Prayers for Peace

Westwood Church and Our Lady of Lourdes Church are coming together to Pray for Peace in recognition of the war between Israel and Hamas.

All who wish to pray for peace are welcome to attend this Prayer Service to take place in Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 1pm on Saturday 28th October.

This time of prayer will be led by Rev Mackenzie of Westwood Church while Father Dougan of Our Lady of Lourdes presents the homily.

The Bishops Conference of Scotland issued the following statement;

“We have been shocked and horrified by the outbreak of senseless violence in the Holy Land. Our hearts go out to the innocent people of Israel who have been murdered and terrorised and to the innocent civilians of Gaza dying in a war zone. We join with Pope Francis in his call for peace and echo his condemnation of this widespread outbreak of violence. We pray for peace and call on the faithful, and all people of good will to do the same. We hope the violence will cease, that civilians and non-combatants will be respected and that all hostages will be released.”