St. Patrick's, Greenock, Scotland
Parish Priest: Very Rev G.J.Gallagher
Welcome!
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We are called, through our Baptism, to live in and by the Presence of Christ in Word and Sacrament. Through His call we live, gratefully, the life God has given us and proclaim the Good News through our word and deed.
Day for Life 2025
This Sunday we mark our annual Day for Life. This year’s theme, Hope Does Not Disappoint: Finding Meaning in Suffering invites us, in this Holy Year of Hope, to pray for those who suffer that they may be able to unite their crosses with Jesus and so to find some hope; and for society to find ways to come closer to those suffering and lighten their burden.
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The Day for Life Collection fosters human life in every stage and condition, with particular attention to pro-life causes along with other aspects of life deserving consideration. The collection is spilt fifty percent between national and diocesan initiatives.
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SUNDAY MASS: Saturday Vigil; 5.30pm Sunday: 9.30am & 11.00am
Sunday Readings: THE MOST HOLY TRINITY: (Year C)
WEEKDAY MASS: Tuesday-Saturday: 10.00am
Weekday Readings: 11th. Week in Ordinary Time: Year 1
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Tuesday-Friday: 9.00-9.30am
PENANCE & RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 10.30am & 4.45-5.15pm (in the Cry Chapel)
Divine Office: 11th. Week of Ordinary Time Psalms: Week 3
Baptism: Sunday after 11.00am Mass by prior arrangement
Marriage: Please give at least 6 month’s notice of Marriage.
We have now returned to Ordinary Time in the church’s year. For the Penitential Rite, we will use Rite 2 for the next few weeks.
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We also return to using the Nicene Creed as our Profession of Faith at Sunday Mass.
MASS THIS WEEK
Monday - Saturday @ 10:00am
Monday is the new Feast of All The Saints of Scotland, so we will have a 10:00am Mass on Monday.
Today’s Liturgy: The Holy Trinity is famously difficult to understand. The problem is not that the Trinity is complicated: rather it is the simplicity of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, which is so hard to grasp. In the liturgy we celebrate that closeness to us of God whom we know and address as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The closeness of the Trinity is seen in the number of times the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are invoked in our liturgy.