The Bishops' Conference of Scotland

Gospel
John 17:20-26
‘May they become perfectly one.’

At that time: Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and praying said, ‘[Holy Father,] I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.’

𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗿 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲-𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿

On behalf of the bishops of Scotland, I warmly congratulate John Swinney on his re-appointment as First Minister of Scotland and wish him every success in the weeks and months ahead. The Catholic Church looks forward to the opportunity for constructive engagement with Mr Swinney and his Government on the priorities facing people and communities across Scotland, and I assure him, and all members of the Scottish Parliament, of our prayers.

Bishop John Keenan
President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland

Gospel
John 17:11b-19
‘May they be one, even as we are one.’

At that time: Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and praying said, ‘Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated in truth.’

Marian Devotions
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Holy Mass of Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter | 19 May 2026
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