This week in St. Ninian's

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Sunday 5th July: FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A

First Reading: Zechariah 9: 9-10
The prophet looks forward to the coming of the Messiah, and inspired by the Holy Spirit, understands the mystery of humility combined with absolute power contained in the Divine nature.
“See now, your king comes to you;
he is victorious, he is triumphant,
humble, and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
He will banish the instruments of warfare – the chariots and horses; “the bow of war will be banished. He will proclaim peace for the nations.”
Yet still, “His empire will stretch from sea to sea, from the great River to the ends of the earth”.

Second Reading: Letter of St. Paul to the Romans 8: 9-13
The reading from Saint Paul again focuses on the contradiction between the world of spirit and the material world – where power resides in armies and wealth.
Being redeemed in Christ, and having ‘the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead living within us’, “there is no need for us to obey our unspiritual selves or to live unspiritual lives.”
Paul warns us: “If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put away the misdeeds of the body you will live.”

Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:25-30
In today's gospel reading Jesus rejoices that the Father reveals the mysteries of the Kingdom to the simple-hearted - the 'infants' of the world - and conceals them from the 'wise and learned'. This is no doubt because the ‘wise and learned’, generally speaking, trust to their own judgement and lack humility.
He declares plainly that absolute power belongs to him, because this is the Father’s will: “Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father”.
Yet his nature is all tenderness, compassion and – contrary to what our ‘worldly’ nature would expect – humility:
"Come unto me, all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls."
The gospel ends with the statement: "my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" – once again, ‘turning the world upside down’.

Parish Notices

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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 Masses, which now take place in Saint Pius X, Balerno Street, Dundee, 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 theback 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 588; and you can watch it live on your computer as it goes out on the TV channel.