Parish Newsletter- 3rd August 2025
| Mass times for the week ahead | MASS INTENTIONS |
|---|---|
| Saturday 2nd August @7.00pm Clara | Sean Colleran. Isaac & Elizabeth Kelly. |
| Sunday 3rd August @10.00am Horseleap | Laura Dillon. Daniel & Ellen Scally. Deceased of Moran & Harrington families. |
| Sunday 3rd August @11.30am Clara | Joe, Josie & John Kennedy. |
| Tuesday 5th August @7.30pm Clara | Dedication of St. Mary Major, Basilica No Intention. |
| Wednesday 6th August @7.30pm Clara | The Transfiguration of Our Lord No Intention. |
| Thursday 7th August @10.00am Clara | St. Sixtus II, Pope Deceased of Buckley & O’Reilly families. |
| Friday 8th August @10.00am Clara | St. Dominic No Intention. |
| Saturday 9th August @10.00am Clara | St. Edith Stein, St. Nathy, St. Felim No Intention. |
| Saturday 9th August @7.00pm Clara | Michael Rock (Month’s Mind). Annie O’Shea. |
| Sunday 10th August @10.00am Horseleap | No Intention. |
| Sunday 10th August @11.30am Clara | Columb & Mary Ellen Kane. David & Kathleen Kavanagh. John & Annie Rochford. Deceased of Kavanagh & Rochford families |
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.
The Things You Have Prepared, Whose Will They Be?
All around our world we see the results of greed, selfishness, power, ambition, domination and there is little happiness. There is no happiness in Gaza or in Israel, in Ukraine, or Syria or the Sudan or Myanmar or Ethiopia. Sadly the list is endless! In our own lives, there is no real happiness in refusing to say sorry, holding grudges, being jealous, lording it over others, boasting of our achievements, or hoarding more and more possessions and trophies of things that glitter in the glare of our camera flashes. In Today’s Gospel, the man in the parable was missing the ability to see and enjoy all of his work and success as a blessing from God. If he had seen all he achieved as being part of God’s wonderful creation then his work and effort, his success, even his enjoyment of that success would have been a sharing in God’s own delight in creation. His work and success would have had an eternal value. The man in the Parable is not a bad man or a sinful man. Jesus calls him a “Fool”, and he is a fool because he gained so much by his hard work, yet missed the ability to recognise it as part of something much more wonder-full. Through self awareness, everything we do becomes part of God’s own wonder at creation and his enjoyment of it. It is really the same as the words of Saint Augustine tell us: “Our hearts are made for you, Oh Lord, and they will not rest until they rest in you.”
Collections 26th/27th July- Development Fund: €1,255; Plate: €635; Offerings: €160.
Thank You Very Much!
For less than the cost of a cup of coffee, you can support our parish:
Meath Diocesan & Fr. Willie Doyle S.J. Pilgrimage to Knock: Sunday 10th August. Rosary at 2.00pm. Mass @ 3.00pm. Bus departing Credit Union, Clara 9:30-9:45am. To book a seat, call (087) 256 3439. All Welcome.
“Pilgrims of Hope” this Jubilee Year 2025. 28th July – 4th August, 38 pilgrims with Bishop Tom Deenihan, will participate in the Jubilee of Youth in Rome, culminating in the Jubilee Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV on Sunday 3rd August. Please pray for these young pilgrims as they join thousands from all over the world for this great witness of Hope in the Lord. Check out this event on www.vaticannews.va, www.dioceseofmeath.ie and EWTN television.
Mary’s Meals Annual Walk to Knock will arrive in Clara on Sunday, 10th of August at approximately 1:30pm and depart Clara on the 11th of August. If you wish to join the walk on the Monday morning, meet the participants at 8:30am outside the church to accompany them on part of the route. Mary’s Meals is a solution to world hunger, feeding hungry children at school in 16 of the world’s poorest countries. €22 will feed a child for a school year. Please go to marysmeals.ie to support this charity. Any donation, big or small is very welcome.
The Rahan to Clonmacnoise Ecumenical Pilgrimage: Saturday 6th September, starting at St. Carthage Church, Rahan at 9.00pm. Booking and further information, please see Eventbrite.
Antoinette Geoghegan will host the Down Syndrome Ireland Ice Cream Fundraiser on Saturday the 16th August from 3.00pm to 6.00pm at her house in Kilbride, R35 HC66. Please come along and support.
Men’s Jubliee Camino Saturday September 13th starting on the greenway, from Dominican Abbey in Carlingford to Newry (St Catherine’s) via Newry Cathedral. Mass, Adoration, Rosary, Confessions & Fraternity. Registration & details on www.dominicans.ie/events
Jubilee Year Opportunities at Lough Derg this August & September: 3 Day Pilgrimages continue until 15th August. Admission €85. Also- One Day Retreats of Guided Days of Prayer and Reflection. More information on dates: email , Tel (071) 986 1518 or see www.loughderg.org
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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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