Parish Newsletter- 6th July 2025
| Mass times for the week ahead | MASS INTENTIONS |
|---|---|
| Saturday 5th July @7.00pm Clara | Liz Hughes. John Guilfoyle. John, Annie & deceased of Rock family. |
| Sunday 6th July @10.00am Horseleap | John Curran. Douglas, Maura & Allen Henderson. |
| Sunday 6th July @11.30am Clara | Sr. Camillius & deceased of Boland family. Donal, Sean, Dan & May Rabbette. |
| Tuesday 8th July @7.30pm Clara | St. Killian Lilly Scully. Terry Colsh. |
| Wednesday 9th July @7.30pm Clara | St. Augustine Zhao Rong & Companions Sadie & Peter Delaney. |
| Thursday 10th July @10.00am Clara | No Intention. |
| Friday 11th July @10.00am Clara | St. Benedict, Patron of Europe Peter, Mary Theresa & Oliver Flattery. Geraldine Flattery O’Grady. |
| Saturday 12th July @10.00am Clara | Ss Louis & Marie Azelie Martin (parents of St. Therese) PJ McGuinness. Bridgid Smyth. |
| Saturday 12th July @7.00pm Clara | Patrick & Mary Brigid Kelly. Jim, Patricia, Thomas, Elizabeth & Maura Flattery. |
| Sunday 13th July @10.00am Horseleap | Michael & Maureen Robbins. |
| Sunday 13th July @11.30am Clara | Tom, Bernie, Rosie & deceased of Boland family. Ken Smollen. Anne Maher & deceased of Digan family. Romaine Newman. Kevin Cornally. Larry Maher. |
Adoration of the Blessed Eucharist
CLARA: Monday & Friday – 5.00pm-6.00pm
CLARA: Tuesday & Wednesday – after 7.30pm Mass to 9.00pm.
HORSELEAP: Tuesday – 7.00pm-9.00pm
All are welcome!
Come and find peace in the Lord.
Please pray for Eamonn McGuinness, Streamstown; and for Tim Kelly, Boland’s Tce/Surrey: both recently deceased. R.I.P.
‘Your Peace will Rest Upon Him.’
The Jesus we meet in this week’s Gospel is very clearly a person with a plan and is highly organised. The opening words of the Gospel tell us this: “The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.” Here is a Jesus, a man who knows exactly where he is going and is organised enough to send outriders ahead of him to prepare the way. The message the seventy-two brought of peace, forgiveness, gentleness, tolerance and compassion would make them, as the Gospel says, “sheep among wolves.” Preaching it would be an annoyance more than a problem because it could be ignored or ridiculed. We, too, like the seventy-two, are sent out “like lambs among wolves” and like the seventy-two we are instructed by Jesus to be alert, astute and aware of the cultural and political milieu in which we live and act. There is no place for foolish naïveté in how we act in the world. As followers of Christ, we too bring a message of joy, peace, gentleness and forgiveness to a world which is hostile to that message. We witness to Resurrection, life and hope in a world where these values are increasingly undermined and spoken of as irrelevant. If we are true followers, our journey with Jesus continues…
Collections 28th/29th June- Development Fund: €1,270; Peter’s Pence: €1,590; Offerings: €10.
Thank You Very Much!
For less than the cost of a cup of coffee, you can support our parish:
Feast Day Celebration of St Louis & St Zelie Martin – Parents of St Therese of Lisieux. Veneration of Relics & Exhibition, 11.00am to 9.30pm in the Carmelite Friary Church, White Abbey, Kildare Town, R51 K379. The Exhibition consists of historical Items from the life of St. Thérèse and the Martin Family.
Rahan to Clonmacnoise Ecumenical Pilgrimage Saturday 6th September, commencing at 9.00am from St. Carthage’s Church Rahan. Tickets available from Eventbrite. Email Anna Ormon, for information.
The Pioneer pilgrimage to Knock Shrine will take place on Sunday 20th July.
Pioneers and friends of the PTAA are invited to mark the Jubilee of Hope on pilgrimage at Lough Derg from Friday 11th July – Sunday 13th July.
Meath Diocesan & Fr. Willie Doyle S.J. Pilgrimage to Knock: Sunday 10th August.
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Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven, may the faith you have given us in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother, and the flame of charity enkindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of your Kingdom.
Amen
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