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3rd Sunday of Lent

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God’s love has been poured into our hearts

From this Sunday onwards, our Lenten Gospels come from John and focus on very personal encounters with Jesus. Today, Jesus risks scandal by approaching a Samaritan woman at a well. Seeing her deepest need for healing, he invites her to draw from the well of living water. He is the Messiah she has been waiting for, and her response is a model of Christian discipleship. She believes, and with joy-filled faith, invites others from her community to encounter Jesus (Gospel).

The First Reading stands in stark contrast to this image of faith and surrender. Moses has led God’s chosen people out of slavery from Egypt. Years of exile in the desert causes them to grumble and doubt. They are tired and thirsty. God hears their cry and provides a spring of water.

The Psalm reflects on this painful part of Israel’s history and encourages us to be joyful and faithful; always listening to the voice of God and not hardening our hearts towards him.

The Second Reading is a beautiful letter of love, reminding us that God’s love is forever poured into our hearts. Graced with so much love for us, we must never lose hope, no matter what trials we might face.

Filled with this love and sustained by living water, we, too, are called to go out beyond our comfortable boundaries to pour out God’s love on others. This week, let us pray for the grace to respond generously to this love, and like the Samaritan woman, invite others to believe and be transformed by the healing love of God.

(With thanks to St Beuno's Outreach)

ARTWORK

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

17th Century Icon

The Vatican Museum

Pray With the Pope March Intention

Click the image above to view the video

For disarmament and peace

Let us pray that nations move toward effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that world leaders choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence.

Visit the website of Pray With the Pope

Visit the website of Pray As You Go for a reflection on this month's video.

Welcome Message

On the 1^st of September 2025 we saw the coming together of our two former parishes under the new Parish name of St Mary & St Joseph.

My vision for our future is that we will become stronger together under one umbrella of cooperation, practice of faith and going forward as pilgrims of Hope.

We do this with an optimism that challenges us to be involved and to ask ourselves 'what can I do for my Parish', rather than what can the Parish do for me?

We need that vitality of volunteering and being involved, of helping each other and caring for each other into the future.

I see our new parish as a way of thanking God for all that has been achieved in the former parishes and as an opportunity to forge new ways ahead.

By nature, we don't like change, but with the Lord at the helm, all will be well and good, to those who trust in his love.

Our new parish website will develop over time, as we grow, but in the meantime please enjoy browsing the site. Please also keep me, Deacon Andrew, and all of our parishioners in your prayers.

Fr John McGinley
Parish Priest

New Facebook Page.

St Mary and St Joseph. Please visit and spread the word!

Pope Leo's Lenten Message

Abstain from harsh words and rash judgement

This season of Lent, Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics to open ourselves to listening, fasting, and community, urging us to abstain from words of hatred in order to make space for words of hope and peace.

Read more here

Clydebank Pastoral Area

CHECK IT OUT!
The new website for the Clydebank parishes is launched across all Parishes
The website address is www.rcclydebank.org
ALSO contains the summer schedule for Parish masses across the Clydebank area.