St
Mary’s Church Bocan, 1st
July 2007—No 30
13th
Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Responsorial
Psalm
O Lord, it is you who are my portion.
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Speak,
Lord, your servant is listening:
you have the message of eternal
life. |
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Lines
to the Blessed Sacrament
Thou dear and mystic semblance,
Before whose form I kneel,
I tremble as I think upon
The glory thou dost veil,
And ask myself, can he who late
The ways of darkness trod,
Meet face to face, and heart to heart,
His sin-avenging God?
My
Judge and my Creator,
If I presume to stand
Amid thy pure and holy ones,
It is at thy command,
To lay before thy mercy’s seat
My sorrows and my fears,
To wail my life and kiss thy feet
In silence and in tears.
O God!
That dreadful moment,
In sickness and in strife,
When death and hell seem’d watching
For the last weak pulse of life,
When on the waves of sin and pain
My drowning soul was toss’d,
Thy hand of mercy saved me then,
When hope itself was lost.
I hear
Thy voice, my saviour,
It
speaks within my breast,
“Oh, come to me, thou weary
one,
I’ll hush thy cares to rest;”
Then from the parch'd and burning
waste
Of sin, where long I trod,
I come to thee, thou stream of life,
My Saviour and my God!
JJ Callanan, 1795-1828
Today’s
Readings
1st :
Elisha is called by Elijah to life
as a prophet, but he is allowed some
time to arrange his affairs.
2nd : Paul lists
some of the things involved in answering
the call to follow Jesus;
Gospel: Today’s gospel
shows us that when Jesus calls, he
expects a wholehearted and immediate
response. There is no time for turning
back [Today we resume the continuous
reading of Luke’s gospel, interrupted
by Lenten and Easter readings].
Money
Matters:
Peter’s Pence Collection €1,395;
Development Collection, €1,110.
Thank you for your generosity.
Bocan Youth
Club.
Bocan Youth Club Annual church-gate
collection will be taken up on next
weekend, the 7th/8th July.
Vocations Information
Evening
The Presentation Brothers are inviting
men interested in religious life to
an evening of information at the Towers
Hotel, Derry on Thursday, 5th July
from 7.30 pm – 9 pm. It will
be an opportunity to meet the brothers
and receive information about discerning
ones vocation in life. For more details
contact Brother Andrew Hickey on 012300824
Culdaff Care
of the Aged
Meeting on Tuesday night 3rd July
at 8.30 pm in Bocan Old School. All
members are asked to attend and new
members are welcome.
Culdaff
Water Sports Society
Fun Weekend – 13th-15th
July
This
year’s events are being held
in memory of Brian Houten with all
proceeds going to the RNLI. Events
on the weekend include:
Friday, 13th: Car
Treasure Hunt;
Saturday, 14th: Fun
Sponsored Cycle from Letterkenny to
Culdaff; 14 Mile Run; Duck Race; Over-40s
Football between Gleneely & Culdaff;
Sunday, 15th: [at
3 pm]
Raft Races
[Ladies, Men's, Mixed],
Junior [U-16’s and Senior
Kayak Races. Lots of other activities
will also be available.
If you wish to participate in any
of these events contact John Paul
on 086 860427 or Martina on 077 6264051
Blood Donors
needed in Carndonagh
The Unit will be visiting Carndonagh
on Wednesday, 4 July, 3 pm –
4.45 pm & 7 pm – 9.30 pm;
Thursday, 5July, 2 pm – 4.45
pm & 7 pm – 9.30 pm.
Kit-Kat Parks
Tennis will commence in Culdaff
Tennis Courts on Monday, 2nd July
and run to Thursday 26th July. 6-9
year olds will run from 11 am-12 noon
with 9 year olds to Primary school
children from 12 noon – 1pm.
The 12-17 year old session is from
6 pm – 8 pm for the first week.
Cost is €25 per person or €60
for a family of three. More information
from Eilish Bell on 087 2410589. all
are welcome.
Blessing
of the graves next Sunday, 8th July
at 7 pm.
Serenity
House
Certificate in Preparatory Studies
will be commencing in Serenity House
in September. It is a 1-Year full-time
course designed for mature students
who wish to progress to third level
studies. For details contact Serenity
House on 9382945 or email serenityhouse@eircom.net
Chiropodist, Deirdre
Britton will be in Serenity House
on 29th June at 9.30 am. To make an
appointment call 086 0666538 /9360363.
Under-12 Disco
Tuesday night from 9 pm – 12
in Bocan Hall.
Carrowmenagh
Sports
The Annual Carrowmenagh Sports takes
place today, Sunday at 2.30 pm. A
great days craic is assured.
Carndonagh Community
Library
The Library are staging the 1st screening
of “Agnes” which depicts
the life and work of Agnes Jones,
the Irish nursing pioneer, who grew
up in Fahan. The screening takes place
in Carndonagh public Services Centre
on Tuesday, 3 July at 8pm. All welcome.
Pilgrimages
to– Divine Mercy Shrine &
Auschwitz [18 August –
25 August] €550 leaving Dublin.
For details contact Aidan on 091 876737
/0876494915.
Reflection
The Eucharist….shows us….what
value each person, our brother or
sister, has in God’s eyes, if
Christ offers himself equally to each
one, under the species of bread and
wine. If our Eucharist worship is
authentic, it must make us grow in
in awareness and the dignity of each
person.
Christ comes into
the heart of our brothers and sisters
and visits their consciences. How
the image of each and every one changes,
when we become aware of this reality,
when we make it the subject of our
reflections!
Pope John Paul II
What
a to-do
The ‘to-do’ list is enshrined
in many a persons life. In some ways
it has become a less dramatic form
of the ancient custom of saints like
Jerome being portrayed with a skull
on their desk to remind them of their
mortality. Listing things is a tacit
acknowledgement and reminder that
our time here is really limited and
we ought to make the most of it. Prioritising
things can be a tool for helping one
actually do so.
After all, the thought
of death concentrates the mnd wonderfully
and what is complex suddenly becomes
clear. Three would-be-disciples of
Jesus have to decide if they will
choose comfort or convention or custom
or Christ. They are asked to look
ahead, not back. No regrets, no excuses,
no turning back, no giving up because
it has become too costly or difficult,
or demanding, or it interferes with
our comfort zone, our activities or
lives.
We don’t know if the trio continued
with the Lord or were they turned
away. More important however, is the
kind of answer we will give.
Tom Cox
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