Prayer at the sending out of the Eucharistic Ministers to the sick and housebound

Priest: Almighty and loving Father, as we have received your Son in this Holy Eucharist, we ask you to hear our prayer for our brothers and sisters:

All: Give your healing, Lord, to those who are sick and housebound. May those who take the Body of Christ to them also be a loving sign of our prayers and thoughts. Keep us united with them in all their sufferings so that we will grow together as one community with the presence of Christ among us.

Please Pray For SICK Tommy Nevans, Margaret Bachiller, John Colquhoun, Jim Traynor; Hugh Devine, Maria Walker; Maureen Boyle; John Hunter, Simon Logan, Ellen Madden, Les Mathew, Cathie McAleavey; Cathie McConnachie, Brian Nolan, Rachel McGhee, Ellen Brown; Robert Houston; Harry Docherty; Jane Cameron; Alec Kirson; George O’Hara; David Govan; Silvio Clemente; Mary Cairney; William Campbell; Anna McStay; Margaret Hackett; John Kerr; Gordon Law; Linda Quinn; Ashley Law; Frank Slavin; Jim Simmons, Maria Findlay, James Burns, Tony Perkins; Ann Knight; Rosemary Wotherspoon; Teresa Clark; Mandy Dobbie; John McKenna; Joe Friary; Sr Mary Inglis; Margaret Russell; Esther McKillop; Chrissie Rafferty; Barry Duncan, Kevin Duffy Sandra McGuire; Bill Grey; Marie Laird; John McCaffrey; Patricia Docherty; Sara Porcelli; Hugh Jordan; Gordon Roberts; Fiona McCormick; Fiona McCall, Margaret Craigwell Charles Quinn; June Byrne, Children: Laila Hunt, Connor Simpson, Zak Matthew Thomson; Peter Convery; Corran Davidson; Megan Macauley; Jade Law; Chloe Docherty; Lennon McAvoy; Caoimhe Lamb

RECENTLY DIED Morag Smyth(Mon 6:30; Tues 9:30); Eugene McCoach; Michael McConnachie;

Ruth Hughes; Catherine Graham; Kyle McCusker;

ANNIVERSARIES Rose, Gerry & Norma Carragher; Gerald & Trish Laughlan; Margaret McLeish;

Fr Francis Welsh; Ann Welsh; Wilma Muircroft; Pat Quigley snr; Catherine & Stanley Pike; Rose Ann Waddell

Prayer for Sixth Year Caritas Pupils in our Parish Loving Father, almighty God, You so loved the world that you sent your son Jesus so that

we might live through him. Help us to respond to your love. Grant us understanding of

the loving ways of Jesus. Teach us to see others with his eyes and, through your Holy

Spirit, guide us in our efforts to show love in our daily actions. Living Lord, you are love.

Help us, whom you made in your image, to practise love in loving communion with

others. We make this prayer through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen

The Church’s first truth is the love of Christ. The Church makes herself a servant this love and mediates it to all people: a love that forgives and expresses itself in the gift of oneself. Consequently, wherever the Church is present, the mercy of the Father must be evident. In our parishes, communities, associations and movements, in a word, wherever there are Christians, everyone should find an oasis of mercy. Pope Francis, The Face of Mercy– Letter for the Holy Year

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SUNDAY MASSES: Vigil: 5:30 pm (Sat), 10 am, 12 noon 6pm WEEKDAY: Mon-Fri 9:30am; Sat 10am Thurs Exposition till 4pm

CONFESSIONS: Saturday 9:30am and after the Vigil Mass Church open till 1pm Mon; Fri; till 4pm Tues, Wed, Thurs

Parish Priest Fr. Gerard Maguiness Pastor Emeritus: Mgr Michael Conway Website: www.saintignatiuswishaw.org.uk

Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as you

deserve; to give and not to count the cost,

to fight and not to heed the wounds,

to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for reward,

save that of knowing that I do your will.

Please turn off mobile phones and remove chewing gum

Donations for flowers most welcome. Box at Our Lady’s Altar

Last Week’s Collection £1654 2nd for Hall Extension £877

No winner New Lotto Total £3513 Many thanks for your generosity

SVDP Tel: 07582075890/07976179277 for help. Furniture Collection 07773731123 Or 07749467335

A wee reminder to bow your head just before receiving Holy Communion

Wishaw Hospital Chaplain Fr Michael Brown; for emergency/visit please ask

nurse to contact chaplain or call 264448

Year of Consecrated Life 2014-15

Facebook for parish now at

St. Ignatius’ RC Church 963 likes Have a look and comment!

Feasts this Week Mon 16th St Margaret of Scotland Tues 17th St Elizabeth of Hungary Wed 18th St Fergus Sat 21st The Presentation of Our Lady

Fundraising for Ave Maria Parish To give online thro shopping you have to register on Give as you live. Search for Saint Ignatius’ and then register. 1.5% of purchases goes to us.

Parish Concert for Ave Maria Parish Cameroon on Fri 20th Nov at 7:30pm Primary School Choir, the Church choir, St Aidan’s High School Band, the Verse Speaking Choir and the Scouts, Cubs and Beavers. Tickets £5 adults £1 child on sale now. Donations for raffle greatly appreciated. Tel Maureen 374994. See poster! Tea & Coffee in Loyola Centre after

Stall Christmas Cards Calendars/Diaries Day by Day November on sale

Raffle of 2015 Signed Celtic Top on sale now. £1 Draw will take place at the

Christmas Fete on 5th Dec.

SVdP– KEEP WARM IN WINTER Thanks to all who organised the day, all

the sponsors and all who came along

November Lists Are available in the porch to write down the names of your loved ones who have died. Please place your sealed envelopes in the box at the front of the Church. The

names will be placed in our Book of Remembrance on the sanctuary and Holy Mass during November will be offered

for all those mentioned.

Christmas Fayre Sat 5th Dec 1-3:30pm

Box at back of Church for Donations

Congratulations To Euan Hugh Forsyth baptised this weekend and to his family

Innocents Raffle tickets on sale in stall. Please support young mums and babies.

SVDP collecting for Wishaw Food Bank next 2 Sundays– Tin potatoes/soup/pasta

Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch list at back of the Church

Enrolment for First Confession Parents who wish to present their children for the Sacrament of Penance in 2013, are requested to uplift a form from Fr. Gerry after Mass and return it next week. Enrolment Mass 10am on Sun 6th Dec

FHC children can return Catechetical Sheet 1 this Sunday to Fr Gerry

The Sound of Music Playhouse Edin-burgh Tues 5th Jan Ticket/Bus £32

St Ignatius Primary looking for an disused piano to give it a good home!

Loyola Centre: booking and enquiries tel: 07939606107 10am-2pm Mon-Fri, Bin-go Sunday 7:15pm; Tea Room Mon– Fri after Mass Beavers/Cubs/Scouts Mon 5:45

Apocalypse Now: The cycle of the Church’s year is coming to an end. The ‘end of the world’ – when God’s great plan for creation will be realized – will be one of the themes of the liturgy during the coming weeks. In the time of Jesus, centuries of frustration un-der occupying powers had given rise among the Jewish people to a form of literature (today called ‘apocalyptic’) that expressed a confidence that, despite all appearance to the contrary, God’s promises – so important in the faith of old Israel – would be fulfilled in ‘a new heaven and a new earth’. Some of this literature is included in the Scriptures – the prophecy of Daniel, from which our first reading comes, is an example. This litera-ture has often been misunderstood by ‘fundamentalist’ interpreters. Its startling images of the passing away of the present world were not intended to describe how the end will come; its essential message was an assurance that God’s designs will be fulfilled, despite all appearances to the contrary. Jesus preached the coming of the final reign of God; it is not surprising, therefore, that he used some of the images and expression of this litera-ture - as he does in today’s gospel, the final section of a long passage that gathers togeth-er recollections of this teaching of Jesus. The title, ‘Son of Man’ – adopted by Jesus as a subtle intimation of his role in the de-signs of God – comes from the prophecy of Daniel. Coming from God, the ‘Son of Man’ will fulfill the great destiny of Israel, bringing all the peoples of the world under God’s reign (see Dan 7:13-14). The community that gave us Mark’s gospel rejoices in the knowledge that the Son of Man has truly come - Israel’s hopes have been realized. For the early Christians, this confidence raised challenging questions, that took some time to resolve (see St Paul in 2 Thes ch 2) – if, in the Saviour’s Paschal Mystery, God’s final achievement in creation has been realized, what are we to make of our life in a world that seems to go on as before? In the face of this problem, today’s gospel reflects the outlook of a community that is finding a healthy balance. Though it speaks with certain-ty of the coming of the end, it acknowledges that ‘nobody knows’ when it will be fully manifest ‘but the Father’. Echoing the language of literature such as the prophecy of Daniel about the signs of the end, it nevertheless urges constant vigilance, lest believers be taken unawares – one of the themes of the preaching of Jesus. We know God’s final achievement has been realized in the Christ’s risen greatness; but we wait in faith and hope for our full sharing in all that Christ has promised. With Mark’s community, we place our trust – whatever lies ahead of us - in the one who said: ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away’.

A Bible study group was discussing the unforeseen possibility of their sudden death. The leader said to the group, “What would you do if you knew you only had 4 weeks of life remaining before your death, and then the Great Judgment Day?” A gentleman said, ” I would go out into my community and minister the Gospel to those that have not yet accepted the Lord into their lives.” “Very good!” said the group leader, and all the group members agreed, that would be a very good thing to do. One lady spoke up and said enthusiastically, “I would dedicate all of my remaining time to serving God, my family, my church, and my fellow man with a greater conviction. “That”s wonderful!” the group leader commented, and all the group members agreed, that would be a very good thing to do.But one gentleman in the back finally spoke up loudly and said, “I would go to my mother-in-laws house for the 4 weeks.” Everyone was puzzled by this answer, and the group leader ask, “Why your mother-in-law’s home?” “Because that will make it the longest 4 weeks of my life!”