Twenty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B

23rd Sunday Year B: 8th September
COLLECTIONS
First Collection
GA: £481.20 NGA £888.89  
Monthly Standing Orders: £4,271.50 Building Fund GA: £670.25 NGA £ 463.58                              
 St Anthony’s Box:    £58.09                                                         Monthly Paya Charity Donations £467.36
           
Second Collection this weekend: Vocations.

Farewell and welcome: Fr Joe bids a sad farewell to St John’s Barrhead and thanks you for your care and support over the last 4 years and for all your best wishes, cards and gifts as he moves to St John the Baptist in Port Glasgow. We welcome Monsignor Tormey as our new Parish Priest and wish him every blessing and happiness as he begins his Pastoral Ministry among us.
Parish Meetings to explain the Assisted Suicide Bill and how to stop it:  
The Bill is before Parliament and could pass the critical Stage One by the end of the year which will effectively ensure State sanctioned euthanasia in Scotland.  If our MSPs hear nothing from us as citizens, they will feel free to vote it in. Deanery meetings around our diocese will help parishioners build local momentum to make MSPs sit up, take notice and vote against it.  Please come to our meetings and invite anyone concerned about this watershed moment. Bishop John will attend meeting on Mon 9th Sept at 7.00pm. St. Joseph’s Hall, Clarkston(East R)  

Sacred Heart Companions Prayer Group: Meeting in Tea Room this Tuesday 10th September from 1pm-2pm.

Diocesan Vocations Mass: Bishop John invites you to attend this Mass in St John’s Port Glasgow this Thursday 12th September at 6.30pm The bus leaves sharply at 5.00 pm.
 
Children’s Rosary Fri 13th Sept 6pm:  The idea is that children as young as 4 or 5 and up to around 14 can learn to lead the rosary and make the rosary part of their daily lives. More information ([email protected] or call 07910266821).

Monthly Parish Quiz: Kicks off on Friday 13th September at 7pm in the hall.  Adults £2, Kids £1, max of 8 per team.  BYOB, snacks and GSOH!  There will also be a raffle, and donations of prizes are gratefully accepted.  This will be a monthly event, occurring on the 2nd Fri of each month. All funds raised will go towards the building fund.  Hope to see you there, doors open 6.45pm.

Legion of Mary: An afternoon for Auxiliaries and anyone interested in joining on Sun 15th September in Hall ( 2pm-4pm).

Catholic Mothers: exists to connect, inspire, and equip women in the vocation of motherhood. Our group runs every Tuesday mornings in the Church Hall after 10am Mass-12.00pm. Meet ups are very relaxed, where mums or grandmothers can bring their children along to play while the mothers and grandmothers gather round the table with a cuppa, have a catch up and chat. The topics are usually connected to that week's circulated podcast episode, book extract, Saint or Feast days. For more information please contact: Rachel Callaghan (Core Team Member) 07508835310 Or e-mail: [email protected]

Charity football match - A charity football match is being held on Sunday 15th September 2pm at Brig O’Lea Stadium, Neilston to raise money for the East Renfrewshire Foodbank in memory of Jonathan Morrin. Spectators are welcome and all donations will be gratefully received. There will also be an opportunity to bring items for the Foodbank on the day - most needed items include UHT Milk, Tea, Biscuits Tinned Meat, Tuna, Peas, Tinned Potatoes, Carrots, Tinned Chopped Tomatoes, Rice Pudding & Custard, Tinned Fruit, Cereal, Tinned Spaghetti, Beans, Soup & Toilet rolls. For those who cannot make it on the day but would like to support, there is a JustGiving page at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/jonathan-morrin-3?utm_term=Agzn7ZxQY.

Diocesan Podcast: Tony Waterston investigates the work of the Office for Pastoral Formation of Young Adults. Listen online at www.rcdop.org.uk/podcast and on all major platforms; search for ‘The Diocese of Paisley Podcast’.

September Safeguarding Thought for the Month: 
We listen directly to the voices of those who have been abused.

Christ the King, Howwood, Fatima Devotions: In order to avoid clashing with the Diocesan Vocations Mass, we are moving our devotions to Friday the 13th.Normal times, Rosary at 7.30pm, followed by Mass and Benediction.

Diocese of Paisley Young Adults: New talk series starting Wednesday 25th September 7pm, in St Mirin’s Cathedral, Paisley. Ascend the Mountain: The 7 Deadly Sins vs the 7 Lively Virtues. All young Catholics 18-35 welcome. For more information contact Fr. Joe McGill at [email protected]

We pray for those who have died recently: Eleanor Farrell, Ralph Mc Kendrick, Rachel Walsh, John Daniel Wheelan and for the Anniversaries of Agnes & William Brennan, Margaret & Michael Docherty, Annie Logue, Laurence Mc Gowan.    

Rev Monsignor John Tormey: Parish Priest
Rev Joseph J McGill:   Curate Email: [email protected]                     
Tel- 0141 881 0769 Website: www.stjohns-barrhead.org

Mary Hallan:  Safeguarding Coordinator: 
[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. Glory
Nicene Creed:  I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I Believe in   one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us    For us    For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, (At the words that follow up to and including and “became man”, all bow.) and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day, in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

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