Tags archives: Catholic Church
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7 years ago
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Deacon Bill's Gospel Reflection for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Year B)
We are called to make a straight way for the Lord! In other words to keep an open path, without bends of distractions to slow Je... [read more]
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7 years ago
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What does "the Lord is at hand" mean? In what sense must we understand this "closeness" of God? The Church, illuminated by the Holy Spirit, already at that time understood increasingly better that Go... [read more]
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7 years ago
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The following funerals will take place in St Columbkille's this week:
STEPHEN BARR
Reception on Monday 18th December at 6.30pm
Requiem Mass on Tuesday 19th December at 10am
CHARLES FULTON
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7 years ago
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Our Carols by Candlelight Concert, held in the church on 12th December 2017, was a joyful occasion. Organised by Fr Mournian, it featured the Bothwell Philharmonic Choir, with soloist musicians and s... [read more]
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7 years ago
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Deacon Bill's Gospel Reflection for the 2nd Sunday in Advent (B)
If we are to experience God who is with us, we need to symbolically experience John the Baptist's time in the desert. We do that by f... [read more]
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7 years ago
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A message full of hope resounds in the liturgy of Advent, inviting us to raise our gaze to the ultimate horizon but at the same time to recognise the signs of the God-with-us in the present. In the S... [read more]
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7 years ago
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The following funeral will take place in St Columbkille's this week:
ELIZABETH THOMSON
Requiem Mass on Wednesday 13th December at 10am
May she rest in peace. Amen
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7 years ago
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We welcome Mhirren Doherty into our parish community through the Sacrament of Baptism this week. We wish her and her family our warmest congratulations. Please pray for them.
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7 years ago
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Most of us are aware that there are many instances world wide of desperate people being trapped into what is effectively slavery by the promise of jobs in another country. Official sources say that th... [read more]
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7 years ago
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In Advent, Christians relive a dual impulse of the spirit: on the one hand, they raise their eyes towards the final destination of their pilgrimage through history, which is the glorious return of the... [read more]
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7 years ago
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Deacon Bill's Gospel Reflection for the 1st Sunday in Advent (B)
Jesus tells us to, 'Stay Awake!' As Christians, we should be ready not only for Jesus' second coming but for his daily coming, every ... [read more]
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7 years ago
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The following funeral will take place in St Columbkille's this week:
CATHERINE KELLY
Requiem Mass on Tuesday 5th December at 10am
May she rest in peace. Amen
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