3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday of the Word of God
‘Immediately they left their nets and followed him.’
The readings for this third week of Ordinary Time deliver a promise of hope, joy and light to those living in darkness.
The prophet Isaiah reflects on how the Lord brought hope and unity to places of profound and enduring conflict. The joy his love brings is abundant and contagious. (First Reading)
The themes of light and salvation underpin the Psalm. We are reassured that if we remain firmly fixed on the Lord, we have nothing to fear.
Paul (Second Reading) echoes this message to the community in Corinth. He urges them to address the divisive hierarchies and cliques that have emerged and reminds them that God invites every person to be united in his love.
In the Gospel, Matthew recounts the very beginning of Jesus’s ministry and the appointment of his first disciples. We witness the simplicity of his methods: he meets us where we are at; sees and values us for who we really are; and invites us to abandon old habits and ways that weigh us down so that we can truly follow him.
As this new year begins, we ask for God’s grace and guidance to celebrate and reconcile our differences so that we may share in his abundant love.
(With thanks to St Beuno's Outreach)
ARTWORK
The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew
Master of the Brussels Initials
from a Missal c1389–1404;
in the Collection of the J Paul Getty Museum
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
The Pope's January Prayer Intention
For prayer with the Word of God.
Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church.
Visit the website of Pray with the Pope.
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Mass Times at St Ninian's
Sunday Mass
Saturday Vigil Mass 5pm;
Sunday 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.