Standing Orders: £5,194.
Building Fund GA: £22.00                                                         
Monthly Paya Charity Donations £740.00                            
St Anthony’s Box: £61.93                         
 
Stations of the Cross: Stations of the Cross today at 2pm.
 
Confessions this week: Each day from 09:30am – 09:50am.
Saturday Morning: 10:15 – 10:45.
 
Chrism Mass: This Wednesday 27th March at 7pm in St Mirin’s Cathedral.
 
Holy Week Services: Holy Thursday (Mass of Last Supper) 7pm, Good Friday (Solemn Celebration of the Passion) 3pm and Stations of the Cross 7pm. Easter Vigil (Sat 30th) 7pm - No 4pm Vigil.
 
Easter Sunday: 10am, 11:30am. No 5pm Mass. 
 
Morning Prayer: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday at 10am. Night Prayer: Holy Thursday at 9pm.
 
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA): Ronnie Discombe, Lynne Hallan and Hong Yiu will be received into the Church at the Easter Vigil. Keep them all in your prayers.
 
St Conval’s Cemetery Mass:  Next Sunday 7th April at 2pm. A livestream link will be made available nearer the time on Diocesan Social Media.
 
Parish Oratory: The Oratory will close from 5.00 pm on Wednesday 27th March and re-open from 10.30 am on Wednesday 3rd April.
 
Easter Sunday Coffee Morning. Come along for a cup of tea/coffee and a hot cross bun and enjoy some entertainment from Anna Marie. There will be a raffle, home baking and there might even be an extra special treat for the kids! Come and celebrate a very blessed Easter in the parish. It's going to be fantastic!
 
100 Club Members: Some people have been enquiring about joining the 100 Club. Please call Karen Mc Phee on 07923 564434 on details on how to join.
 
Make your donation go further with Gift Aid: If you are a UK taxpayer, the initiative increases the value of your charitable donation by 25%, meaning every £1 you donate, 25p gets added to the donation at no extra cost to you. As a donor, you will need to complete a Gift Aid Declaration (GAD). New Envelopes for New Tax Year beginning 7th April now ready to collect from Sacristy for those who by pay weekly envelope and also for those who pay monthly donations by standing order, envelopes available for the 12 Monthly Building Fund and Diocesan Second Collection.
 
Sponsored Walk: Fr Ryan Black will walk from St Mirin's Cathedral in Paisley to Celtic Park in May  to raise funds for the Diocese of Paisley Young Adults' Pilgrimage to Poland.  To donate, visit  www.justgiving.com/page/dopya-Poland.  We have two Parishioner’s going on the Young Adults Pilgrimage.
Young Adults Aged 18-35: Fr Malcolm Hutchison will explore the ministry of John the Baptist, on 10th Apr. Come along to learn more about the Faith and to meet other young Catholics. The talk begins at 7pm in the Diocesan office. It will end with Adoration and Benediction, followed by an opportunity to socialise in a local bar. Email Fr Ryan ([email protected]) for more info, and to be added to the WhatsApp group. 
 
Fr. Douglas Macmillan Silver Jubilee of Priesthood: Fr Douglas, former Priest of the Parish will offer a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph’s Church, 88 Bow Road, Greenock, PA16 7DY at 7pm to on Wednesday 17 April .
 
We pray for those who have died recently: Robert Gray, Marion Lynch and Margaret Millar and for the Anniversaries of Irene + Mark Clougherty, John Coello, Gavin Conafray, Louisa de Souza, John Graham, Patrick Hannigan, Charles Hendry and William Sandford.
 
 
 
 
 
Rev Joseph G Balmer: Parish Priest
Rev Joseph J McGill:   Curate
Email: [email protected]                      Tel- 0141 881 0769
Website: www.stjohns-barrhead.org

Mary Hallan:   Safeguarding Co-Ordinator: [email protected]

Mary Murray: Safeguarding Co-Ordinator: [email protected]

Times of Sunday Masses: Sat Vigil 4pm. Sun: 10am, 11.30am, 5pm.
Weekdays: Mon to Saturday 10am. Workers Mass: Each Wednesday at 7.30am

 

Daily Adoration in Church: 9.00am – 9.55am.
In Oratory: 10.30am-9pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Daily Rosary: 9.25am.
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions): Monday to Friday 9.30am -9.50am
Saturday: 10.30 am – 10.50am &   3.15pm – 3.45pm
 

Confiteor: I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned,  in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Gloria: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Creed: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.

The Mystery of Faith.
We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.

Or: When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.

Or: Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.
 
Prayer to St Michael, the Archangel:
St Michael the Archangel, defend us in 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, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world, seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
 
Guardian Angel Prayer
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.
 
Alternative Guardian Angel Prayer
O my good Angel, whom God, hath appointed to be my guardian, enlighten and protect me, direct and govern me this day. Amen.