ST MARY’S BEAULY ACCOUNTS Running Account:

Sort Code: 80 05 61 Account No: 00711527

Fabric Account Sort Code: 80 05 61

Account No: 10031469

Sunday Mass Times

St Mary's Beauly 11:00am

Our Lady & St Bean, Marydale 4:00pm

(Confession 3:30pm 1st Sunday in the month)

St Mary's Eskadale

2nd Sunday in the month 4:00pm

St Martin's Ullapool

1st

& 3rd

Sundays of the month 2:30pm

St Maelrubha's Poolewe

2nd

& 4th

Sundays of the month 2:30pm

Lochinver 1st Sunday in the month 11:00am

Weekday Mass Times & Devotions

in St Mary’s Beauly Parish Room

Monday Mass / Lauds 10:00am,

Tuesday Rosary 1:30pm Mass 2:00pm

Exposition 2:30pm Divine Mercy Chaplet 3:00pm

Wednesday

Mass / Lauds 10:00am

Wednesday (Our Lady & St Bean, Marydale) Exposition 12:00 noon Mass 12:30pm

Thursday 15 Dec

Adoration 6:00pm, Mass 6:30pm

Friday 16 Dec

Rosary 10:00am, no morning Mass

Saturday 17 Dec

Service of Reconciliation 10:00am – 1:00pm

Liturgical Diary

Mon 12 Dec: Memorial of Our Lady of

Guadalupe, patron of the Americas. This memorial recalls the apparitions in December 1531 to St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on Tepeyac Hill, near Mexico City.

Tues 13 Dec: Memorial of St Lucy

Wed 14 Dec: Memorial of St John of the

Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church, 1542-91, a Carmelite who, worked for the reform of the Carmelites. He was a man of prayer, an outstanding poet and a spiritual writer.

R.C. Diocese of Aberdeen. A Registered Scottish Charity No. SC005122

Christmas decorations We invite everyone to come along on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd Dec and help make the floral decorations for the church window ledges. 1:00pm-2:00pm Tea / coffee & Christmas treats.

PENITENTIAL SERVICE St Mary’s Beauly

This Saturday 17 December Led by Fr Domenico

10:30am Welcome and Advent Penitential Reflection 11:00am Opportunities for the Sacrament of Confession 12:30pm Holy Mass / homily by Fr. Domenico 1:00pm Light lunch Come and prepare yourself spiritually for the

birth of Our Saviour this Christmas. All Welcome!

MARY'S MEALS NEW FILM SHOWING

Please come and watch the beautiful new film "Generation Hope" next Sunday 18

th December

after mass in the Parish Room. This powerful and uplifting movie

(runtime:30 mins) tells a further story of children receiving Mary's Meals, a simple project changing their lives and shaping

their future. Whether you are a supporter of this wonderful charity,

or it's new to you, come and let "Generation Hope" inspire you this

Advent!

Sunday Collections Sunday 4

th December 2016

1st collection - £ 287.70 2nd collection - £ 221.91

Please GIFT AID your donations as they really help our church and please remember the

church in your will.

Mass Intentions

Sun: Parish Intention

Mon:

Tue: Claire Ryan RIP

Wed: Francis Treanor RIP

Thurs:

Fri:

Sat:

Please pray for the sick of our parish:

Julian Cotterell, Moira Campbell, Mike

Young and all who ask for our prayers.

ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH High St, Beauly, Highland IV4 7AU

Tel: (01463) 782 232 Email: stmarysbeauly@btinternet.com Website: stmarysbeauly.org

Parish Administrator: Fr Maximilian Nwosu, CCE Email: frizuma3@yahoo.com

Assistant: Fr James Anyaegbu, CCE Email: jamesanyaegbu@gmail.com

Sunday 11th December 2016

Third Sunday of Advent (Year A)

Brass Cleaning of large Candlesticks Volunteers who can help on Mon 19 or Tues 20 Dec, please speak to Josie McKeon.

The Light of the North

Please pick up your copy of the magazine from the back of the church and make a donation (we suggest £1) to help with the printing costs.

CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES

Vigil Masses (Sat 24 December) ULLAPOOL 2:30pm Mass POOLEWE 2:30pm Mass MARYDALE 6:30pm Carols 7:00pm Mass BEAULY 9:15pm Carols 10:00pm Mass

Christmas Day (Sunday 25 December) THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD St Mary’s Beauly 11:00am

Deacon Andrew Niski Mass of Ordination to the Priesthood

St Mary’s Inverness 3:00pm 6th January 2017

Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB has invited all to this mass at 3:00pm in St Mary’s Huntly Street. However, the organisers would like to know the numbers coming. If you would like to attend the Ordination Mass, then please put your name on the sheet at the back of the church. We must provide numbers coming by December 20

th.

Any monetary donations for Deacon Andrew, can be put in the basket at the back.

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for December is for the end to child-soldiers: That the scandal of child-soldiers may be eliminated the world over.

FOOD BANK DONATIONS WANTED Please put any non-perishable items,

(including toothpaste and toiletries) into the green box in the Parish House corridor.

Many thanks for your generosity.

N.B.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Phil 4: 4-5

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say,

rejoice.

Indeed, the Lord is near.

COLLECT

O God, who see how your people

faithfully await the feast of the Lord’s

Nativity,

enable us, we pray,

to attain the joys of so great a salvation

and to celebrate them always

with solemn worship and glad rejoicing.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity

of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

FIRST READING Isaiah 35:1-6,10

Let the wilderness and the dry-lands exult,

let the wasteland rejoice and bloom,

let it bring forth flowers like the jonquil,

let it rejoice and sing for joy.

The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it,

the splendour of Carmel and Sharon;

they shall see the glory of the Lord,

the splendour of our God.

Strengthen all weary hands,

steady all trembling knees

and say to all faint hearts,

‘Courage! Do not be afraid.

‘Look, your God is coming,

vengeance is coming,

the retribution of God;

he is coming to save you.’

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,

the ears of the deaf unsealed,

then the lame shall leap like a deer

and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy

for those the Lord has ransomed shall

return.

They will come to Zion shouting for joy,

everlasting joy on their faces;

joy and gladness will go with them

and sorrow and lament be ended.

The word of the Lord.

R. Thanks be to God

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Psalm 145:6-10

Response: Come, Lord, and save us.

It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever,

who is just to those who are oppressed.

It is he who gives bread to the hungry,

the Lord, who sets prisoners free.

R.

It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind,

who raises up those who are bowed

down,

the Lord, who protects the stranger

and upholds the widow and orphan.

R.

It is the Lord who loves the just

but thwarts the path of the wicked.

The Lord will reign for ever,

Zion’s God, from age to age.

R.

SECOND READING James 5:7-10

Be patient, brothers, until the Lord’s

coming. Think of a farmer: how patiently he

waits for the precious fruit of the ground

until it has had the autumn rains and the

spring rains! You too have to be patient; do

not lose heart, because the Lord’s coming

will be soon. Do not make complaints

against one another, brothers, so as not to be

brought to judgement yourselves; the Judge

is already to be seen waiting at the gates.

For your example, brothers, in submitting

with patience, take the prophets who spoke

in the name of the Lord.

The word of the Lord.

R. Thanks be to God

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Is61:1(Lk4:18)

Alleluia, alleluia!

The spirit of the Lord has been given to me.

He has sent me to bring the good news to

the poor.

Alleluia!

GOSPEL Matthew 11:2-11

John in his prison had heard what Christ

was doing and he sent his disciples to ask

him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or

have we got to wait for someone else?’

Jesus answered, ‘Go back and tell John

what you hear and see; the blind see

again, and the lame walk, lepers are

cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead

are raised to life and the Good News is

proclaimed to the poor; and happy is the

man who does not lose faith in me.’

As the messengers were leaving, Jesus

began to talk to the people about John:

‘What did you go out into the wilderness

to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No?

Then what did you go out to see? A man

wearing fine clothes? Oh no, those who

wear fine clothes are to be found in

palaces. Then what did you go out for? To

see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much

more than a prophet: he is the one of

whom scripture says:

‘Look, I am going to send my messenger

before you;

he will prepare your way before you.

‘I tell you solemnly, of all the children

born of women, a greater than John the

Baptist has never been seen; yet the least

in the kingdom of heaven is greater than

he is.’

The Gospel of the Lord

R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS

May the sacrifice of our worship, Lord, we pray,

be offered to you unceasingly,

to complete what was begun in sacred mystery

and powerfully accomplish for us your saving

work.

Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon Cf. Is 35: 4

Say to the faint of heart: Be strong and do not

fear.

Behold, our God will come, and he will save us.

Prayer after Communion

We implore your mercy, Lord,

that this divine sustenance may cleanse us of our

faults

and prepare us for the coming feasts.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen

The Mystery of Faith: No 3

Save us, Saviour of the world,

For by your Cross and Resurrection

You have set us free.