Parish Newsletter- 28th November 2021

Week ahead MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday 27th November@7.00pm
Clara
Eileen Johnston. Peter & Mary Jane Flanagan.
Sunday 28th November@10.00am
Horseleap
Joe & Sheila Mather. Bernadette Digan & deceased of the Digan & Birmingham Families.
Sunday 28th November@11.30am
Clara
Joe & Cora Kelly. John Mulholland.
Maureen & Frank Sheeran.
Tuesday 30th November@7.30pm
Clara
St. Andrew
John Mulholland.
Wednesday 1st December@7.30pm
Clara
Blessed Charles de Foucauld
Pat & Vincent & deceased of the McEvoy family.
Patrick & Peter Buckley. Kathleen Woodward.
Thursday 2nd December@10.00am
Clara
No Intention
Friday 4th December@10.00am
Clara
St Francis Xavier (Patron of the Missions)
Mass for all on the Parish List of the Dead
Saturday 5th December@10.00am
Clara
St John Damescene
James & Evelyn Hogan. Jo Jo Handy.
Willian & Margaret Slammon.
Saturday 5th December@7.00pm
Clara
Dick Egan. Tom, Mollie & Joe Newman.
Michael Henry & Mary T. White.
Sunday 6th December@10.00am
Horseleap
Eugene Lynam. Nancy Montgomery.
Michael & Kathleen Kelly. Patricia Handibode.
Matt & Elizabeth McGuinness. Maureen Mullins.
Sunday 6th December@11.30am
Clara
Deceased members of the Sawyer family.

Adoration of the Blessed Eucharist
Jesus says ‘Come to me all you who labour and are burdened and I will give you rest.’
Monday & Friday – 5.00-6.00pm
Tuesday & Wednesday – after 7.30pm Mass to 9.00pm.
All are welcome!


Advent Prayer:
God of Love, Your son Jesus, is your Greatest gift to us. He is a sign of your love for us. Help us live in that love during the weeks of Advent as we wait and prepare for his coming. Help us to open our hearts to the Baby of Bethlehem. Amen

Please pray for the souls of Eileen O’Connor Bermingham & The Green and for Liam Cornally, Tullamore; both recently deceased. R.I.P


Advent – A time to get ourselves ready for Jesus, the Love of God!
We live in a time when we are told that disaster lies ahead for us and for our planet if we do not change our ways. But perhaps this new awareness can be a prelude to us changing our ways? The gospel was written to give hope to Christians in danger. What gives you hope amid the dangers facing our world today? Our church community is also in crisis. The numbers of people attending church services have dropped. We have fewer clergy and religious. Scandals have rocked the church community. What helps you to keep faith in such circumstances? This passage can be taken as a metaphor for personal experiences when it seemed that your world was collapsing around you: plans thwarted, deep disappointment, something out of your control altering the course of your life, etc.? When have such experiences been a prelude to something new? Allow the dramatic language of the passage remind you of this experience, making sure that you recognise the double movement of collapse and liberation. Jesus himself is the model in this gospel story as he taught his disciples the spirituality of ‘waiting in joyful hope’. What difference has watchfulness (in the sense of being watchful in prayer) and hope made to you in facing difficult situations Advent is a time that calls us to be alert to the signs of the hidden presence of God in our world. What reminds you of this presence of God? Have there been occasions when something woke you up in an unexpected way to the presence of God in the world, e.g. through love, beauty, nature, etc.?


GIVE BLOOD! The Irish Blood Transfusion will be in the GAA Centre on Monday 13th December from 3.00 to 5.00pm and 7.00 to 9.30pm. Donors needed!


Collections for 20th/21st November:
Development Fund: €1,365; Trocaire: €70; Plate: €255; Offerings: €25
Thank You!


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