Parish Newsletter- 18th August 2024

Mass times for the week aheadMASS INTENTIONS
Saturday 17th August @7.00pm
Clara
Sean Heffernan (Month’s Mind). John & Mary Gunning. Pat, Patrick & May Kenny. Margaret, Maurice & Paddy Hill.
Sunday 18th August @10.00am
Horseleap
Special Intention. Edward, Kathleen, Moira & Kay Stokes
Sunday 18th August @11.30am
Clara
Colum & Mary Ellen, & Lisa Kane.
Tuesday 20th August @7.30pm
Clara
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
James, Annie & Francie Grennan. Deceased of the Walsh family
Wednesday 21st August @7.30pm
Clara
St. Pius X, Pope
No Intention.
Thursday 22nd August @10.00am
Clara
The Queenship of Mary
No Intention
Friday 23rd August @10.00am
Clara
St. Eugene
Tom & deceased of the Walsh family
Saturday 24th August @10.00am
Clara
St. Bartholomew
No Intention
Saturday 24th August @7.00pm
Clara
Kevin, Meave, Kieran & Baby Adrian Coyne.
Joe, Annie, Joe & Edel Grennan
Sunday 25th August @10.00am
Horseleap
Pat Gleeson. Patrick, Alice & deceased of the Reilly family.
Sunday 25th August @11.30am
Clara
Johnny & Mary Frances Colgan. Richie Recks. Chisty & Gretta Collins

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


Please pray for the soul of May Lynch, Letterkenny; recently deceased. R.I.P.


My flesh is Real food and my Blood is real drink.
For the last four weeks, we have been on a journey through Chapter 6 of St. John’s Gospel. What we have been reading is truly incredible and brings us face to face with the ‘overwhelming question’ Jesus asks us, “who do YOU say I am?”. Today, our journey with John through this chapter reaches its amazing climax, when Jesus tells the crowd that if they want to have eternal life they must “eat his flesh” and “drink his blood”. What Jesus is saying to them is truly overwhelming and awe-inspiring. Indeed, in next week’s Gospel, St. John tells us exactly how overwhelming it was. The question, “Who do you say I am?” is not a vague and impersonal question that we can answer with a quick, “I believe in God, the Father Almighty.” Instead, it is a profoundly personal question, which is difficult and challenging, and which has consequences and implications for all of us. The Eucharist is a gift from God to us. Through it, we can really and truly immerse ourselves, and become entwined in the life and death of Jesus. We can do that only because his death was not the end of the story. The physical Jesus, who died horribly on the cross, lives again and because he lives we can become part of his cross. St. Paul says that we can ‘participate’ in it. The Risen Jesus is also dwelling with the Father – he shares the mysterious inner life of the Trinity from all eternity – and in the Eucharist we can share in this life too – we can have ‘eternal life.’ Remember, when Jesus says, “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life.” Jesus is talking in the present tense. The promise of ‘eternal life’ is for NOW, not some time in the future when we die. Therefore, In the Eucharist we have eternal life! And all of this when we, “eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood” Do we consider it a gift? A mystery? A step too far? A challenge? A promise? Or something else? So back to our overwhelming question, “But you, who do you say I am?” perhaps a difficult question to answer BUT maybe it is in the search itself, where the answer may lie for each of us…


Sr. Briege McKenna- author of Miracles Do Happen and The Power of the Sacraments– embarks on a nationwide tour. Join Sr. Briege for a transformative experience to renew your faith and deepen your personal inspiration, from 19th to 23rd of August at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Registration required on:

Meath Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2024 on September 10th. All pilgrims accommodated in hotels and there are 4, 5 and 6 night options, with fares from €769. Info & booking from www.joewalshtours.ie Tel. (01) 2410 800.

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.


Collections for 10th/11th August:
Development Fund: 995; Plate: 570; Offerings: 105.
Thank You!


He who Eats my Flesh and Drinks my Blood, Abides in me and I in him.

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