Parish Newsletter- 9th January 2022

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Week ahead MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday 1st January @7.00pm
Clara
Christy & Theresa Geoghegan.
Paddy & Nan Robbins and their parents.
Deceased members of the Bastic Family.
Sunday 2nd January@10.00am
Horseleap
Jimmy Looram. Annie McCormack &
deceased of the McCormack Family.
James & Mary Brigid Fox. Brigid Behan.
Sunday 2nd January@11.30am
Clara
Eileen Fleming (Months Memory)
Margaret & Noel O’Brien.
Tuesday 4th January@7.30pm
Clara
St. Dermot
No intention.
Wednesday 5th January@7.30pm
Clara
St. Brandon
Deceased of the Flanagan & Coyne families.
Ann & Monica Gavin.
Thursday 6th January@10.00am
Clara
St. Tatiana
No intention.
Friday 7th January@10.00am
Clara
St. Hilary
No intention.
Saturday 8th January@10.00am
Clara
No intention.
Saturday 8th January@7.00pm
Clara
Frank, Kathleen & Francis Newman.
Kevin & Molly O’Rourke.
Sunday 9th January@10.00am
Horseleap
Wilma, Josephine & Patrick Colgan. Willie & Cecelia Lynam .
Sunday 9th January@11.30am
Clara
No intention

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!


The Baptism of the Lord
In today’s gospel the people were searching, and John pointed them in the direction of Jesus. On your life’s journey who have been the John the Baptist people for you, people who have pointed you in the right direction? The Baptism of Jesus was a very special moment for him that affirmed him in his identity as Son of God and in his mission. Recall the experiences that affirmed you – either in your sense of who you are, or in relation to the direction you were taking in life. The Baptism of Jesus marks a transition point in his life, and the start of his public ministry. Recall the transition points in your own life. Where did you see the grace of God at work in those times? This experience of Jesus occurred when he was at prayer. What part has prayer played in opening you to being aware of God in your life? What part has prayer played in helping you through a transition point in your life?


May the Virgin Mary, who gave birth to the “Prince of Peace”, and who cuddles him this way, with such tenderness in her arms, obtain for us from heaven the precious gift of peace, which cannot be fully pursued by human strength alone. Human strength alone is not enough because peace is above all a gift, a gift of God; it should be implored with unceasing prayer, sustained with patient and respectful dialogue, constructed with an open cooperation with truth and justice and always attentive to the legitimate aspirations of individuals and peoples. My hope is that peace may reign in the hearts of men and women and in families, in places of work and of recreation, in communities and in nations. In families, at work, in nations: peace, peace. Now is the time to think that life today is organized around war, and enmities, by many things that destroy. We want peace. And this is a gift!
Pope Francis


Eternal Father, you have given us your only begotten Son to take our nature upon him and revealed him to us at his baptism in the River Jordan. Grant that we, who have been born again of water and the Holy Spirit, and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever
Amen.


Clara Community & Family Resource Centre: The Active Retired Group will return to the Centre in February.

Collections for 1st/2nd January:
Development Fund: €1,235; Plate: €315; Offerings: €2,015.
Thank You!


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