This week in St. Ninian's
Sunday 14th October: TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR, YEAR B

“Go and sell everything you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.”

First Reading: Wisdom 7: 7 - 11
Today's Old Testament reading is a eulogy in praise of Wisdom, in which Wisdom is personified as a woman of matchless beauty, who bestows upon those who love her all that is good, treasures above anything the material world has to offer.
“I prayed, and understanding was given me;
I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me …
compared with her, I held riches as nothing …
compared with her, all gold is a pinch of sand,
and beside her silver ranks as mud.
I loved her more than health or beauty,
and I preferred her to the light,
since her radiance never sleeps.
In her company all good things came to me,
at her hands riches not to be numbered”.

Second Reading: Letter to the Hebrews 4: 12 - 13
The writer of the Letter to the Hebrews describes the wisdom of God – ‘the word of God’ - as "alive and active”. “It cuts like any double-edged sword but more finely: it can slip through the place where the soul is divided from the spirit”; is able to "judge the secret emotions and thoughts”. In the light of God's wisdom, "no created thing can hide”; “everything is uncovered and open to the eyes of the one to whom we must give account of ourselves”.

Gospel Reading: Mark 10: 17 - 30
Today's long gospel reading is all about renouncing the transient riches of the world for the everlasting riches of the kingdom of heaven.
In the first part of the gospel, a young man approaches Our Lord with great respect and eagerness to learn from him; "Good master", he says, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus refers him, simply, to the commandments: "You know the commandments: You must not kill; You must not commit adultery; You must not steal”, etc., to which the young man replies that he has “kept all these since (his) earliest years”.
At these words, Our Lord looked at him “and loved him” - loved him, undoubtedly, because his heart was seeking God, he was earnestly trying to obey God's will. But total detachment from the world was missing - "There is one thing you lack” said Jesus. "Go and sell everything you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." And this, the young man could not do; “his face fell” and “he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth”.
Our Lord now uses what has just occurred to impress upon his disciples that to enter the kingdom of heaven it is necessary to renounce the world. So much so, in fact, that "it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” They are astonished at this, and ask "Who then can be saved?" But he tells them, "For men it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible."
Peter then declares that they, the disciples, "have left everything and followed you", and Jesus assures him that whatever they have renounced in this world for his sake - "house, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and land" – they will receive from God, a hundredfold, even in this world; and "in the world to come eternal life".

Postscript: Saint Francis of Assisi: "When you leave this world you will take with you nothing that you have received: only what you have given."

Parish Notices

Changing Faces at Saint Ninian's!
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MASS TIMES AT SAINT NINIAN'S

PLEASE NOTE, CHANGE TO MASS TIMES AT SAINT NINIAN'S FROM 16th SEPTEMBER

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/introduction/

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.