The Third Sunday of the Year (C) 27 January 2013 http://www.staugustinescoatbridge.com Charity Number: SCO11041 Lepra Sunday is an important date in our calendar. It gives us an opportunity to learn more about the tremendous work of this charity and to provide vital financial support to help in the fight against leprosy. Out target this year … Continue reading
‘There is a season for everything and a time for every occupation under heaven’ Ecclesiasticus 3.1 By Canon Jim Foley Each morning on my way from the presbytery to the Church I find myself transported, as if by magic carpet, to the Italian City of Pisa and travel back in time some four hundred years. … Continue reading
The Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (C) 20 January 2013 http://www.staugustinescoatbridge.com Charity Number: SCO11041 Today’s Gospel from the evangelist John includes the story of the miracle at the wedding feast in Cana. This Gospel always appears on this Sunday each year because it is there that Christ is revealed. The last sentence in John’s Gospel (Jn 2:11) … Continue reading
LA RICETTA MAGGICA By Canon Jim Foley Cari amici d’Italia! An earlier notice in these columns drew attention to the programme of study to be provided by La Casa di Dante in Trastevere during 2013. Those who have the good fortune to attend those lectures will listen to the Italian language at its purest and … Continue reading
The Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord 6 January 2013 http://www.staugustinescoatbridge.com Charity Number: SCO11041 We Three Kings The Solemnity of the Epiphany recalls the moment when the three wise men from the East set-out in search of the infant-king, led by a star, to pay him homage and to offer him their gifts of … Continue reading
by Canon Jim Foley Some twenty-five years ago James Kinnear, one of our distinguished parishioners, drew my attention to a little-known inscription in Hebrew to be found by only the most diligent of visitors to the crypt of St Mungo’s Cathedral, Glasgow, just a few feet away from the tomb of the saint. The cathedral … Continue reading
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