Parish Newsletter- 2nd March 2025
| Mass times for the week ahead | MASS INTENTIONS |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Tuesday 4th March @7.30pm Clara | St. Casimir Nora & Jim Rabbette. |
| ASH WEDNESDAY Wednesday 5th March @7.30pm Clara | Day of Fast & Abstinence! Noel, Bertha, Lorraine, Michael, Kay & deceased of Kenny family. John Naughton & deceased of Claffey family. |
| Thursday 6th March @10.00am Clara | St. Colette No Intention |
| Friday 7th March @10.00am Clara | Ss. Perpetua & Felicity Mass for All on the Parish List of the Dead. |
| Saturday 8th March @10.00am Clara | St. John of God Lilly Minnock. |
| Saturday 8th March @7.00pm Clara | Catherine Kelly (Month’s Mind). James (Web) Dunne. Noel Fitzpatrick. Brendan Hogan. |
| Sunday 9th March @10.00am Horseleap | Martin Moran (Month’s Mind). Val Dillon. Madge, Hugh, Anne & deceased of Holloway family. |
| Sunday 9th March @11.30am Clara | Michael O’Meara (Month’s Mind). Sheila Dunne (Month’s Mind). Sean & Donal Rabbette. George, Annie, Rose & Tom Digan. |
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.
‘Out of the Abundance of the Heart the Mouth Speaks.’
It is in the Gospels that we first meet the person of Jesus. They are, as Mark tells us in the opening verse of his Gospel, “The Good News about Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God.” The Gospels begin and end with Jesus. Each Gospel we read and reflect on, allows us to meet, and hear and see Jesus in a new and exciting way. Today’s Gospel is a good example of it. In these ‘sayings’ of Jesus we encounter a person who is clever, observant, witty and articulate. These are attractive qualities in a person. They help to see how Jesus became popular and enable us to appreciate why some people ‘left everything and followed him’. Reflecting on the Gospel allows us to go a bit deeper and realise that Jesus is inviting us to live a life that is honest, open and authentic, because this is how he lived. His own authority and power, and his attraction to people, came from a recognising of these qualities within him. In turn, this leads us to see that the message of Jesus is counter-cultural, and therefore always challenging and with crosses to carry. There are, of course, other levels at which we can come to meet Jesus. In our Church and local Christian Community we meet the person of Jesus; in the Sacraments Jesus comes to us in a profoundly personal way; in prayer, meditation and contemplation we, as St. Teresa of Avila tells us, “Gaze in wonder at the one who gazes in wonder at us.” Each one of these offers us ever new ways to deepen our encounter with the person of Jesus. The journey we begin in and through the Gospels never ends, leading us ultimately to the Kingdom of God.
Lent is a time of reflection and renewed faith as we focus on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It’s also a time to sacrifice, in order to clear the distractions of our lives and recommit our life to Jesus.
Prayer for Ash Wednesday to Begin Lent with Strength
Lord God Almighty, shaper and ruler of all creatures, we pray for your great mercy, that you guide us towards you, for we cannot find our way. Guide us to your will, to the need of our soul, for we cannot do it ourselves. Make our mind steadfast in your will and aware of our soul’s need. Strengthen us against the temptations of evil, and remove from us all lust and every unrighteousness, and shield us against our foes, seen and unseen. Teach us to do your will, that we may inwardly love you before all things with a pure mind. For you are our maker and our redeemer, our help, our comfort, our trust, our hope; praise and glory be to you now and forever.
Amen.
Carmelite Church Moate – Three Wednesdays in Lent:
Wednesday 5th March @ 6.00pm, Ash Wednesday – Adoration.
Wednesday 26th March @ 8.00pm – Stations of the Cross.
Wednesday 9th April @ 8.00pm – Taize – Prayer around the Cross.
Collections 22nd/23rd February: Development Fund: €1,155; Plate: €720; Offerings: €650.
Thank You Very Much!
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