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Welcome
For over 70 years St Joseph’s has been at the heart of this local community: built up by the hands and the prayers of its people, the Parish has been a home to generations of the Catholic community and given many of its sons to priestly service. That same spirit characterises St Joseph’s Parish to this day: welcoming, generous and good-hearted. We are blessed to be placed under the patronage of the great St Joseph, whose intercession and blessing we invoke upon all visitors to our Parish website!
In both sorrow and joy we heed the counsel ‘Ite ad Ioseph’- Go to Joseph!
Coronavirus update - Wednesday 18 March
Public Mass will be suspended in Scotland from Thursday 19 March. Please see the Bishop’s conference full pastoral letter at https://Www.rcdop.org.uk/news/pastoral-letter-and-statement-of-the-scottish-bishops-re-covid-19-virus
Please use the resources on this website and the diocese of paisley website (see opposite) to continue to pray during this difficult time. Please also see /father-thomass-reflections-2020 in the ‘home’ section above for regular messages from your parish priest during this time, as well as weekly Sunday sermons, the most recent of which will be posted below.
Rosary live: father Thomas will be praying the rosary live on the music ministry facebook page on Monday 4 May at 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/StJosephsMusic
Father Thomas will live stream mass during the lockdown period on the St Josephs Music Ministry Facebook page. Vigil mass will be on Saturday’s at 5pm and Sunday mass at 10.30am. https://www.facebook.com/StJosephsMusic
Eucharistic Adoration will be held on Friday 5 June 6pm to 7pm at https://www.facebook.com/StJosephsMusicSPIRITUAL BOUQUET
The Diocese would like to present our two hospitals with a Spiritual Bouquet from the people of the Diocese as a thank you for all their hard work, and to let them know that we are still supporting and praying for them. The link pasted below would take them to the Diocesan web page where you can decide how many rosaries, or other prayers you would like to offer in this bouquet. The total number would then be collated and a presentation made to the hospitals in a few weeks’ time. We will run this for two weeks from Sunday 31 May.
Link
https://rcdop.org.uk/nhs-care-workers-spiritual-bouquet
What is a Spiritual Bouquet?
“Spiritual Bouquets are prayers or devotional acts that someone (the giver) has or will offer for someone else (the recipient). It can be given from an individual or group to an individual or group to express joy, sorrow or best wishes, often in commemoration of a special occasion. The recipient is given a card or something similar indicating who the giver is and what the spiritual bouquet consists of.
This can be the number of Masses attended, Holy Communions offered, rosaries and/or other prayers said, or good deeds performed.
It should include the sender’s name and the number of timeseach offering was or will be done, and it may also include the dates.”
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The devotion to The Sacred Heart
The devotion to the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus) is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Catholic devotions in the Church, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind".
The Month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. The Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost. It is a common practice among the Catholics that they consecrate their families to the Sacred Heart. Here below is a prayer of Consecration and the Litany.
Consecration of Families to the Sacred Heart
O most Sacred Heart of Jesus, you did reveal to the blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque your desire to rule over Christian families; behold, in order to please you, we stand before you this day, to proclaim your full sovereignty over our family. We desire henceforth to live your life, we desire that the virtues, to which you have promised peace on earth, may flower in the bosom of our family; we desire to keep far from us the spirit of the world, which you have condemned. You are King of our hearts by our love of you alone, with which our hearts are on fire and whose flame we shall nourish by frequent reception of the Holy Eucharist. Be pleased, O Sacred Heart, to preside over our gathering together, to bless our spiritual and temporal affairs, to ward off all annoyance from us, to bless our joys and comfort our sorrows. If any of us has ever been so unhappy as to fall into the misery of displeasing you, grant that he may remember, O Heart of Jesus, that you are full of goodness and mercy toward the repentant sinner. And when the hour of separation strikes and death enters our family circle, whether we go or whether we stay, we shall all bow meekly before your eternal decrees. This shall be our consolation, to remember that the day will come, when our entire family, once more united in heaven, shall be able to sing of your glory and your goodness forever. May the immaculate Heart of Mary and the glorious Patriarch Saint Joseph promise to offer you this our act of consecration, and to keep the memory thereof alive in us all the days of our lives. Glory to the Heart of Jesus, our King and our Father! Amen.
Litany
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin other’s womb, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, glowing furnace of charity, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, vessel of justice and love, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, King and centre of all hearts, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells all the fullness of Divinity, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father was well pleased, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, patient and rich in mercy, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, rich to all who call upon You, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, fount of life and holiness, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our offences, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, overwhelmed with reproaches, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our iniquities, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, obedient even unto death, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in You, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Jesus, meek and humble of Heart, make our hearts like unto Thine.
Let us pray:
Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of your most beloved Son and upon the praises and satisfaction which He offers you in the name of sinners; and to those who implore your mercy, in your great goodness, grant forgiveness in the name of the same Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with yourforever and ever. Amen.
Our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to St. Margaret Mary between 1673-1675. Among the words spoken to her, she heard Jesus make 12 promises to those who would respond to the pleading of His Heart and make an effort to return His love.
1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
2. I will establish peace in their homes.
3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.
5. I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.
6. Sinners will find in My Heart the source and Infinite Ocean of mercy.
7. Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.
8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
9. I will bless every place in which an image of My Heart is exposed
and honored.
10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names
written in My Heart.
12. I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.
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Prayers
Pope Francis, Bishop John and Father Thomas all call us to pray in these unsettling times.
On the ten small beads of each decade:
Bishop John’s prayers can be found at https://Rcdop.org.uk/news/prayer-of-devotion-to-the-united-hearts-of-jesus-and-mary
https://Www.rcdop.org.uk/news/a-bishop-johns-message-call-for-prayer-for-gods-protection-against-coronavirus
Father Thomas instructs us to pray the Chaplet of the Devine Mercy each day, a simple, but powerful prayer using rosary beads:
Use the rosary beads and begin with Our Father....Hail Mary.... The Apostles Creed
On the large bead before each decade:
Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world
For the sake of his sorrowful Passion, Have mercy on us and on the whole world
Conclude with:
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world (repeat three times) -
Todays readings
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Reading 1 2 Tm 2:8-15Responsorial Psalm 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14Gospel Mk 12:28-34
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