1st December

Monday of the First wek of Advent
Solemnity of St Andrew, apostle

What’s on Today

 Rosary 0910 | Mass 0930 | Rosary 1830 |Youth Group 1900
Tea, Coffee and toast in the hall after 0930 Mass

MASS FOR THE POOR CLARES

Bishop Toal will celebrate a special Mass for the Poor Clares on
Mon, 1 Dec, 1900, St John Ogilvie Church, marking their move from Bothwell.

Fr Aidan McGrath OFM, Provincial of the Franciscans, will preach.
All are warmly invited to join in prayer on the Solemnity of St Andrew.

Sign up for the ACN Carol Concert on the 4th Dec

First reading

Isaiah 4:2-6
‘There will be exultation for those who are saved.’
In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honour of the survivors of Israel. And he who is left in Sion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem, when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Sion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgement and by a spirit of burning. Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Sion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy. There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 122(121):1-2. 3-4a. 8-9. ℟ cf. 1

Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
I rejoiced when they said to me,
‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’
And now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Jerusalem is built as a city
bonded as one together.
It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord.
Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
For the sake of my family and friends,
let me say, ‘Peace upon you.’
For the sake of the house of the Lord, our God,
I will seek good things for you.
Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

Second reading

1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2
‘May the Lord establish your hearts for the coming of Christ.’
Brothers and sisters: May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Finally, then, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Gospel Acclamation Psalm 80(79):4

Alleluia, alleluia.
Come and set us free, O Lord our God;
let your face shine forth, and we shall be saved.
Alleluia.

Gospel

Matthew 8:5-11
‘Many will come from east and west to the kingdom of heaven.’
At that time: When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ‘Lord, my servant is lying paralysed at home, suffering terribly.’ And he said to him, ‘I will come and heal him.’ But the centurion replied, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, “Go”, and he goes, and to another, “Come”, and he comes, and to my servant, “Do this”, and he does it.’ When Jesus heard this, he marvelled and said to those who followed him, ‘Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.’

Prayer for Advent

Jesus, fill my heart with hope. Help me trust that Your promises are true, that Your love is constant, and that the light of Christ is already rising in my life.

Amen