Sunday – Mass 11:30am (DDS), Adoration/Confessions 3:30-5:20pm (Glenock)

Monday – Mass 10am, Rosary 9:45am (Oratory)

Thursday – Holy Hour 6:30pm, Confessions, Rosary, Mass 7.30pm (Oratory)

 

CONFESSIONS – Today, Sunday, 3:30-5:20pm, St Eugene’s Church, Glenock

 

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PURPLE FOR PENANCE – The colour purple is central to the season of Advent because purple represents penance.  Advent was introduced by the Church as a forty-day fast before the Nativity, although the season is now shorter than forty days.  Therefore, we ought to deny ourselves some treats during Advent and make sure to go to Confession.  Notice that the priest wears a purple stole for Confessions.  Confession is also called the Sacrament of Penance and the priest assigns us penance in reparation for our sins.  One simple measurement of our faith is the frequency of our Confession.  We know that God loves us but if we are willing to apologize to God, we love God.

 

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REQUIESCANT IN PACE

Our prayers are asked for those whose anniversaries occur at this time:

Elizabeth Wilkinson, Ellen McNulty, Eddie Doran, Brendan Houston

 

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SUNDAY COLLECTION – £739.  Restoration collection: £577.  Two-Hearts Masses: £348.  Donation in lieu of flowers for the late Hugh McSorley: £276.  May he rest in peace.  Immense gratitude is due to the McSorley family of 29 Davis Crescent.

 

VOCATIONS – In our Second Reading, St James encourages the early converts: ‘You too have to be patient; do not lose heart, because the Lord’s coming will be soon’.  We pray for all who are discerning a vocation to the priesthood, diaconate or religious life, that they will not lose heart and be blessed with grace by the Lord’s coming.

 

FAMILY ROSARY FOR ADVENT – Please pray the Rosary in your home each day.  Each day Fr Roland will pray the Divine Office for the households able to make this commitment.  “The family that prays together stays together” (Fr Patrick Peyton).

 

CHOIR – Practice, Tuesdays, 7.30pm, Oratory.  Singing, Sundays, 11:30am, Glenock

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Mass – Sat. 24 Dec - CHRISTMAS EVE

6.00pm  Greencastle

7.30pm  Gortin

9.00pm  Plumbridge

9.00pm  Glenock

Mass – Sun. 25 Dec CHRISTMAS DAY

8.30am  Greencastle

8.30am  Plumbridge

10.00am  Rouskey

10.00am  Cranagh

11.30am  Broughderg

11.30am  Glenock

 

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HUMOUR – A thief stole an Advent calendar.  He got twenty-five days!