Mercy Bus will be back in town soon

People are being reminded that the Mercy Bus will be rolling back into Paisley on Saturday.

The Friends of Divine Mercy Scotland are taking the bus back on the road in a bid to“spread the joy of the Gospel”.

Last year, more than 200 people boarded the Bus and more than 1,000 Miraculous Medals and Divine Mercy Chaplets were given out in Scotland.

Organiser Helen Border said: “Everyone is welcome to come along and visit our‘church on wheels. Today, people find forgiveness hard to accept and sometimes even harder to give.

“Taking the church to the people shows that the Lord loves and cares for them and wants them to return to Him.

“There will be priests hearing confessions on the top deck of the Mercy Bus with literature, tea, coffee and home baking available downstairs.”

The Rt Rev John Keenan, Bishop of Paisley said: “The Mercy Bus works because so many lay men and women reach out to shoppers in the environment of the bus and invite them to go in to chat with the priests inside or receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

“So the Mercy Bus is a sign of the essence of the Church where lay faithful go out to their peers to welcome into the pastoral care of priests who teach and heal.”

The bus will be at the war memorial, at Paisley Cross, from 11am to 3pm, where the Rev Stephen Baillie will be celebrating Mass at 2pm.

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