Seeing Your Life Through The Lens of The Gospel

5th Sunday of Lent

Martha and Mary were people of faith but Jesus led them to an even deeper faith. Who were the people who led you to a deeper faith in Jesus? Remember them and give thanks.

Martha and Mary were struggling to come to terms with their bereavement. What has helped you in similar situations?

The concern of Jesus is palpable and touching. Recall those who matter to you and to whom you matter. Such love mediates God’s love, which surpasses human love with the gift of new life and Easter joy.

One can imagine Lazarus as a symbol of people and groups that are written off as dead (sometimes by themselves), and yet through faith come back to life again. Have you had the experience of being revived by faith? Has faith helped to free you from what held you in bondage, or was destructive of your life?

John Byrne OSA

St Andrew’s Hospice Community Choir

Do you enjoy singing? Then please come along to our Community Choir on a Tuesday evening 7pm-8pm held in the Hospice Chapel.

Brecbannoch Pilgrimage The annual Brecbannoch Pilgrimage will take place 912 June 2023. With the permission of Bishop Brian McGhee, pilgrims will traverse the 43 miles from Oban to Iona on foot, praying for a new evangelisation in Scotland, which once rang with Catholic faith from sea to sea. Along the way pilgrims will not only invoke the special intercession of the holy men and women of Scotland, but will carry the relics of St Columba, St Andrew, and St Margaret. Participants are encouraged to sign up as soon as places are running out: https:// www.brecbannoch.org/book

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell is a Charity registered in Scotland - Number SC011041