Parish Newsletter- 23rd February 2025
| Mass times for the week ahead | MASS INTENTIONS |
|---|---|
| Saturday 22nd February @7.00pm Clara | Tom & Bridie Minnock. PJ Walsh. Hugh, Jane & Brian Kinahan. |
| Sunday 23rd February @10.00am Horseleap | Fr. Seamus Sheerin. Michael Lynam. |
| Sunday 23rd February @11.30am Clara | Alice McCormack (Month’s Mind). Susan Mellia. Sonny Bracken & Alice Clynes. Brian Boland. Shane Rabbitte. Jimmy, Peter, Molly & deceased of Dolan family. |
| Tuesday 25th February @7.30pm Clara | Patrick & Amelia Dunne. John Todd. Bernard Dunne. John, Josie, Martin, Frank & PJ Power. Special Intention. |
| Wednesday 26th February @7.30pm Clara | Jeremy Goode |
| Thursday 27th February @10.00am Clara | St. Gregory of Narek No Intention. |
| Friday 28th February @10.00am Clara | No Intention. |
| Saturday 1st March @10.00am Clara | St. David No Intention. |
| Saturday 1st March @7.00pm Clara | Joe Walsh (Month’s Mind). Joe, Mary Anne & Phyllis Walsh. Michael, Bridget, Joe & Michael O’Brien. Eileen & Peter Scully. Jo & Lucy Lowry. |
| Sunday 2nd March @10.00am Horseleap | Teedy Nally. |
| Sunday 2nd March @11.30am Clara | Kathleen Cornally. Gerry Rock. Dan & Margaret Mahon. Annie Graham & deceased of Graham & Concannon families. |
Adoration of the Blessed Eucharist
Monday & Friday – 5.00-6.00pm
Tuesday & Wednesday – after 7.30pm Mass to 9.00pm.
All are welcome!
Come and find peace in the Lord.
Please pray for the souls of Brian Connolly, Ballicknahee; and Chloe Coyne, Willow Drive: both recently deceased. R.I.P.
Love Your Enemies…
There is no doubt that Jesus asks a lot in the opening section of the Gospel, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you” is a huge ask. Try taking it on as a Lenten challenge in a couple of weeks’ time, and you will discover just how difficult it is. In the second section of the Gospel, Jesus tells us that our motivation for doing good must be greater than the motivation of those around us. Everyone can love if they know they are loved in return. Anyone can lend to a person if they know it will be returned. But we are called to be so much more than this. We must love, do good, forgive without any thought of getting anything in return. We are called to love purely because it is the correct thing to do. This level of selflessness and altruism is extraordinarily difficult. Some might wonder if it is even possible for any human person! In this last section of the Gospel, all of the lovely idealism, self-sacrifice and highest order thinking seem to be forgotten. To the question, “Why do good to others?” we get the answer, “so they will do good to us.” To the question, “Why should we forgive?” we get the answer, “so we will be forgiven.” To the question, “Why should we give to others?” we get the answer, “so we will get back the same or more from them.” This is what we sometimes call the ‘Golden Rule’ – “Do to others what you would like them to do to you.” Our world, for all its extraordinary beauty and human beings, for all of their giftedness and generosity, give all too clear evidence of our weakness and sinfulness. But surely, the whole meaning of the Incarnation and of Easter is to show us that we are always loved by God, whether we deserve it or not. This is what Luke says in the Gospel: “for he is kind to the ungrateful and to the evil.” God’s love is “given to us; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into our lap”. Indeed, we can be certain of this because that’s what Love does, and God IS love.. nothing else… only Love!
Date for the Diary; Blessing of the Graves on Sunday 1st June at 3.00pm in Clara Cemetery and at 4.00pm in Horseleap Cemetery.
Scoil Phroinsiais Naofa is now enrolling for September 2025. Please use the link on our website for enrolling and ensure that your Eircode is included.
Moate Business College Spring Courses; Enrol through our website or on Tuesday, February 25th from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. Classes start 3rd March. Check out the full range of night classes on our website www.moatebusinesscollege.com or our Facebook/Instagram pages.
EmployAbility Midlands: Do you have a disability, illness or injury and would like help to find a job? You can contact Liam on (086) 387 3047 or Patricia on (086) 1451074 to discuss more about the EmployAbility Midlands service.
All Ireland Rosary Rally, St. Johns Centre, Knock. 1st of March at 12.00 noon. Guest speakers include Fr Pat Lombard, among others. Mass at 3:30pm. Come and join us to pray for Ireland.
Clara Town Band Annual Concert on Friday 28th February at 7.30pm in Clara Church. All tickets purchased before Christmas are still valid. Adults €10. Children €5.
Horseleap/Streamstown Senior Citizens party, which was cancelled due to the storm, takes place on Sunday, March 2nd in the Horseleap/Streamstown Community centre at 2.00pm.
Collections 15th/16th February: Development Fund: €1,680; Plate: €670.
Thank You Very Much!
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