Parish Newsletter- 4th August 2024
| Mass times for the week ahead | MASS INTENTIONS |
| Saturday 3rd August @7.00pm Clara | Sean Colleran. Isaac & Elizabeth Kelly. |
| Sunday 4th August @10.00am Horseleap | Laura Dillon. Billy Fitzgearld. Michael, Annie, James, Nancy & Jimmy Gleeson |
| Sunday 4th August @11.30am Clara | Tom & Sr. Edward Cusack. Brigid & Andy Cunningham. |
| Tuesday 6th August @7.30pm Clara | Transfiguration of the Lord No Intention. |
| Wednesday 7th August @7.30pm Clara | St. Cajetan Deceased of the Rooney & Keegan Families |
| Thursday 8th August @10.00am Clara | St. Dominic No Intention.. |
| Friday 9th August @10.00am Clara | St. Therea Benedicta of the Cross, Patron of Europe No Intention. |
| Saturday 10th August @10.00am Clara | St. Lawrence No Intention. |
| Saturday 10th August @7.00pm Clara | Liz Hughes (Month’s Mind). Romaine Newman (Month’s Mind). |
| Sunday 11th August @10.00am Horseleap | Daniel & Ellen Scally. |
| Sunday 11th August @11.30am Clara | Kathleen & Joe Clancy. Mick Slowey. John Kinahan. Paddy & Betty Fitzpatrick |
Adoration of the Blessed Eucharist
Come to me all you who labour and are burdened. I will give you peace
Monday & Friday – 5.00-6.00pm
Tuesday & Wednesday – after 7.30pm Mass to 9.00pm.
All are welcome!
Please pray for the soul of Theresa Slowey, River Street; recently deceased. R.I.P.
The work of God is This: To believe in the one he has sent.
That statement stands out in this Gospel because its meaning is wonderfully simple and clear. There are no layers of meaning to unravel, no symbols or metaphors to interpret, just the single, unambiguous statement that Every single thing we try to do as Christians brings us back to the person of Jesus Christ. Before we can live as Christians; before we can embrace the crosses of life as Christians; before we can experience the deep joy of the Resurrection, present even in grief and sadness, we must first come to believe in the one Jesus Christ, sent to us by God. The first vital, crucial, essential first step in Christianity is to encounter, meet, and converse with Jesus. When Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are overburdened, and I will give you rest” he was offering rest, peace and happiness with only one condition – that we “come to him”. Is it that simple? Surely not…yet it’s what he said. This is precisely the point in today’s Gospel, Jesus want us to ‘Come to him’. We have to do very little except want to believe in the one sent by God. God will do the rest. Why not try it? Talk to him quietly and gently. Be yourself with Jesus. He knows you, loves you, wants only to be your friend if you let him…
Step by Step to Feed the Next Child -Mary’s Meals walk from Kilkenny to Knock Wednesday 7th of August, overnight in Portlaoise on the 8th, onwards through Mountmellick to overnight in Killeigh 9th and arriving in Clara on Saturday evening the 10th, then on to Athlone on the Sunday the 11th. Mary’s Meals is a simple solution to world hunger, feeding hungry children in their place of education in 17 of the world’s poorest countries. €22 will feed a child for an entire school year. Please go to marysmeals.ie for more and to support this amazing charity. Contact (087) 203 7173, if you would like to get involved.
Universal Synod Update: How to be a Missionary Synodal Church!
Check out the working document for the 2nd of the Universal Synods to be held in Rome in October at www.synod.ie. To read the submission of the Diocese of Meath, visit the Synod 2024 page on www.dioceseofmeath.ie.
Pilgrimage to Lisieux 2024. Friday 27th September – Tuesday 1st October. Spiritual Director: Rev Fr. Simon Nolan O.Carm Provincial. Contact Marcie Sweeney Duggan on (085) 888 7549 for further information.
Meath Diocese Pilgrimage to Knock together with The Fr. Willie Doyle SJ Pilgrimage will take place on Sunday 11th August. Mass at 3.00pm.
Collections for 27th/28th July:
Development Fund: €1,100; Plate: €435; Offerings: €245.
Thank You!
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