St Bride’s East Kilbride
Year of Faith: Services for Holy Week and Easter
St Paul declared: “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain”. Our faith is anchored in the good news of the resurrection. The resurrection is the Father’s response to the cross, his defiant answer to a world that hoped violence could keep Jesus in its hold.
If death had spoken the final word about Jesus, it would have been only a matter of time before everything about Jesus had been reduced to a curiosity, a forgettable footnote in a crowded history of lost causes. But God had the last word.
In raising Jesus from the dead, God raised every value that Jesus cherished, every story that Jesus told, every preference that Jesus made, every purpose that Jesus followed. All this was given new life and new significance.
The resurrection of Jesus was not a hysterical invention of people who refused to accept Jesus’ death. The Father’s act of raising Jesus from the dead is the Father’s way of accepting his Son’s death. Jesus is wakened to glory by the applause of his Father, by the sheer energy of his Father’s love, by the loud shout of his Father’s gratitude. The Father refuses to write RIP over Jesus’ grave. Our faith focuses not on an empty tomb but on the everlasting presence of Jesus as Lord.
Palm Sunday
9:30am Mass
Mass begins with the procession from the Pastoral Centre, carrying the blessed palms.
The children return to the Pastoral Centre for the last of their current series of special Sunday liturgies.
At each Mass we will listen to the passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.
11:30am Mass
6:00pm Mass
SUNDAY
24
MAR
Monday
7:00am Mass
10:00am Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion
7:00pm Penitential Service in St Bride’s
MONDAY
25
MAR
Tuesday
7:00am Mass
10:00am Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion
7:00pm Stations of the Cross
7:00pm Penitential Service in Our Lady of Lourdes
TUESDAY
26
MAR
Wednesday
7:00am Mass
10:00am Mass
WEDNESDAY
27
MAR
Holy Thursday
10:00am Morning Prayer (in the Church)
Coach leaves for Chrism Mass immediately after Morning Prayer
11:30am Chrism Mass (in the Cathedral, Motherwell)
7:30pm Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Followed by the Procession to the Altar of Repose in the Pastoral Centre
10:00pm Night Prayer in the Garden of Repose in the Pastoral Centre
THURSDAY
28
MAR
Good Friday
10:00am Morning Prayer
3:00pm The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
3:00pm The children have their own service in the Pastoral Centre.
The Children’s Liturgy Team will lead them in a re-enactment of the passion story. The children will remain safe and supervised until the adult service ends.
7:30pm Evening Service
FRIDAY
29
MAR
Holy Saturday
10:00am Morning Prayer
9:00pm The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Celebration of the remaining Sacraments of Initiation - Baptism, Confirmation and First Holy Communion - for the three candidates from RCIA.
No vigil Mass at 6:00pm today
SATURDAY
30
MAR
Easter Sunday
9:30am Mass
The children are invited onto the sanctuary to witness the baptism of baby Charlotte Wilson.
Charlotte’s sisters Stacey and Stephanie will serve at Mass.
11:30am Mass
6:00pm Mass
SUNDAY
31
MAR
Easter Monday
11:00am Mass
Official opening of the Parish Library and Reading Room to Commemorate the Year of Faith: after 11:00am Mass on Easter Monday.
MONDAY
1
APR