Parish Newsletter- 25th May 2025
| Mass times for the week ahead | MASS INTENTIONS |
|---|---|
| Saturday 24th May @7.00pm Clara | George, Theresa & Michael Robbins. Jim Cantwell. Bernie Kavanagh. Nora & Michael Rickard.Catriona & Johnny Carroll |
| Sunday 25th May @10.00am Horseleap | First Communion for Children of Streamstown School. John & May Pettit. Patrick Gleeson. Peter, Kathleen, Peter Jnr, & Mary Agnes Naughton. |
| Sunday 25th May @11.30am Clara | PJ Rosney (Month’s Mind). Liam Middleton (Month’s Mind). Martin, Kay & deceased of O’Keeffe family. Doreen Allen. Reese, Thos & Jonathan Rickard. |
| Tuesday 27th May @7.30pm Clara | St. Augustine of Canterbury Frank Scanlon & deceased of Scanlon & Newman families. |
| Wednesday 28th May @7.30pm Clara | Joseph, Brigid, Jojo & Peggy Handy. |
| Thursday 29th May @10.00am Clara | St. Paul VI No Intention. |
| Friday 30th May @10.00am Clara | No Intention |
| Saturday 31st May @10.00am Clara | The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary No Intention. |
| Saturday 31st May @7.00pm Clara | Joe Minnock. Larry Bracken. Paddy & Aileen Fallon. |
| Sunday 1st June @10.00am Horseleap | For All Who are buried in the Cemeteries of the Parish. Jack Farrell. |
| Sunday 1st June @11.30am Clara | For All Who are buried in the Cemeteries of the Parish. Frank Coady (Month’s Mind). |
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.
The Holy Spirit will bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
In today’s Gospel, John begins to reveal to us how we come to know the person of Jesus, and what he says is breathtaking. However, it is not just breathtaking; if we can truly hear what John is saying in this Gospel and understand what the ‘glorified’ Jesus is offering us, then our lives change forever. As WB Yeats said in a different context, “All is changed; changed utterly.” Firstly, John assures us that the Jesus who speaks after the Resurrection is the ‘glorified’ Jesus, revealed as God in the supreme act of Love which was the Cross. The ‘glorified’ Jesus no longer speaks in parables and stories. When the ‘glorified’ Jesus speaks, it is now God who speaks. “These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.” We truly need to take time to let these words sink into our hearts. We so easily complain that ‘believing in God’ is difficult because we cannot ‘see‘ God, or ‘hear‘ God, or ‘touch‘ God, but for us, for all Christians, we can see, hear and touch God. In the living person of Jesus, in his words, his actions, his interaction with others, we see, hear, and touch God. Listen again to Jesus say it to us, “These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.” If we could really and truly and absolutely believe this then for us, for our lives, “all is changed; changed utterly.”
PRAYER TO OUR LADY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
Mary, Mother of Jesus and of all the human family, with great joy we call you Blessed. Be close to us always. May no day pass without a prayer to you in our hearts and on our lips. May you be a mother to us throughout all the years of our lives, a mother ever ready to help us. Stay with us, Mary, when there is peace at home, when joy and happiness make life easy. Stay with us, Mother, whenever we have sickness in the home, it is then we need you most. Should death come to any member of the family, old or young, then comfort us in our grief and wipe away our tears. And, Mary, when we close our eyes in death, may we find you waiting to welcome us at the gates of Heaven.
Amen.
Lough Derg One Day Retreat: Monday 26th of May. Bus leaving Tubber church at 6.00am. To book a place contact Fr. Seamus (090) 648 1951 or Dominique (086) 387 4253.)
Clara Community Showcase: Clara GAA Centre Saturday 31st May, 2.00pm to 5.00pm to showcase the groups, businesses and services in Clara. This event is sponsored by Clara SVP and is free to attend. Light refreshments provided along with a free raffle for all who attend. Please support and meet the people behind all these excellent groups, businesses and services that Clara and the surrounding area has to offer.
Cemetery Sunday: Blessing of the Graves on Sunday, June 1st in Clara @3.00pm & Horseleap @4.00pm.
Moate Trad Fest on Sunday 8th of June. All information on the Moate Town Team facebook page.
National Jubilee of Young Adults gathering in Knock Shrine: Saturday 14th June. Join with us from across the Diocese; free bus pick up from Drogheda, Navan and Mullingar. For further details, please email Fr Mark English (). Also, a few places have become available if interested in travelling July 28th – August 4th to Rome for the Jubilee of Youth 2025 – see www.dioceseofmeath.ie/youth
Meath Diocese Pilgrimage to Knock Sunday 10th August.
Collections 17th/18th May: Development Fund: €1,070; Plate: €730; Offerings: €170.
Thank You Very Much!
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