30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
‘You shall love the Lord your God’
Our readings this Sunday remind us of God’s love and compassion. We are asked to live this out each day in our relations with him and with others.
The First Reading is from the book of Exodus. God tells Moses to teach the Israelites the kind of care they are to show each other as children of God.
The Psalm is a song of praise and thanksgiving to God, who is the only source of our strength. We can express our love for him in our dealings with others.
St Paul, in the Second Reading, praises the Christians in Thessalonica for the way they have responded, in joy, to the Spirit, becoming imitators of Christ.
In the Gospel Jesus answers the question, ‘Which is the greatest commandment?’ The answer is, of course, to love God – with our whole being. Love of our neighbour is inextricable from this.
This week let us, with joy, strive to imitate Christ’s love for us in the smallest details of our motives and actions with regard to others.
(With thanks to St Beuno's Outreach)
ARTWORK
A Mezuzah is found on the doorpost in all Jewish homes and contains the words of the Hebrew 'Shema' - the text taken mostly from Deuteronomy that begins with the words Jesus uses in today's Gospel. Click here to learn more about the Mezuzah.
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 Leo's Prayer Intention for October
Click the image above to play the video
For mental health ministry
Let us pray that the mental health ministry be established throughout the Church, helping to overcome the stigma and discrimination of persons with mental illnesses.
Visit the website of Pray With the Pope
Visit the website of Pray As You Go for a reflection on this month's video.
Latest Edition Now Online
In 2027, St. Ninian’s will celebrate 100 years of faith, worship, and service. This centenary will give us an opportunity to give thanks for our history, celebrate our parish life today, and look forward with hope to the future. To mark this occasion, a programme of events is being planned throughout the year. The Parish Centenary Group is seeking volunteers to help with planning and organisation. Any time, ideas, or skills you can offer would be most welcome.
If you would like to help, please click here complete a short questionnaire online or click here to download a copy to fill in by hand. Alternatively, send your details using the parish email address stninian@rcag.org.uk, or speak to Fr Paul, and he will pass your details to the Centenary Group. Together, let us make this centenary a joyful and faith‑filled celebration for our whole parish community.
Diocesan Structures
Click here for an important statement from the Bishops' Conference of Scotland about upcoming consultations on the structuring of our Scottish dioceses.
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.