Pope Benedict's Pilgrimage in Scotland & England

Dear, Fr. Patrick,

We thank you, good Scot overseas, for your wishes and prayer for
Pope Benedict's Pilgrimage in Scotland.   

Yours 
Donald

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September 13, 2010

Greetings and Peace in the name of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!   

As you know the Holy father, Pope Benedict XV1

will make a Pilgrimage and State Visit to Scotland and England this week.

He will arrive on Thursday, September 16

He will return to the Vatican on Sunday, September  19.

He will celebrate masses, visit the youth, elderly, and teachers.

He will participate in Ecumenical Services and Beatify John Henry Cardinal Newman.

I ask for your prayers for God's special Blessings on this Pilgrimage.

He is a man of faith and will bring a message of faith, hope and love with him.

The theme of the Pilgrimage is

"Heart speaks to Heart",

which was the coat of arms of Cardinal Newman.

God Bless our Church.  

Sincerely in the Lord   

Father Patrick    

The lost sheep, the lost coin, the lost son

Jesus defends Himself by three great parables (the lost sheep, the lost coin, the lost son)

12 September [24th Sunday in Ord. Time]
Lk 15:1-32  

The Prodigal Son

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found. [32]

The gospel reading for today is the entire 15th chapter of Luke's gospel.  It appears to be all about ‘lost property’: the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son.  This is bound to strike a chord with all of us, because there is no one who doesn’t feel lost in some way.  Jesus told these three stories in response to the Pharisees who accused him of consorting with sinners – people who had lost their way. 

But to be more exact, these parables are not about the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son; they are not about being lost, but about being found.  Each of them underlines the joy of the finder: God's joy in seeking and finding what is lost.  ‘Rejoice’ is the key word at the end of each story.  These stories are Jesus’ revelation of what God is like. 

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		< Luke 15:32 >> Luke 15:32 Greek Study Bible (Apostolic / Interlinear) εὐφρανθῆναι δὲ καὶ χαρῆναι ἔδει, ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἔζησεν,καὶ ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη. KJV with Strong's  It was meet that we should make merry and be glad for this thy brother was dead and is alive again and was lost and is found Greek Transliteration Strong's Morphology English εὐφρανθῆναι euphranthēnai 2165 V-APN to be merry δὲ de 1161 CONJ was καὶ kai 2532 CONJ and χαρῆναι charēnai 5463 V-2AON be glad ἔδει edei 1163 V-IAI-3S it was needful ὅτι oti 3754 CONJ for ὁ o 3588 T-NSM ἀδελφός adelphos 80 N-NSM brother σου sou 4675 P-2GS of you οὗτος outos 3778 D-NSM this νεκρὸς nekros 3498 A-NSM dead ἦν ēn 2258 V-IAI-3S was καὶ kai 2532 CONJ and ἔζησεν ezēsen 2198 V-AAI-3S live καὶ kai 2532 CONJ and ἀπολωλὼς apolōlōs 622 V-2RAP-NSM lost καὶ kai 2532 CONJ and εὑρέθη eurethē 2147 V-API-3S was found Parallel Texts ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 15:32 Greek NT: Westcott/Hort with Diacritics εὐφρανθῆναι δὲ καὶ χαρῆναι ἔδει, ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἔζησεν, καὶ ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη. Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata epulari autem et gaudere oportebat quia frater tuus hic mortuus erat et revixit perierat et inventus est     Luke 15:32  But it was fitting to make merry, to revel and feast and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!   (AMP)

Papal Visit Scotland

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POPE'S MESSAGE TO UNITED KINGDOM

"I Am Very Much Looking Forward to My Visit"

VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 8, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is the message Benedict XVI read today after the weekly general audience on the occasion of his Sept. 16-19 trip to the United Kingdom.

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I am very much looking forward to my visit to the United Kingdom in a week’s time and I send heartfelt greetings to all the people of Great Britain. I am aware that a vast amount of work has gone into the preparations for the visit, not only by the Catholic community but by the Government, the local authorities in Scotland, London and Birmingham, the communications media and the security services, and I want to say how much I appreciate the efforts that have been made to ensure that the various events planned will be truly joyful celebrations. Above all I thank the countless people who have been praying for the success of the visit and for a great outpouring of God’s grace upon the Church and the people of your nation.


It will be a particular joy for me to beatify the Venerable John Henry Newman in Birmingham on Sunday 19 September. This truly great Englishman lived an exemplary priestly life and through his extensive writings made a lasting contribution to Church and society both in his native land and in many other parts of the world. It is my hope and prayer that more and more people will benefit from his gentle wisdom and be inspired by his example of integrity and holiness of life.


I look forward to meeting representatives of the many different religious and cultural traditions that make up the British population, as well as civil and political leaders. I am most grateful to Her Majesty the Queen and to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury for receiving me, and I look forward to meeting them. While I regret that there are many places and people I shall not have the opportunity to visit, I want you to know that you are all remembered in my prayers. God bless the people of the United Kingdom!    

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Tree bear good fruit

Saturday, September 11, 2010 Readings I Cor 10:14-22 Lk 6:43-49 Mass Intro (Fr. S … ):      Today’s Gospel Reading is a series of separate sayings of Jesus which were spoken on different occasion and Luke is giving us a kind of compendium of rules for life and living verses 43 and 44 remind is that man can be judged by his deeds just as by its fruits. The good man draws what is good from the store of goodness is his heart. It is his inner nature that determines what fruit has life will yield, so as also with the evil man. His inner evil can produce only evil. If we fill our hearts and minds with the things of the Spirit we shall draw from the storehouse of the Spirit and if we fill our hearts and minds with the impulses of the corrupt nature we shall draw from that also. St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians Chapter 5:22 is very clear regarding this, All evil in the world comes from the impulses of our corrupt nature: concupiscence’s of flesh, concupiscence’s of mind and pride of life. Let us be a Spirit-filled person and experience the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. ==================================== KEY VERSE:  Luke 6:46    Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not [practice] what I tell you? (AMP).   Navarre Commentary 46.  Jesus asks us to act in a way consistent with being Christians and not to make any separation between the faith we profess and the way we live: "What matters is not whether or not we wear a religious habit; it is whether we try to practice the virtues and surrender our will to God and order our lives as His Majesty ordains, and not want to do our will but his" (St Teresa of Avila, "Interior Castle", II, 6). John Henry Newman God created me to do him some definite service; he has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission - I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next ... Therefore, I will trust him ... If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve him ... He does nothing in vain; he may prolong my life, he may shorten it, he knows what he is about.