Parish Newsletter- 28th September 2025
| Mass times for the week ahead | MASS INTENTIONS |
|---|---|
| Saturday 27th September @7.00pm Clara | Karl, Joe, MaryAnne & Phyllis Walsh. Benny, Eddie, Kevin & Peggy Dunne. Michael Malone. Ennie, Frank & Rita Dignam. Seamus Dignam. |
| Sunday 28th September @10.00am Horseleap | Lawrence & Margaret Scally. Ned Robbins. |
| Sunday 28th September @11.30am Clara | Kathleen & Thomas Geoghegan |
| Tuesday 30th September @7.30pm Clara | St. Jerome John & Joan Clyne |
| Wednesday 1st October @7.30pm Clara | St. Therese of Child Jesus No Intention |
| Thursday 2nd October @10.00am Clara | The Holy Guardian Angels No Intention |
| FIRST FRIDAY Friday 3rd October @10.00am Clara | Bl. Columba Marmion Mass for All on the Parish List of the Dead |
| Saturday 4th October @10.00am Clara | St. Francis of Assisi Jim, Maura, William & Frank Stones & deceased of Stones & Bracken families. Eileen Hughes. |
| Saturday 4th October @7.00pm Clara | Peg & Paudge English & deceased of English & Goode families. Catch &Meave Lowry. Michael & Agnes Costello. |
| Sunday 5th October @10.00am Horseleap | John & Margaret & deceased of McCormack family. Patrick & Brigid McGuiness & son Liam & deceased of Coughlan family |
| Sunday 5th October @11.30am Clara | No Intention |
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 Jackie Farrell, Kilnabin; recently deceased. R.I.P.
Have you seen Lazarus lately?
Sometimes the most serious sin we can commit is a sin of omission. In today’s gospel, the rich man is damned not for what he did, but for what he didn’t do. He continually saw Lazarus suffering and did nothing. This was his most serious sin. We can’t help but ask ourselves: Is it also ours? Do we see a need and ignore it? Do we see a problem and step over it? Do we see heartbreak and desperation, and then do nothing to alleviate it? Do we hear the cries of the poor and put our hands over our ears? Do we fail to see in our suffering brothers and sisters the face of Christ? Whenever we pray the Confiteor at Mass, the “I Confess,” we ask mercy for ‘what I have done and what I have failed to do.’ Today’s Gospel makes us ask the hard question: What have we failed to do? The scriptures this Sunday are collectively a cry against indifference –“Woe to the complacent!,” as the first reading puts it. A little examination of conscience is called for. We need to shake off whatever complacency has taken over our lives. Pay attention. Seek solutions. Reach out a hand. Stop making excuses, avoiding, stepping over, looking away. Whether we want to acknowledge them or not, the world is crowded with Lazarus’s. This Gospel makes this much clear: at the end of our lives, we will be judged not only on what we do, but also on what we have failed to do.
Collections 20th/21st September- Development Fund: €1,040; Plate: €690; Offerings: €30.
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The theme for the Season of Creation 2025, which runs from September 1st to October 4th, is peace with creation. Our hope: Creation will find peace when justice is restored. There is still hope and the expectation for a peaceful Earth. To hope does not mean to stand still and quiet, but to act, pray, change, and reconcile with Creation and the Creator in unity, repentance and solidarity.
Rosary will be recited in Clara church at 11.00am on the Sundays of October for the Month of the Rosary. Come and Join in this ancient and beautiful prayer!
Confessions are available on request after Saturday Morning Mass or any other time.
Ice cream party in aid of Down Syndrome hosted by Antoinette Geoghegan raised €2,055.60. Thank You to everybody who contributed to this worthy charity.
Mary’s Meals Church Gate Collection this weekend, Saturday/Sunday 27th & 28th of September. Mary’s Meals feed Hungry Children at School in 16 of some of the World’s poorest countries. It only costs €22 to feed each Child for a School Year, or 11 cent per meal. We also collect any coins you may have, even old coins or sterling. Any donation would be really appreciated.
A Rambling House event will be held in Tullamore Rugby Club on Thursday, 2nd October, at 7.30pm in aid of Family Carers. Organised by Offaly Older Persons Network, as part of Positive Ageing Week.
Meath Diocesan Spirituality Afternoon for Pioneers: Sunday 5th October, from 2.00pm to 5.00pm in Franciscan Abbey, Multyfarnham.
TOGETHER WE CAN Concert for Children in Cambodia on Saturday 11th October at the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone. Tickets online www.deancrowetheatre.com or theatre office : 090 6492129.
Day Pilgrimage to Knock 12th October. Bus Leaving Parochial house Tullamore @ 9.00am, Kilbeggan @ 9.20am approx, Clara @ 9.30am and Tubber 9.45am. Names and Details to Regina 086 8510238.
Attention young adults (ages 18-40) – Do you want to grow in your prayer life? Meath Samuel Group is taking place in Navan, October 2025 through May 2026. The programme entails being present once a month at the formation day in Navan, meeting monthly with a spiritual director and a commitment to daily prayer. Information www.franciscansisterscfr.com/st-anthony
Monastic Vocations weekend: October 24th – 27th, in Glencairn Abbey, Co Waterford. Contact Sr Mairead
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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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