Welcome to St Mary, Our Lady of Victories Sunday 15 August 2021 & Our Lady of Good Counsel Solemnity of the Assumption & St Andrew’s Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary Canon Kevin J Golden: 01382 225228/275539 [email protected] Father Louis Uwaezuoke: 01382 540494 [email protected] Postal address: St. Andrew's Cathedral, 150 Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4EA Dunkeld Charity Number SC001810 Website: www.standrewscathedraldundee.com Facebook: facebook.com/StAndrewsRCDundee ------Our Sunday Masses Vigil Masses: 4pm in the Cathedral 5.30pm in Our Lady of Good Counsel Day Masses: 9.45am in Our Lady of Good Counsel There will be a Holy Hour 11am & 6pm in Cathedral 11.15am in St Mary’s in honour of Our Lady in St Mary, Our Lady of Victories 19th Sunday Church, Forebank Road, at 4pm. in Ordinary Time All are welcome.

8 August 2021 Come and join us to sing

Next Sunday: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time the lovely hymns to the Blessed

Mother which we have not been able

Dear Friends and Parishioners, to sing for so long. With the easing of restrictions announced by the ------First Minister to take place from Monday 9 Weekday Mass this week August, by the time you come to Mass next Our Lady of Good Counsel Sunday 15 August we hope to be able to have Monday at 11am implemented a number of changes, with Holy Tuesday at 11am Communion being distributed at the proper time Wednesday at 11.30am during the Mass, after which you will be able to Thursday at 11am return to your place for the final prayer and Friday at 11am blessing; you will also be allowed to light votive Morning Prayer precedes Mass candles at the statues again. fifteen minutes prior. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————- I am thinking we should still keep a portion of St Mary’s, Forebank Monday - Friday at 11.30am the Cathedral where the distancing will remain at ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————- one metre, for the reassurance of those who feel St Andrew’s Cathedral they still wish to remain socially distanced; the Monday - Friday at 1pm soft seats in Our Lady of Good Counsel will also Saturday at 10am (with Novena to Our Lady) remain one metre apart as they are at present; there is ample space in St Mary’s for the whole CONFESSIONS on request before any Mass congregation to spread out. ------This week Finance Matters! I hope to take a short break from Monday – Friday Thanks for your offertory generosity last Sunday in this week. Stephen shall celebrate the Masses the Cathedral of £609, in Broughty Ferry £500 and in in the Cathedral when I am away, Father Louis will St Mary’s, Forebank £360. Your generosity is much celebrate the Masses in St Mary’s, Forebank, and appreciated. If you have recently started attending Fathers Jim Walls and Greg Murphy shall celebrate one of our Churches and are a tax payer, would you the Masses in Our Lady of Good Counsel. consider gift aiding your offering, at no extra cost to The Mass times in the Cathedral and St Mary’s yourself by using the envelope scheme or making remain as usual. Please note the changes noted on your contribution by bank standing order? the front page of this newsletter in the Mass times for Our Lady of Good Counsel. In recent months your generous giving to the parish has been as follows (these figures include cash and Advance notice regarding Mass times for the cheques, gift aid envelopes, general donations and standing orders): week beginning Monday 16 August

The funeral Mass of Charles Devlin RIP will St Mary’s, Forebank take place in St Mary’s, Forebank on Monday 16 April: £2248 May: £2277 June: £2048

August at 11am. Mass in Our Lady of Good Our Lady of Good Counsel Counsel that day will be at 9.30am. April: £5202 May: £3585 June: £4274 The funeral Mass of Ellen Walls RIP will take place in St Mary’s, Forebank on Tuesday 17 St Andrew’s Cathedral. August at 11am. Mass in Our Lady of Good April: £6590 May: £6097 June: £5283

Counsel that day will also be at 9.30am. ------

Ministry to the sick and housebound There will most likely be no newsletter next Across the three parishes there is a significant Sunday. number of people to whom I regularly bring Holy Weekday Masses the week beginning Monday 16 Communion at home; and thankfully I am now able August in the Cathedral will be at 1pm Monday to to visit most nursing and care homes too (taking the Friday and 10am on Saturday, unless any emergency requisite covid test when doing so). The list of those changes need to be effected. wishing to have a visit and Holy Communion is In St Mary’s Forebank, there will be the two funeral growing considerably, and so I think I will have to th Masses: on Monday16th and Tuesday 17 at 11am, come to those who receive a visit each fortnight now and there will be Mass on Wednesday 18, Thursday only every three weeks, so that I can get around 19 and Friday 20 August at 11.30am. everyone. If you or someone you know would like to In Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mass on Monday 16 receive Holy Communion at home, please do be in th will be at 9.30am, Tuesday 17 at 9.30am and then touch with me. 10am on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. ------We are not yet asking Extraordinary Ministers of Our Prayers Holy Communion to visit the housebound. for the sick: Steven Hackney, Ian Davidson, Jane Budge, Thankfully, priests are not part of the designated Alan McKenzie, Joyce Scott, John McCarry, Margaret visitor scheme in care and nursing homes. McMenemy, Tony Beck, Isobel Blackmore, Karen Chaplaincy to Ninewells and RVH is looked after on Dammer, Bridie Mossey, Mel Caullay, Allison Matthew, a rota basis by most of the priests in Dundee: this Jackey Forrest-Moore, Catherine Gallacher, Baby Ben ministry is also becoming a lot busier. If you or a Welsh, Thinley Chodron, Sharon McInally, Natalia loved one need a visit from the on-call chaplain it is Lucka, Benedict Stephens, Gillian Steedman, Steven best to telephone 07821 624124. Kennedy, Aubrey McMullan, Sonya Rostan, Lily Jane ------Douglas, Alexander McNeil, Sheila McCallum, Marie The National pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Manunga; Lady at Carfin will this year be in honour of St those who have died recently: Ellen Walls, Joan Joseph (as this year is dedicated by the Holy Father Kiernan, Charles Devlin; to the honour of St Joseph), and will take place on those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Sunday 5th September at 3pm. All are invited. Renee Savage, Jack McCready, Elspeth McIvor The celebrant and preacher will be Bishop Brian Ian Young, Joseph Dolan, Elspeth McIvor, Rev Deacon McGee of the Diocese of and the Isles. David Forsyth, Mary Toshney, Canon McDermott, Ann (We shall welcome Bishop Brian to St Mary’s, Cosgrove, Dennis McGuirk, Frank Sheppard, Daniel Haney. Forebank in October for a wedding. Brian was in the year above me in Blairs and in those days was a formidable goalie!) The singing of parts of the Mass in Latin during Latin Mass Masses in English is not affected by the Holy You may have heard/read that Our Holy Father Father’s announcement. Indeed the singing of these Pope Francis has decreed certain restrictions parts and other Latin chants is warmly encouraged on the celebration of the so called by the document on the Liturgy of the Second Vatican “extraordinary” form of the Mass, also often Council. ------called the Tridentine Rite. The Holy Father has On the evening of Friday 3 September, and on stated that he has mandated these restrictions Saturday 4 September we shall welcome the Knights because the previous permissions given for of the Holy Sepulchre to St Andrew’s Cathedral for Masses in the “extraordinary form” by his their investiture ceremonies. predecessors, with the aim of fostering greater ------The Mass of Chrism, usually celebrate during Holy unity in the Church, had in fact – according to Week will take place in St Andrew’s Cathedral on a survey of the world’s - had the Tuesday 14 September at 7pm. opposite effect. It is now in the hand of each ------Bishop to authorise such celebrations. Our own On Saturday 25 September at 12.30pm we shall Bishop has placed the celebrate in St Andrew’s Cathedral the Ordination following announcement on the Diocesan to the Priesthood of Andrew Brookes, a native of website. Crieff and now a member of the Dominican Order of Preachers. ------“As some of you may know, as of Friday, Journeying in faith 16th July with the Motu Proprio Traditionis This past week it was a privilege to share some Custodes (Keepers of the Tradition), the Pope thoughts on the celebration of the Easter Triduum has abrogated the general permission or faculty with the Deacons-to-be from across Scotland during for priests to celebrate the Mass according to the their annual Summer School Conference at Kinnoull. 1962 Missale Romanum of Saint John It was also good to take part in a very constructive XXIII. The faculty of celebrating this Mass in meeting about the ongoing faith formation of what Pope Benedict XVI had called the Catholic teachers, especially NQTs, in our Diocese. Both these meetings flagged up to me how good it Extraordinary form has been severely restricted, will be to have the opportunity to start our and it now requires the Diocesan Bishop to Wednesday evening Journey of faith sessions again, authorise the celebrant, time and place of its all going well, in the Autumn. Sadly we will not have celebration. The papal document issued last the facility of the Diocesan Centre at Lawside, Friday included no vacatio legis, which means however, the electronic facilities there are to be that it is to be implemented with Immediate transferred to St Mary’s, Forebank and we will be effect. Consequently, it has not been possible to able to use the very comfortable hall facilities there make timely arrangements so that the Traditional for various diocesan formation events and Latin Mass can be celebrated according to the celebrations: it will be good to be able to bring the new norms. readers, Ministers of Holy Communion and other groups together for reflection and ongoing formation Accordingly, as diocesan Bishop I now grant the again. Meeting people from across the parishes and sharing is always such a source of inspiration and an necessary faculty to celebrate this Mass affirming experience for us as the Church. Please according to the present arrangements now in consider how you will be able to take part in the place, until necessary provisions can be made to Parish community as things gradually ‘open up’ satisfy the implementation of the new norms. again. This means that the present circumstances are Remember the maxim which I have quoted before presumed to continue until any necessary future and which forms the Mission Statement of the changes may be made. Immaculate Conception Parish, Maryhill. I hope we can all make it our own: Currently, the only Sunday celebration of the In this parish we celebrate Pre-conciliar Mass in the is the presence of the loving God. celebrated on Sunday mornings at 11.30am in the All are welcome because all are, equally, Church of Saint Patrick in Stobswell, Dundee by sisters and brothers. None are judged. Everyone Father Ninian Doohan.” needs God’s healing, mercy and peace. ------Can you live on bread alone? too ordinary, just too human perhaps? They know Well, in Elijah’s case the answer might be, ‘yes’. him, they know his family. The problem is not one He thinks he is no better than his ancestors but of communication. Many of them would readily actually that is far from the truth, because we have understood the implications of what Jesus is don’t find him complaining like them about the saying. The giving of manna, the feeding of the lack of food in the wilderness. Conscious of his chosen people with bread from heaven, was often own inadequacy as a prophet, he entrusts his soul associated in Jewish minds with the giving of to God. It is a lovely irony that just because Elijah divine teaching. In other words Jesus is clearly gives priority to the word of God he is able to giving his teaching a unique status – he sees his survive on bread alone. (1 Kings 19:4-8) own teaching as indispensable and as life-giving as our daily bread. In what he says we can hear an echo of those words from the book of Proverbs (9:5) –‘Come, eat of my bread’, perhaps an inspiration for that lovely hymn, “Fill my house unto the fullest”.

If the Israelites in the wilderness were skeptical about God’s ability to feed them, Jesus’ contemporaries are skeptical about something else – the possibility of finding divine wisdom in their own midst. It seems a not unreasonable position until we reflect that these are the very Galileans Perhaps ‘survive’ is not quite the right term who have just seen Jesus feeding 5,000 people. though. Some research suggests that regular According to John’s gospel, they had no doubts ‘fasting’, keeping down the number of calories we then that Jesus must be some kind of prophet. That consume, is actually good for us. It gives the body is why they took the trouble to pursue him, hoping an opportunity to repair damaged cells and can perhaps for a repeat performance. As with so prevent the onset of conditions like diabetes. (As many of us, their problem is really inconsistency. I said on Sunday past, do you ever look in the They are waverers, given to changing their minds, mirror and think, “Gosh, when did that unwilling to accept the truth, unable to trust even happen?!”) If Elijah managed to walk all the way their own judgment. As Jesus reminds them, those to mount Horeb on a stone baked loaf (which who come to Him must be drawn by the Father. It sounds rather good!) and a jar of water, that might is not, then, just an inability to accept his authority indicate that he was used to a meagre diet. It but something more basic that is lacking, would be quite fitting if, without knowing it, the something that is missing in their relationship prophet lived a longer and healthier life as a result with the Father. And if they are unable to accept of self-denial in the service of God. the divine wisdom in Christ’s teaching they will certainly baulk at the very idea that they must The fact that an angelic being ministers to Elijah’s consume his flesh and blood in order to have life. very human needs reminds us that there can also be spiritual dangers in self-denial. A failure to The brief extract from St Paul’s letter to the respect the body’s needs for food and drink may Ephesians reminds us that we no longer suffer be a sign of depression or self-loathing or indeed from this inability to relate to the Father or to His a misguided notion of what God wants. The Son. The apostle assures us that because Christ material and spiritual dimensions of life are has sacrificed himself for us we can now inseparable and it can be just as much a temptation recognise that we are God’s children and even to undervalue our bodily nature with its various imitate the Father’s love. Liberated by the Spirit, needs as it is to overindulge it. even our parish communities can truly become the models of harmony that God intends. We still In the gospel today people are complaining –they have the task of preaching the word and we may are ‘murmuring’ just like the Israelites in the still have very positive reasons to fast and exercise desert – but they are not complaining about a lack self-discipline; but surely have no reason to of food. They are complaining that Jesus seems complain, no reason to doubt God’s providence.