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20 Huntly Street, Aberdeen A Parish of the R.C. Diocese of Aberdeen Charitable Trust, a registered Scottish Charity, number SC 005122 Readings at Mass - 4th Sunday of Lent - Year C www.stmaryscathedralaberdeen.org“I 6th March, 2016 • 4th Sunday of Lent • Year C Entrance Anphon Cf. Is 66: 10-11 Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult and be sasfied at her consoling breast. Collect O God, who through your Word reconcile the human race to yourself in a wonderful way, grant, we pray, that with prompt devoon and eager faith the Chrisan people may hasten toward the solemn celebraons to come. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. First reading Joshua 5:9-12 The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have taken the shame of Egypt away from you.’ The Israelites pitched their camp at Gilgal and kept the Passover there on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening in the plain of Jericho. On the morrow of the Passover they tasted the produce of that country, unleavened bread and roasted ears of corn, that same day. From that me, from their first eang of the produce of that country, the manna stopped falling. And having manna no longer, the Israelites fed from that year onwards on what the land of Ca- naan yielded. Psalm Psalm 33:2-7 Taste and see that the Lord is good. I will bless the Lord at all mes, his praise always on my lips; in the Lord my soul shall make its boast. The humble shall hear and be glad. R. Glorify the Lord with me. Together let us praise his name. I sought the Lord and he answered me; from all my terrors he set me free. R. Look towards him and be radiant; let your faces not be abashed. This poor man called, the Lord heard him and rescued him from all his distress. R. Second reading 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 For anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creaon; the old creaon has gone, and now the new one is here. It is all God’s work. It was God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliaon. In other words, God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, not holding men’s faults against them, and he has entrusted to us the news that they are rec- onciled. So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ’s name is: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the sinless one into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God. Gospel Acclamaon Lk15:18 Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus! I will leave this place and go to my father and say: ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.’ Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus! Gospel Luke 15:1-3,11-32 The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of Jesus to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes complained. ‘This man’ they said ‘welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he spoke this parable to them: ‘A man had two sons. The younger said to his father, “Father, let me have the share of the estate that would come to me.” So the fa- ther divided the property between them. A few days later, the younger son got together everything he had and leſt for a distant country where he squandered his money on a life of debauchery. ‘When he had spent it all, that country experienced a severe fam- ine, and now he began to feel the pinch, so he hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who put him on his farm to feed the pigs. And he would willingly have filled his belly with the husks the pigs were eang but no one offered him anything. Then he came to his senses and said, “How many of my father’s paid servants have more food than they want, and here am I dying of hunger! I will leave this place and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your paid servants.” So he leſt the place and went back to his father. ‘While he was sll a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him tenderly. Then his son said, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son.” But the father said to his servants, “Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the calf we have been faening, and kill it; we are going to have a feast, a celebraon, because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life; he was lost and is found.” And they began to celebrate. ‘Now the elder son was out in the fields, and on his way back, as he drew near the house, he could hear music and dancing. Calling one of the servants he asked what it was all about. “Your brother has come” replied the servant “and your father has killed the calf we had faened because he has got him back safe and sound.” He was angry then and refused to go in, and his father came out to plead with him; but he answered his father, “Look, all these years I have slaved for you and never once disobeyed your orders, yet you never offered me so much as a kid for me to celebrate with my friends. But, for this son of yours, when he comes back aſter swallowing up your property – he and his women – you kill the calf we had been faening.” ‘The father said, “My son, you are with me always and all I have is yours. But it was only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found.”’ Communion Anphon You must rejoice, my son, for your brother was dead and has come to life; Sunday 11.15am Mass Entrance Hymn 458 Lord, who throughout these 40 days Offertory Hymn of Mercy, response: Misericordes sicut Pater Communion Yes, I shall arise and return to my Father 131 Amazing Grace Recessional Organ Voluntary Meditaon The parable of the prodigal son strikes a chord in the human heart because it speaks of the universal experience of separation and forgiveness. The parable tells us less about the son's sin than about the abundant mercy of the father. It reveals a God whose solicitude for all sinners is such that he can never reconcile himself to the loss of a single child. This parable is also a revelation of Jesus himself. His behaviour serves as the story's point of departure. In order to justify his eating with sinners, Jesus describes this father who runs to meet the prodigal and finds his joy in restoring him to the dignity of a son. The parable also reveals something of the darker side of ourselves. All Christians run the risk of becoming the elder son who will not welcome his younger brother as their father does. This parable is not finished. Its conclusion will depend on us. Will the elder brother pass from disdain to love, from the idea of a calculating God to the idea of a Father who loves because he wills to save? Vienna International Religious Centre People are vandalising the church by stripping the paint off the benches. If this is you, please stop! If you see it happening, say something!
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20 Huntly Street, Aberdeen
A Parish of the R.C. Diocese of Aberdeen Charitable Trust, a registered Scottish Charity, number SC 005122
Readings at Mass - 4th Sunday of Lent - Year C
www.stmaryscathedralaberdeen.org“I
6th March, 2016 • 4th Sunday of Lent • Year C
Entrance Antiphon Cf. Is 66: 10-11
Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast.
Collect O God, who through your Word reconcile the human race to yourself in a wonderful way, grant, we pray, that with prompt devotion and eager faith the Christian people may hasten toward the solemn celebrations to come. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading Joshua 5:9-12
The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have taken the shame of Egypt away from you.’
The Israelites pitched their camp at Gilgal and kept the Passover there on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening in the plain of Jericho. On the morrow of the Passover they tasted the produce of that country, unleavened bread and roasted ears of corn, that same day. From that time, from their first eating of the produce of that country, the manna stopped falling. And having manna no longer, the Israelites fed from that year onwards on what the land of Ca-naan yielded.
Psalm Psalm 33:2-7
Taste and see that the Lord is good.
I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise always on my lips;
in the Lord my soul shall make its boast. The humble shall hear and be glad. R.
Glorify the Lord with me. Together let us praise his name.
I sought the Lord and he answered me; from all my terrors he set me free. R.
Look towards him and be radiant; let your faces not be abashed.
This poor man called, the Lord heard him and rescued him from all his distress. R.
Second reading 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
For anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creation; the old creation has gone, and now the new one is here. It is all God’s work. It was God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation. In other words, God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, not holding men’s faults against them, and he has entrusted to us the news that they are rec-onciled. So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ’s name is: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the sinless one into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God.
Gospel Acclamation
Lk15:18 Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus! I will leave this place and go to my father and say: ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.’ Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus!
Gospel Luke 15:1-3,11-32
The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of Jesus to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes complained. ‘This man’ they said ‘welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he spoke this parable to them:
‘A man had two sons. The younger said to his father, “Father, let me have the share of the estate that would come to me.” So the fa-ther divided the property between them. A few days later, the younger son got together everything he had and left for a distant country where he squandered his money on a life of debauchery.
‘When he had spent it all, that country experienced a severe fam-ine, and now he began to feel the pinch, so he hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who put him on his farm to feed the pigs. And he would willingly have filled his belly with the husks the pigs were eating but no one offered him anything. Then he came to his senses and said, “How many of my father’s paid servants have more food than they want, and here am I dying of hunger! I will leave this place and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your paid servants.” So he left the place and went back to his father.
‘While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him tenderly. Then his son said, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son.” But the father said to his servants, “Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the calf we have been fattening, and kill it; we are going to have a feast, a celebration, because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life; he was lost and is found.” And they began to celebrate.
‘Now the elder son was out in the fields, and on his way back, as he drew near the house, he could hear music and dancing. Calling one of the servants he asked what it was all about. “Your brother has come” replied the servant “and your father has killed the calf we had fattened because he has got him back safe and sound.” He was angry then and refused to go in, and his father came out to plead with him; but he answered his father, “Look, all these years I have slaved for you and never once disobeyed your orders, yet you never offered me so much as a kid for me to celebrate with my friends. But, for this son of yours, when he comes back after swallowing up your property – he and his women – you kill the calf we had been fattening.”
‘The father said, “My son, you are with me always and all I have is yours. But it was only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found.”’ Communion Antiphon You must rejoice, my son, for your brother was dead and has come to life;
Sunday 11.15am Mass
Entrance Hymn 458 Lord, who throughout these 40 days
Offertory Hymn of Mercy, response:
Misericordes sicut Pater
Communion Yes, I shall arise and return to my Father
131 Amazing Grace
Recessional
Organ Voluntary
Meditation The parable of the prodigal son strikes a chord
in the human heart because it speaks of the
universal experience of separation and
forgiveness. The parable tells us less about the
son's sin than about the abundant mercy of the
father. It reveals a God whose solicitude for all
sinners is such that he can never reconcile
himself to the loss of a single child.
This parable is also a revelation of Jesus
himself. His behaviour serves as the story's
point of departure. In order to justify his eating
with sinners, Jesus describes this father who
runs to meet the prodigal and finds his joy in
restoring him to the dignity of a son.
The parable also reveals something of the
darker side of ourselves. All Christians run the
risk of becoming the elder son who will not
welcome his younger brother as their father
does. This parable is not finished. Its
conclusion will depend on us. Will the elder
brother pass from disdain to love, from the idea
of a calculating God to the idea of a Father who
loves because he wills to save? Vienna International Religious Centre
People are vandalising the church
by stripping the paint off the benches.
If this is you, please stop! If you see it happening, say something!
Deanery & Diocese Friends of God
A new group run by Bishop Hugh at 7pm on Thursdays from his home for singles between 30 & 40 who want to deepen their faith within a circle of friends: Prayer, discussions and food.
Bishop Hugh’s Lenten Reflections Bishop Hugh is publishing a video reflection each week for your edification on YouTube.com.
ST MARY’S DEANERY MASSES 2016
6.30pm Confessions 7.00pm Stations of the Cross 7.30pm Station Mass
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St Mary’s Cathedral - Aberdeen AB10 1SH Sunday 6th March, 2016
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Notices
Rosary: Saturdays 10.30pm
Confessions: Tuesdays 6pm Saturdays 10.30am & 6pm
Adoration: 7am to 7pm Monday to Wednesday 7am to 9pm Thursday to Saturday
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Evening Prayer: Thursdays 6.30pm
Night Prayer: Thursdays 8.30pm
Housebound? John MacKinnon (See above) To arrange communion visits
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Children to be accompanied to toilet by parent or guardi-an
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Weekly Calendar Mon Mother & Toddler Group
For parents with young children Main Hall from 10.30-12.30pm Contact: Yi-pei Chou Credo Community Meeting Polish charismatic prayer group. Main Hall at 7.30pm . Contact: Fr Tomasz Klin SJ
Tue Magnificat Prayer Group Lower Hall after Mass Contact: Paul Akagwu 07874 745 644
St. Vincent de Paul Feeding the homeless Contact: Evelyn Murray
Wed
Light Exercise Class for all Main Hall at 10:00am Contact: Laura Walker 0777 3 021 851 [email protected]
Seniors Club Speakers, fun & fellowship Main Hall at 2 pm every 2 weeks Contact: Winnie on 01224 632 465.
African Choir For Africans and anyone else. Upper Hall from 6 - 8.00pm Contact: Patricia Malikebu 07891 714 549
Thu Healing of Memories Prayer for the healing of painful memories of the past to bring peace to the present. Clergy House at 2.30pm (by appointment) Contact: Deacon Tony
Legion of Mary Members serve the Church as needed Lower Hall at 5.30pm Contact: Nogie Osula [email protected]
Cenacolo Prayer Group Exposition & Rosary praying for healing of those with addictions Church after Mass Contact: Liam Sharkey 07774 931 996 [email protected]
Band Practice Contemporary music for Sunday 6pm Mass Upper Hall after Mass Contact: Michael Thomson [email protected]
Fri Our Lady of Aberdeen Prayer Group Rosary & praise in song and word Chapter Room from 1.30 - 2.30pm Contact: Teresa Coyne 07901 851 526
Altar Servers’ Practice Church from 6.00 to 7.00pm Contact: [email protected] (Simon)
Youth Groups For teenagers between 11 & 17 Upper Hall 7pm to 9pm Contact: St. Andrew’s Community 07754 891 808
Sat Church Cleaning Church at 10.30am Contact: Joyce Webster 01224 319 154
Saturday Club Informal social gathering, includes prayer Main Hall from 4pm to 7pm Contact: Aneta Sieminska 07415 321 792
African Choir (As above) Upper Hall from 6 - 8.00pm
Sun 11:15 Choir Leading the music for 11.15 Sunday Mass Upper Hall 10.00am Contact: Shelagh Noden
Please take me home
Mass Times Date Details Service Time Mass Intentions
Sun 6th 4th Sunday of Lent
Mass Polish Mass Solemn Mass Polish Mass Mass
8.00am 9.30am 11.15am 3.00pm 6.00pm
Frank&Family-Thanksgiving
Mon 7th Mass Mass
7.00am 12.30pm
K.P Joseph RIP Karen Delaney
Tue 8th Mass Mass
7.00am 7.00pm
Patricia McKeown RIP
Wed 9th Mass Mass
7.00am 12.30pm
Krystyna & Family James Ross RIP
Thu 10th Mass Mass
7.00am 7.00pm
Kalaparanmath Francis RIP Kalaparanmath Francis RIP
Fri 11th Mass Mass
7.00apm 12.30pm
Sat 12th Mass Vigil Mass
10.00am 7.00pm
Fr. Joe McShane RIP Leena Nicholas RIP
Sun 13th 5th Sunday of Lent
Mass Polish Mass Solemn Mass Polish Mass Mass
8.00am 9.30am 11.15am 3.00pm 6.00pm
Frank&Family-Thanksgiving Parish Intentions Canon Denis Quinlan RIP
Offertory: £1965.50 Polish: £1,736.10
Lady Altar Flowers During the season of Lent it is not permitted to decorate altars with flowers. Please do not leave flowers in or near the Lady Chapel during Lent. Thank you.
Adoration at the Cathedral
"I love so much a soul’s desire to receive Me, that I hasten to it each time it summons Me by its yearnings."
- Words of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Adore the “one reason” each week by contacting the St Andrew Community:
[email protected] The Hour with Jesus: the best of the week!
Prayer Ministry
“Pray for each other so that you may be healed” (James 5:16) Trained prayer teams are now available after the 11.15am and 6pm Masses to pray with anyone who would like to receive, not only the benefit of prayer, but of hearing and experiencing the prayer. This can be a moment of profound encounter with God.
Sciaf Sunday Mothers around the world are struggling To provide for their families and give their children a better chance in life. Please give what you can to today’s special collection and remember mothers everywhere in your prayers.
Baptised Congratulations to Idara-Abasa Chigozie William Ekanem who was baptised last Saturday. Please remember him in your prayers.
Cathedral Books & Gift Shop Book of the Month
Stations of the cross St. Alphonsus the way of the divine mercy - £2.50
Stations of the cross by Pope Francis the way of divine mercy - £2.50
Gospels of Mercy - 12 steps to the love of God cts £2.50
Bibles now in stock - Spanish - Chinese - Indonesian - Polish.
Our Lady of Aberdeen medals and prayer card just arrived this week.
St. Patrick cards - Mothers day cards.
Welcome to our new volunteer Nohora Cubides - Columbia.
Volunteer of the month is a team effort - congratulations to Virginia - Hongkong and Maria - Nigeria. Well done girls.
Wonderful inexpensive gifts for lent and easter, come check them out.
Day of Recollection Canon Bill Anderson will lead “Reflections on the Passion” on Saturday 12th March, beginning at 11.00am, with coffee from 10.30am, in the Bishop’s House. The day will be divided into 3 short conferences with time for discussion, ending with 1st Evening Prayer for Sunday. Charge for the day is £3 and you should bring a packed lunch.
St Vincent de Paul 28/02/16 Box Collection: £156.36 Donations: £35.00 and £25.00 Expenditure: £78.90
Thank You
Cathedral News Youth
11th March Holy Family, Mastrick
18th March Our Lady of Aberdeen, Kincorth
Note: If you are going to any of the Station Masses, and have spare seats, can you please contact Alison Runcie at [email protected]. We'd like as many to attend these wonderful Masses as possible. Pick up & drop off points will be from the Cathedral.
Across ACROSS is a charity created specifically to provide transport and support to enable those with special care needs to go on pilgrimages to Lourdes and to enable groups to organize holidays to other destinations in Eu-rope. ACROSS are bringing up their new Jumbulance to Café Coast on the Beach Boulevard in Aberdeen on Satur-day 12th March from 10am to 4pm to allow local groups and individuals to look around the bus and it’s facilities. For more information call Victoria Matthew - Volunteer Coordinator: 07779 608668 - 01224 289018
Opening Times
Mothers’ Day Raffle Youth going to Poland for WYD will be selling £1.00 raffle tickets after each Mass this Sunday for a chance to win bouquets of flowers for Mothers’ Day. Please give them your support. Draw will take place after Station Mass on the 4th March
Fridays 7pm to 9pm
Upper Hall A youth group for teens
aged 14-17
Way Of The Cross Stations of the Cross and Benediction at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Mannofield, on Tuesday 8 March 2016 at 7.30pm. Music provided by the Aberdeen Diocesan Choir including compositions by Allegri, Orlando Gibbons, Victoria and Elgar.
St. Mary’s Seniors Club Our next meeting is on Wednesday 9th March at 2.00pm in the Main Hall. This afternoon, we will have a singalong musical session with various songs from the cassettes. Sounds like good fun. Why not join us? Further details from Winnie on 01224 632 465.
The Aberdeen Passion 2016 A Light Undimmed: Saturday 26th March from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m., in AECC to performance, ticket £10 available exclusively from www.smallwoodenplatform.com
