Parish Newsletter- Corpus Christi Sunday: 7th June 2026
| Mass times for the week ahead | MASS INTENTIONS |
|---|---|
| Saturday 6th June @7.00pm Clara | Paddy, Lilly, Billy & Noel (Jnr.) Guilfoyle. |
| Sunday 7th June @10.00am Horseleap | Bridie Lynam & deceased of Lynam & Keegan families. Paddy & Chris McDonnell. Frank, Rita & deceased of Moran family. |
| Sunday 7th June @11.30am Clara | Joe & Dolly Fitzsimons. |
| Tuesday 9th June @7.30pm Clara | St. Columba Deceased members of C.I.E. |
| Wednesday 10th June @7.30pm Clara | St. Ephrem Micheal, Mary & Martin Egan. Joseph, Brigid, JoJo & Peggy Handy. James, Michael, Tom, Billy & Lilly Kinahan. |
| Thursday 11th June @10.00am Clara | St. Barnabas, Apostle No Intention |
| Friday 12th June @10.00am Clara | The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus No Intention. |
| Saturday 13th June @10.00am Clara | Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Anthony of Padua Mary, Thomas, Martin, Agnes & Barney Molloy. Kathleen Mewman. P.J. McGuinness. |
| Saturday 13th June @7.00pm Clara | Seamus Dalton (Month’s Mind). Frank, Dora, Tilly & Mary Dunne. Billy, Nellie & Paddy McCormack. |
| Sunday 14th June @10.00am Horseleap | No Intention. |
| Sunday 14th June @11.30am Clara | Padraig Geoghegan. Joe, Catherine & Paddy Geoghegan. Nano Brennan. Philip Kavanagh. |
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-8.00pm
All are welcome!
Come and find peace in the Lord.
‘My Flesh is True Food, and My Blood is True Drink.’
The invitation from today’s Gospel and its challenge is to enter into real relationship with Jesus, Risen from the Dead. We “come to him” and we “believe in him” and through the power of the Holy Spirit, we allow Jesus, not just to enter our lives, but to pervade and fill our lives completely. In this way we can truly be said to ‘feed on him’. More than that, as long as we ‘feed on him’ his life grows within us. Eating his body and drinking his blood means ‘filling ourselves with his life’. The whole point of this Gospel is spiritual and not physical. In fact, Jesus is trying to drag those listening to him away from the ‘immediate’ physical bread to the more important spiritual bread – himself. Not once but three times he tells them, “I am the bread of life…” It is in our hearts that we feed on Jesus. As we ‘come to know him’ and then ‘believe in him’ we draw him more and more into our lives until he fills us, becoming all in all. The great mystics over the ages have understood this, and have shared it with us in very simple, yet utterly profound words. St. Teresa of Avila expressed it like this: “You should remain with so good a friend as long as you can. If you grow accustomed to having him present at your side, you will not be able, as they say, to get away from him…… you will find him everywhere.” This is precisely the message of this Gospel: Not physically filling our bellies, but feasting on Jesus, the Bread of life, letting him nourish and sustain us, letting him gradually fill us so that we “grow accustomed to having him present at our side”, always there within us, until we wake one day and discover that we cannot “get away from him; that he is everywhere.”
Collections 30th/31st May – Development Fund: €1,110; Plate: €750; Easter Offerings: €10.
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Prayer Before Exams
Loving God, be with me now as I prepare for my exams.
Thank you for the many talents & gifts you have given me,
and for the opportunity of education. Calm my nerves & anxiety,
Help me to remember all that I have studied, to express it clearly and to answer the questions to the very best of my ability. Holy Spirit, sit with me in my exam – and always. Amen.
A Student’s Prayer
Father, please clear my mind and give me the understanding and knowledge that comes from you. Bless me as I take this exam and bring the information that I have studied to mind when it is needed in this exam. Grant me favour as I begin this test. I ask this in Jesus’s name.
Amen
Consecration to The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, we praise you for the Love that You have revealed through Your Sacred Heart, which was pierced for us and which has become the fountain of our joy, the source of our eternal life. In consecrating ourselves to you, we renew our desire to respond in love to the rich outpouring of your merciful love. Lord Jesus Christ, king of love and Prince of peace, reign in our homes. Conquer all the powers of evil and bring us to share in the Victory of your sacred heart. May all we say and do give glory and praise to you and to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and God living and reigning for ever and ever.
Amen.
Please join us for Eucharistic Adoration after the evening Masses. Stay 5 or 10mins. You decide how long you want to stay. Your presence will be most welcomed. Eucharistic Adoration on Monday and Friday at 5.00pm also.
A Rosary will be held on Saturday June 13th, to our Lady of Fatima, meeting in Clara church @2:55pm.
Meath Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock, Sunday 9th August.
Celebrating the Franciscan Jubilee Year; A diocesan pilgrimage to Padua and Assisi from 26th September for 5 nights. Bookings and enquiries JWT Travel Tel: (01) 241 0800 or see a more detailed itinerary on www.dioceseofmeath.ie/pilgrimage-way
Meath Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes September 2026, led by Bishop Deenihan, 8th September. For further inquiries phone Joe Walsh tours (01) 241 0800 or visit www.joewalshtours.ie.
Image details: Photo of plaster frieze in St. Brigid’s Church in Clara
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