St Leo’s for Mass December 6th

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St Leo’s for Mass Dec 6th

Register for next weekends masses, remember we have two masses on Sunday now – 10.30 and 11.30.

 

Please note that Bessie Malane’s funeral Mass is on Wednesday 9th December at 11.15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mass: Prepare ye the way     1 Entry Prepare ye

First reading
Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11
‘Console my people, console them’says your God.
‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call to her that her time of service is ended, that her sin is atoned for,
that she has received from the hand of the Lord double punishment for all her crimes.’
A voice cries, ‘Prepare in the wilderness a way for the Lord. Make a straight highway for our God across the desert.
Let every valley be filled in, every mountain and hill be laid low.
Let every cliff become a plain, and the ridges a valley; then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all mankind shall see it;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.’
Go up on a high mountain, joyful messenger to Zion. Shout with a loud voice, joyful messenger to Jerusalem.
Shout without fear, say to the towns of Judah, ‘Here is your God.’
Here is the Lord coming with power, his arm subduing all things to him.
The prize of his victory is with him, his trophies all go before him.
He is like a shepherd feeding his flock, gathering lambs in his arms, holding them against his breast
and leading to their rest the mother ewes.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 84(85):9-14(Advent)
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.
I will hear what the Lord God has to say, a voice that speaks of peace,
peace for his people.
His help is near for those who fear him and his glory will dwell in our land.
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.
Mercy and faithfulness have met; justice and peace have embraced.
Faithfulness shall spring from the earth  and justice look down from heaven.
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.
The Lord will make us prosper and our earth shall yield its fruit.
Justice shall march before him  and peace shall follow his steps.
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help.
Second reading 2 Peter 3:8-14 ©
There is one thing, my friends, that you must never forget: that with the Lord, ‘a day’ can mean a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord is not being slow to carry out his promises, as anybody else might be called slow; but he is being patient with you all, wanting nobody to be lost and everybody to be brought to change his ways. The Day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then with a roar the sky will vanish, the elements will catch fire and fall apart, the earth and all that it contains will be burnt up.
  Since everything is coming to an end like this, you should be living holy and saintly lives while you wait and long for the Day of God to come, when the sky will dissolve in flames and the elements melt in the heat. What we are waiting for is what he promised: the new heavens and new earth, the place where righteousness will be at home. So then, my friends, while you are waiting, do your best to live lives without spot or stain so that he will find you at peace.
Gospel Acclamation Lk3:4,6
Alleluia, alleluia!
Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight,
and all mankind shall see the salvation of God.  Alleluia!
Gospel Mark 1:1-8 ©

A voice cries in the wilderness: prepare a way for the Lord

The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:
Look, I am going to send my messenger before you; he will prepare your way.
A voice cries in the wilderness:  Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.
and so it was that John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. All Judaea and all the people of Jerusalem made their way to him, and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins. John wore a garment of camel-skin, and he lived on locusts and wild honey. In the course of his preaching he said, ‘Someone is following me, someone who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sandals. I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.’

Intercessions

For the church: that Advent may encourage us to be more aware of our life’s journey, and of the things that we can do to prepare the way of the Lord. Lord, hear us 

For peace throughout the world, for a more generally felt sense among us that all the nations below to one family.   Lord, hear us

During this time of the Pandemic we pray for healing for those who are ill, anxious, or housebound within our families and community, including Sr Bridie Dowd, Sr Anne, Ellen Hamilton, Sonny Yang, Molly McGavigan, Teresa Kidd, Margaret McLean, Andrine Mansi, Fred Newman, Mary Clunie, Sean Fitzgerald, Ishbel MacMillan, 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, and for all who serve the country in the emergency services.   Lord, hear us

 

We pray for our dead, the parish dead of the past year, and for those who mourn – including Bessie Malane, Ian McGarrigle,  James Marr, Brian Tennyson, Gerry Hanretty, Olga Marchetti, Joseph Alexander O’Brien,  John Rankin, Pat Cunningham, Colin Reynolds, Mary Kate Campbell, Saverio Giugliano, James Mooney, Richard Burton, Eddie Gethens, Canon Willie McDade, Ellen Gannon, s and Rene McPherson; and for those whose anniversaries fall about now: including Tam Haley, Hugh Bradley, Charlie Hamilton, Tommy and  Annie McMahon,  Cecilia Mary Harrison, May McNulty, Charlie Devlin, Bernard Corrigan, Anne Cara, May Conroy, Eugenio and Matilda Rossi and Lily McGlone.    Lord, hear us

Note: The Blessing of the Glasgow Crib can be watched at glasgowchurchestogether facebook – many thanks to the St Mungo Singers and Glasgow Primary Schools (including Our Lady of the Rosary Primary) who provided the music.

radioalba.org schedule for week beginning 6th December 2020

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, draws attention to the good works that the Church and the churches are doing.

Daily Times Tune in to Duration (minutes)
07:00         08:00

09:00         10:00

11:00

 Morning Hour

 

week: Morning Prayers Advent
(on Tuesday, December 8th, the MP of  the Feast of the Immaculate Conception)

Advent Morning Prayer for school with Kirstie with music by Catriona Glen.

Canon Bob Hill looks ahead to the Gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Advent.

Introductions to the daily readings at Mass by Margaret Chapman from the Liturgical Calendar

An Advent prayer of Healing by Gerry Fitzpatrick and Andy Braunston

Magazine: Fr Tom Magill,  Joan Walsh, and  Donald MacInnes.

  

 

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12:00        18:00 Lunchtime / Teatime slot – 2 hours

Sunday: 12.00 / 18.00 the Radioalba.org Mass comes from St Margaret’s, Lochgilphead with Fr Ronald Campbell, reader Tony Jones and music from the files of the St Mungo Singers.
Monday-Saturday

12.00 / 18.00: The Blessing of the Glasgow Crib 

12.15 / 18.15: From Glasgow Churches Together Robin Green and Christine Johnstone lead us in Advent Prayer

12.30  / 18.30 Chatterbox

1.00 / 19.00: Music

1.30 /19.30  Music

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Vespers

Magazine

Compline

  

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This week’s Specials will include:

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Sunday

12:00          18:00

 6th December: the radioalba.org Mass for the 2nd Sunday of Advent is celebrated by Fr Ronald Campbell of St Margaret’s, Lochgilphead  with reader Tony Jones, cantor Grace Buckley and the St Mungo Singers. 30
Monday to Saturday

12:00          18:00

 7th December: 12.00:  18.00: Glasgow Churches Together and the Blessing of the Glasgow Crib with Lord Provost Cllr Philip Braat and Bishop Kevin Pearson – with music from previous blessings.

12.15: 18.15: Robin and Christine lead us in the 2nd week of Advent with prayers by Liz Crumlish

12.30: 18.30 Chatterbox Liz Adam provides half an hour of news and views from around the churches.

1.00: 19.00: music

1.30: 19.30: music

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 Fr Tom Magill reflects on the beginning of Advent;’  Joan Walsh gives a report from Wuhan – on the 1st Synod of Bishops in China;  Donald MacInnes reads Pope Francis on Mary a model of prayer;  and Joan Walsh prays with the Magnificat in Ruth Harvey’s Unlocking the Magnificat from Life and Work. 30