SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
This weekend, Marys’ Patch will have two wonderful exhibitions of Quilts
created and made by their students. They will be exhibited on both days in the West Carse Hall, Glencarse from 10.00am – 4.00pm and All Saints’ Church from 12noon - 4.00pm. There will be over 100 quilts on display so do not miss the opportunity of enjoying the artistic efforts of the students. There will be an opportunity to make a donation.
DON’T MISS THIS VERY SPECIAL EXHIBITION.
SUNDAY
After the excitement of Easter, Ascension, Pentecost and Trinity, we have reached Ordinary Time. Most Sundays for the next six months will be numbered after Pentecost and most of the gospel readings will be from St Matthew’s gospel.
Our first reading is from the Old Testament prophet, Hosea where we hear that God is rejecting the Northern Kingdom of Israel because the people have been unfaithful and offered burned sacrifices to false gods. Rather God wants “steadfast love”. In the gospel we read of the calling of Matthew and the two miracles that follow; the raising of dead girl to life again, and the healing of a woman who has suffered from haemorrhages for twelve years. Come and hear about it.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WILL BE IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY.
IT’S REALLY HELPFUL WHEN PREPARING THE ORDERS OF SERVICE.
ANOTHER UNUSUAL BUT REAL SAINT
St Ronan was an Irish bishop of the sixth century who was so pestered for his holiness he ran away to Brittany to live in a little hut in some woods. He soon attracted a new following, including the husband of a peasant woman called Keban, who grew terribly jealous. She accused Ronan of sorcery and said that, in the shape of a wolf, he had devoured her sheep and her daughter. The people unleashed two ferocious dogs, but Ronan looked at them piously and they rolled over and waggled their legs in the air. He then, miraculously, took them to a cupboard where Keban had imprisoned the daughter who had stifled to death. He brought her back to life but Keban was so ungrateful and sour Ronan had to move to the kingdom of Domnonia for a quiet life. When he died his relics were moved to Quimper and when that city was threatened by fire, some monks waved his bones at the flames which were immediately extinguished. His example inspired Sir Walter Scott’s worst novel ‘St Ronan’s Well’, which was described by a contemporary critic as ‘abortive, contemptable and sixth-rate’.
With love from your friend and rector,
