Palm Sunday
Jesus emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in human likeness
Today, as we begin the week we call Holy, we try and put some time aside so as to enter into it as attentively as possible. Palm Sunday begins with a processional Gospel (Luke 19: 28-40) recounting Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The disciples are overjoyed and lead the cries of ‘Hosanna’.
Then the Gospel of the Mass itself gives us Luke’s account of Jesus’s Passion and death. Jesus is betrayed and handed over to be crucified.
The prophet Isaiah (First Reading) presents a disciple, the Suffering Servant, often identified with Jesus, who suffers without offering resistance.
The Psalm follows the same theme, echoing elements of the Gospel narrative. But the last verse becomes a hymn of praise to God, who brings victory out of defeat.
Our Second Reading is an ancient liturgical hymn of praise. Here Jesus is presented as one who is divine but humbles himself, in obedience to the Father. He empties himself and accepts death on the cross, and so he is exalted as Lord by all those in heaven and on earth.
Jesus ‘taking the form of a servant’, or of a slave, leads us to consider all those throughout our world who suffer modern forms of slavery. May our prayers and actions in this Jubilee year give them hope and lead to justice.
(With thanks to St Beuno's Outreach)
ARTWORK
The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
Giotto di Bondone 1304-06, Fresco, 200 x 185 cm
Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua
Welcome
Welcome to the website of St Ninian’s Catholic Church in Knightswood, Glasgow. I hope and pray this will be a resource for spiritual nourishment for you who visit, that it will be a source of inspiration for parish outreach, allowing us to be the heart and hands of Christ for those around us, and that it will make a contribution to community building for the entire Knightswood area.
As we make our way through the year, let God’s light lift up our Spirits and our faith. May we have the courage to meet and embrace the challenges and the encounters of life with a renewed sense of purpose in the weeks and months ahead.
Thank you for visiting our website and our thanks to David Gray for permission to use his wonderful photographs of our Church.
Fr. Paul
Pope Francis' April Prayer Intention
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For the use of the new technologies.
Let us pray that the use of the new technologies will not replace human relationships, will respect the dignity of the person, and will help us face the crises of our times.
Visit the website of Pray With the Pope
Mass Times at St Ninian's
Sunday Mass
Saturday Vigil Mass 5pm;
Sunday 9.00 am & 11.00 am (with Children’s Liturgy) & 5.00 pm
Weekday Mass Mon - Sat:
10.00 am
Confessions
Saturday 10.30 am; 4.15 - 4.45 pm
St Ninian Mosaics
Mosaics (Opus Sectile) in the high altar above the tabernacle. The right-hand panels depict St Ninian building the White House at Whithorn, and the left-hand panels depict him preaching the Gospel to the Southern Picts.
