Parish Newsletter- Palm Sunday, 13th April 2025
| Mass times for the week ahead | MASS INTENTIONS |
|---|---|
| Saturday 12th April @7.00pm Clara | No Intention. |
| Sunday 13th April @10.00am Horseleap | Joe Walsh. |
| Sunday 13th April @11.30am Clara | Kathleen, Sikie, Joe & Padraig Geoghegan. Jimmy Quinlan. Paddy & Annie Egan. |
| Tuesday 15th April @10.00am Horseleap | No Intention. |
| Tuesday 15th April @7.30pm Clara | Anthony O’Neill. Joe, Frances & deceased of Redmond family. |
| Wednesday 16th April @10.00am Clara | No Intention. |
| HOLY THURSDAY Thursday 17th April @7.30pm Clara | Mass of the Last Supper & Holy Hour |
| HOLY THURSDAY Thursday 17th April @8.00pm Horseleap | Mass of the Last Supper & Holy Hour |
| GOOD FRIDAY Friday 18th April @3.00pm Horseleap | Stations & Veneration of the Cross |
| GOOD FRIDAY Friday 18th April @7.30pm Clara | Celebration of the Lord’s Passion |
| HOLY SATURDAY Saturday 19th April @8.30pm Clara | Easter Vigil Celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection |
| EASTER SUNDAY Sunday 20th April @10.00am Horseleap | Christy McGuinness. |
| EASTER SUNDAY Sunday 20th April @11.30am Clara | Maura, Vin, Billy & William Maher. Mary Robbins. Joe Sammon. Joe, Lennie & Jamie Dunican. |
Adoration of the Blessed Eucharist
Monday & Friday – 5.00pm-6.00pm
Tuesday & Wednesday – after 7.30pm Mass to 9.00pm.
All are welcome!
Come and find peace in the Lord.
Please pray for Margaret Carberry (nee Newman), Kilbeggan: recently deceased. R.I.P.
The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.
Holy Week, and its events, are not in the past. As a follower of Jesus, and a witness to His Resurrection, we walk the journey of Holy Week through the Cross, to the Resurrection again and again in our lives. It is because of the brutal honesty of those who first walked Holy Week with Jesus; it is because of the courage of Peter, Thomas and all of the others that we know we have nothing to fear in our own Holy Week journey. Yes, we will fail and let ourselves down; and yes, we will feel guilt and shame at times for things we have done or not done, things we have said or not said. The example of Peter’s denials, or Thomas’ doubts, or even Judas’ betrayal, assures us that no matter how dark things feel for us, Jesus is greater, and the light of the Resurrection will always dawn again. As we make our journey through each day of Holy Week – Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, through the last Supper, washing his disciples’ feet, agony in the garden and arrest. Good Friday in the passion, death and burial. Holy Saturday through time to rest with Jesus in the tomb and Easter Sunday, with the Resurrection of Jesus from the Dead. Therefore, let us try to do so as the disciples did, not knowing what came next. In our prayer, our meditation, our contemplation, we can ask Jesus and the others to help us to experience this week as they did – with all the gambit of emotions they endured. Praying through Holy Week is difficult and also emotionally draining if we truly try to experience each day as those present experienced them. However, it is worth the effort!
For More inspiring reflections and resources for Holy Week and Easter check out www.dioceseofmeath.ie.
Chrism Mass @ 7.00pm Wednesday 16th April in Mullingar Cathedral. All welcome.
Good Friday Collection for the Holy Places. This collection is used to support the Church in the Holy Land.
Meath Diocesan Pilgrimage to Rome – LAST REMAINING PLACES. 22nd – 27th September. Pilgrims will be accommodated at the Pontifical Irish College. Cost €1,399. Bookings and enquiries Mullingar Travel (044) 934 0587 or email
Knock Shrine, Croagh Patrick, and Lough Derg are issuing a Jubilee Year Pilgrimage Passport for 2025. See pilgrimpassport.ie for further details.
Wishing you all Great Graces and Abundant Blessings for Holy Week in this Jubilee Year of Hope.
Collections 5th/6th April: Development Fund: €2,695; Plate: €575; Offerings: €70.
Thank You Very Much!
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