This week in St. Ninian's
Sunday 21st April: EASTER SUNDAY , YEAR C

“Christ is risen! Alleluia!”

The great celebration of Easter is the Easter Vigil, which takes place shortly after dark on the evening before Easter Sunday.
It begins with the Service of Light, during which the Easter candle is lit, as the people wait in darkness with their own individual unlit candles. The Easter candle is borne into the church by the priest, to the refrain “Christ our light”, to which the people respond “Thanks be to God”, and from that single candle each person’s own candle is lit, until the church is full of light.
There follows the Easter proclamation, the ‘Exsultet’, which is sung by either the priest or a cantor – telling of the Fall of Man and his redemption through the death and resurrection of Christ; proclaiming the greatness of God and exhorting us to join with our fellow Christians throughout the world to ‘exult’ in the resurrection of Our Lord.
There follows a series of readings from the Old Testament, tracing the creation of the world, the sacrifice of Abraham, and the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, and recalling the words of the prophets – Isaiah, Baruch & Ezekiel - who consoled the Jewish people, assuring them of God’s unchanging love, berated them for their unfaithfulness, and gave them the promise of reconciliation with God, and healing of heart.

 

From here, we move to the readings of the Mass, beginning with the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans - Ch.6, v.3-11: “When we were baptised in Christ Jesus we were baptised in his death; in other words, when we were baptised we went into the tomb with him and joined him in death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father’s glory, we too might live a new life”. The gospel reading follows at once. And in this year, Year C, the reading is from Saint Luke’s gospel.

"Why look among the dead for the living?
He is not here, he has risen!"

Gospel Reading: Luke 24:1-12
Luke’s account of the resurrection of Our Lord begins: “On the first day of the week, at the first sign of dawn, the women went to the tomb with the spices they had prepared”. When the women arrived, they saw that the stone which had covered the entrance to the tomb had been “rolled away”. They looked into the tomb, and saw that “the body of the Lord Jesus was not there”. They stood in the entrance to the tomb baffled – “not knowing what to think”, when suddenly “two men in brilliant clothes appeared”. The women were terrified and “lowered their eyes” – no doubt because of the brilliance of these creatures and a sense of being in the presence of something holy.
“The two men said to them, ‘Why look among the dead for someone who is living? He is not here, he has risen’”. And they reminded the women of Our Lord’s own prophecy about his death and resurrection.
The women ran back to the place where the disciples and other followers of Jesus were gathered and told them what had happened, but “this story of theirs seemed pure nonsense, and they did not believe them”. Luke tells us that Peter, however, “went running to the tomb”. He does not mention John as the other gospels do, but says simply that Peter “bent down and saw the binding cloths, but nothing else”, and that “he went back home, amazed at what had happened”.

Parish Notices

MASS TIMES AT SAINT NINIAN'S

Saturday Vigil: 6.00 pm (Vigil Mass fulfils the Sunday obligation)
Sunday Mass: 9.30am
Weekday Masses: Mon, Wed & Fri:10.00am

CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 5.15 to 5.40 pm

 

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SICK & HOUSEBOUND: Please click on the link to this week's BULLETIN to see our list of sick and housebound in need of your prayers this week.
If you know of any parishioner who is housebound, please contact a member of the St Vincent de Paul Society to arrange Holy Communion.
HOSPITAL chaplaincy Please note the change in contacts for requesting a priest to visit a person in hospital. Fr Ninian Doohan has advised of new telephone numbers to contact the Hospital Chaplain: 07821 624124, or 01382 660111 to page him. Please alert him when someone requires Pastoral Care while in any of the hospitals.

WANTED! READERS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS - Please consider taking a more active part in the Liturgy as a reader. Readers are currently in short supply, especially for our Saturday Vigil Mass. If you would like to participate as a reader please add your name to the sheets at the back of the church or speak to Canon, Theresa or May. Thank you. New rotas are now available in the porch.

SERRA MASSES FOR VOCATIONS
Serra Masses will be held at 7pm in Lawside Convent on the last Tuesday of each month – See poster in porch. Our need for vocations to the priesthood and to consecrated life has never been so critical and we should all pray fervently that the Lord will send us the Priests and Religious who are so necessary to preserve our Church in these difficult times.

Are you interested in the Priesthood? - If you would like more information about the priesthood, please contact the Director of Vocations, Father Jim Walls at St. Stephen's, 8 Bank Street Blairgowrie: tel:01250 872171, or email: jimwalls@btinternet.com

THE PERMANENT DIACONATE
The Church is in great need of vocations to the permanent diaconate. If you are a man over 30yrs old - married or single, please consider whether you may be being called to offer yourself in service to the Church as a Deacon. To read more about the permanent Diaconate, click on the link DEACONS

DUNDEE LATIN MASS
"The Extraordinary Form of the Mass, the Traditional Latin Mass, began to be offered once more in St Joseph’s Lawside Convent Dundee on the fourth Sunday of Lent, March 15th 2015. The Lord Bishop of Dunkeld invited Father John Emerson (of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter) to re-establish this liturgical apostolate at the request of the lay faithful of the diocese." For further information about Mass times please visit the website, at https://dundeelatinmass.com/

CHILDREN'S LITURGY
There is a 'Little Church' for children every Sunday Morning. Children rejoin the people at the Offertory procession, having been out for a while learning about the readings of the day in their own way.
We are still looking for at least one volunteer to help with supervising, assisting the liturgists in the activities. This would mean taking a turn about once a month. Please see Mgr. if you can help. Thanks a lot!

ST. NINIAN'S PRIMARY SCHOOL
St. Ninian's Primary School Parent Council
If you would like to get in touch with the School's Parent Council for any reason, their email address is stninians@dundeeparentcouncil.org

CAKE & CANDY:
The Cake & Candy table at our Sunday Mass is in great need of helpers to sell our cakes. If you feel you are able to give a few minutes once a month, please contact Helen Scroggie. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

DUNDEE FOOD BANK:
Many thanks for your donations. This is an ongoing project in the parish and there are boxes at the back of the Church, and lists of foods this charity needs posted on the notice board. Your donations also would be most gratefully received.

EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network)
Have you discovered EWTN yet?! - the TV network for Catholics. Traditional Catholic programmes for all ages. Fascinating interviews, wonderful children's programmes, live Mass, Rosary, Papal audiences, etc. etc. Visit the EWTN website by clicking HERE.
You can get EWTN If you have Sky t.v., or a Freesat box for either Sky or BBC on the 'Religion' tab, number 589; and you can watch it live on your computer as it goes out on the TV channel.