This week in St. Ninian's
Sunday 13th October: TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY, YEAR C

“It seems that no-one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.”

First Reading: Second Book of Kings 5:14-17
The background to today’s Old Testament reading is that Naaman, an important court official from Syria, had come to the prophet Elisha to be healed of his leprosy.
Having reluctantly followed the prophet’s instructions, and washed seven times in the Jordan, he was healed. Returning to Elisha, he declared: “Now I know there is no God in all the earth except in Israel”. He offered Elisha a gift in thanksgiving for his healing but the prophet refused to take anything from him, so he asked instead to be allowed to carry some of the soil of Israel back with him to Syria – presumably so that he could construct some sort of altar there, and worship the God of Israel. It is a story of healing and consequent faith and thanksgiving – all from the heart of a ‘foreigner’.

Second Reading: Second Letter of St. Paul to Timothy 2:8-13
This reading from Paul’s letter to Timothy is a declaration of our salvation through Jesus Christ. Paul affirms the faith boldly, telling Timothy to “Remember the Good News that I carry, ‘Jesus Christ risen from the dead’”, “the salvation that is in Christ Jesus and the eternal glory that comes with it.”
“Here is a saying that you can rely on:
If we have died with him, then we shall live with him.
If we hold firm, then we shall reign with him.”

Gospel Reading: Luke 17:11-19
In the gospel today we hear about another ‘foreigner’ who returned to give thanks for his healing. Jesus was travelling between Samaria and Galilee, when “ten lepers came to meet him.” They weren’t allowed to approach, because they were ‘unclean’ so they “stood a long way off and called to him, ‘Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.” In Jewish law a person’s status as ‘clean’ of leprosy had to be verified by the priests, so Our Lord told them: “Go and show yourselves to the priests”, in other words, he had healed them. We read then that as they all ran off, one of them, a Samaritan, “finding himself cured … turned back praising God at the top of his voice and threw himself at the feet of Jesus” – no longer needing to ‘stand a long way off’. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they?”. Only this man, a ‘foreigner’ had “come back to give praise to God”.
Like Naaman the leper, this man had received not only healing, but salvation through faith in the one true God: Jesus said to him, “Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.”

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: If you know of any parishioner who is sick or housebound and may want a visit from Father Raphael, or would like to have Holy Communion brought to them at home, please let Father know.

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.