Mass and notes for 15th November
November Lists: Thank you to those who have managed to put in the list of deceased family and friends.
The alms attached with some lists will be sent to SCIAF for poor people this week.
The World Day of the Poor
The World Day of the Poor was first observed on 19 November 2017, with the theme, “Let us love, not with words but with deeds”. In his message for that first World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis said that “the Our Father is the prayer of the poor”. He held a special Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, followed by a free lunch in the adjacent Paul VI Hall, in several Catholic colleges, and in other Vatican venues. During the week preceding the World Day of the Poor, free specialized medical services were offered at a mobile clinic.
The day was also observed in other countries, including India, Poland, and Canada, with special Masses, free meals for the poor, and other initiatives.
In India, the Archbishop of Bombay, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, launched an “ACTS” (Actively Called to Serve) project, which involved distributing bags to parishes, in which people could donate food (e.g., grain or sugar) and toiletries for the poor. Cardinal Gracias said that “Our Lord gave us the striking example of simplicity and poverty in His own life. He taught His disciples to value poverty.”
In some Polish cities, the day was preceded by a “Week of the Poor”, when some Catholics prayed for those in need and organized various forms of aid for them. In Kraków, the services of a beautician and hairdresser were offered to the less fortunate, as were culinary, theatrical, and musical workshops. In Poznań, film showings and meetings were organized at centers for the poor or homeless, while at a “help bus” they could receive a warm meal, clothing, and nursing assistance.
In Canada, the Archbishop of Vancouver, J. Michael Miller, initiated a 4-day email prayer campaign for those in need, and encouraged conversations with the homeless, donations, charitable help, visits to the sick and to prisoners, consolation of the bereaved, and the giving of alms to the poor.
Monday 16th November is the feast of St Margaret of Scotland. Mass at 10.00. There is a special Morning Prayer on radioalba.org on Monday every hour from 7.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
Sunday Mass readings
| First reading |
| Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31 |
A perfect wife – who can find her? She is far beyond the price of pearls. Her husband’s heart has confidence in her,
from her he will derive no little profit.
Advantage and not hurt she brings him all the days of her life.
She is always busy with wool and with flax, she does her work with eager hands. She sets her hands to the distaff, her fingers grasp the spindle. She holds out her hand to the poor, she opens her arms to the needy. Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty; the woman who is wise is the one to praise. Give her a share in what her hands have worked for, and let her works tell her praises at the city gates.
| Second reading |
| 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 |
You will not be expecting us to write anything to you, brothers, about ‘times and seasons’, since you know very well that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night. It is when people are saying, ‘How quiet and peaceful it is’ that the worst suddenly happens, as suddenly as labour pains come on a pregnant woman; and there will be no way for anybody to evade it.
But it is not as if you live in the dark, my brothers, for that Day to overtake you like a thief. No, you are all sons of light and sons of the day: we do not belong to the night or to darkness, so we should not go on sleeping, as everyone else does, but stay wide awake and sober.
Intercessions
Let us pray for all families. That they may be blessed with mutual love, tolerance and the capacity to forgive and be forgiven when troubles arise.
Lord, hear us
Let us pray that governments and leaders will learn how to interpret the signs of the times, and draw back from threats to peace and from selfish economic behaviour
Lord, hear us
On this World Day of the Poor we pray for all whose lives are affected by any kind poverty, and we pray that all of us may be more generous to our neighbours.
Lord, hear us
We pray for healing for people everywhere who are ill, anxious, or housebound within our families and community, including Ellen Hamilton, Margaret Cara, Ewan Black, Teresa Kidd, Margaret McLean, Andrine Mansi, Fred Newman, Mary Clunie, Sean Fitzgerald, Ishbel MacMillan, Bessie Malane, Bill Harrison, Jack Rae, Fr Peter Dowling, Anne Judge, Thomas Boyle, Catherine Mulrine, Yvonne Watt, Rae McVey, John Gibson, Eleanor Reid, for those being treated in the local Hospice, and for all who support them. Lord, hear us
We pray for our dead, the parish dead of the past year, and for those who mourn – including Saverio Giugliano, Eddie Gethens, Colin Reynolds, Canon Willie McDade, Ellen Gannon, Tommy Slavin, Danny O’Neill, Mary Carey, Jennifer Stirling, Alkis Constantouris, Agnes Burns and Rene McPherson; and for those whose anniversaries fall about now: including Hugh Bradley, Charlie Hamilton, Tommy and Annie McMahon, May McNulty, Charlie Devlin, Bernard Corrigan, Anne Cara and May Conroy. Lord, hear us
radioalba.org schedule 
Radio Alba majors on Morning, School, Evening and Night Prayer, and now has recorded Masses on Sunday, and Prayer from Glasgow Churches Together during the week. It introduces the Sunday and daily readings and, through our half-hour Magazine, makes known some of the good things the church does to serve people everywhere.
radioalba.org schedule for week beginning 15th November
| Daily Times | Tune in to | Duration (minutes) |
| 07:00 08:00
09:00 10:00 11:00 |
Morning Hour
Morning Prayers Morning Prayer with Adam and Kerry Canon Bob Hill and next week’s Gospel Margaret Chapman introduces the daily readings from the Liturgical Calendar A short prayer for St Margaret’s Day Magazine: Fr Tom Magill; Annette Carachi, Jean Swinbank, Marie McNeil and Stephen Eric Smyth. |
15 5 5 1.00 3.00 30 |
| 12:00 18:00 | Lunchtime / Teatime slot – 2 hours
Sunday: 12.00 / 18.00 Radioalba’s Mass this week is led by Fr Gerry Fitzpatrick of St Leo’s, Dumbreck, with reader Jean Swinbank, cantor Dorothy Gunnee, and the St Mungo Singers. Monday-Saturday 12.00 / 18.00 Glasgow Churches Together praying for Families 12.15 / 18.15: St Margaret’s Day – a note, a psalm and a prayer 12.30 / 18.30 Chatterbox 1.00 / 19.00: Music 1.30 /19.30 Music |
120 |
| 20:00 21:00
22:00 |
Evening hour
Vespers Magazine Compline |
20 30 10 |
This week’s Specials will include:
| Times | Tune in to | Duration (minutes) |
| Sunday
12:00 18:00 |
November 15th: Radioalba’s Mass this week is led by Fr Gerry Fitzpatrick of St Leo’s, Dumbreck, with reader Jean Swinbank, cantor Dorothy Gunnee, and the St Mungo Singers. | 30 |
| Monday to Saturday
12:00 18:00 |
12.00: 18.00: Glasgow Churches Together prays for families
12.15: 18.15: Brendan Berry and Pat Graham SND and a little service for St Margret’s Day. 12/30: 18.30: Chatterbox provides half an hour of news and views from around the churches. 1.00: 19.00: music 1.30: 19.30: music |
15
15 30
30 30 |
| Sunday to Saturday
07:30 08:30 09:30 10:30 11:30 20:20 21:20 22:20 |
In our Magazine Fr Tom Magill reflects on the parable of the bridesmaids and being prepared; Annette Carachi reads a note from Vatican News re the consequences of the USA leaving of the Paris Climate agreement; Jean Swinbank reports on Notre Dame Sisters working in DRC; we hear Marie McNeil with the Pope’s message for the World Day of the Poor ; and we conclude with Stephen Eric Smyth’s poem ‘It’s a small world’. | 30 |
