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1st November 2009
All
Saints Day
Jesus said to
his disciples and to the crowd:
"How happy are the
poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom
of heaven." The Beatitudes
are given to us as the way of life
for all Christians and for anyone
who wants to live life to the full.
To be poor in spirit does not mean
that we think that we are no good.
At times this is how it is passed
on to us. It does mean to be in
touch with the wonders of who we
are, how good we are, but to know
that all of that is gift, not possession.
We have so much and yet we either
take it for granted or we are only
aware of what we don't have. This
week is a call to be in touch with
our richness and be filled with
gratitude and gladness. How important
this is for every married couple
if they are to live their marriage
fully. It is also very important
for families to rejoice in each
other. And our faith community is
so full of the goodness of people
and richness of Christ. To be a
saint is to be a person of gratitude.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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Such
are the men who seek your face
O Lord.
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Sunday, 1st
November 2009
All Saints
First Reading
Apocalypse 7: 2-4, 9-14
I saw a huge Number, impossible to
count, of people from every nation,
race, tribe and language.
Second Reading
1 John 3: 1-3
Think of the love that the Father
has lavished on us, by letting us
be called God’s children.
Gospel Matthew
5: 1-12
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward
will be great in heaven.
MASS
TIMES
Monday,
All Souls Day, 10 am &
8 pm[ 10 am Mass is offered for
The Anniversary of Charles Kearney,
Moneydarragh];
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday,
10 am;
Friday,
First Friday of the Month,
8 pm [Anniversay Mass of Brigid
McDermott, Drumley];
No Mass
on Saturday morning.
Saturday, Vigil, 8 pm;
Sunday, 8.30 am & 11 am.
Confessions
Friday, 7.15 pm—7.45 pm; Saturday:
7.15 pm—7.45 pm
This Week’s Anniversaries
Vigil Mass: 8 pm Margaret Doherty,
Claggan
11 am: Mary Duncan, Bootagh
Funeral Mass at
1 pm for Bernadette Reynolds, Dublin
Next Weekend
Saturday Vigil: 8 pm Dan Ruddy,
Ballybawn
Sunday 11 am: Madge McLaughlin,
Drumley [Month’s Mind Mass]
Weekly
Offering: €1,565; Mission Collection,
€1,300;
Good-As-New
Shop, €850 . Thank you for your
generosity.
Annual Church-Gate
Collection for Self Help International
this weekend, 1st /2nd November. Please
support this worthy cause.
Whist
1st: Annie McBride,
Carn
2nd: Roger Mooney,
Cloncha
3rd: Therese McLaughlin,
Carn
Tickets
Mary Ellen Ruddy, James McConalogue,
Joanie McLaughlin, John Duffy.
Other Winners
Mary Ellen Ruddy, Mickey Doherty,
Mickey O'Donnell, Joanie McLaughlin,
John Duffy.
Whist Every Friday
at 8.45 pm
Snowball
- €140 for 179 or better
Ceili in Bocan
Hall on Friday,
13th November. Dancing
from 10pm – 1 am. Come
along and have a great night’s
craic.
Serenity House,
Moville are organising a
shopping trip to Belfast on Thursday
10 December which will include a meal.
For further information or to book
a place contact Serenity House on
9382945.
A training course on Depression
will take place in Serenity
House, Moville in February 2010. Anyone
interested please contact Serenity
House on 9382945 for further information.
There will be a meeting
of Culdaff/Gleneely Community School
Parents in Bocan Old School on Monday
2nd November at 8 pm.
The monthly
devotions, in honour of Our Lady,
will take place in the Carmelite Retreat
Centre, Termonbacca, Derry on Tuesday
3rd November starting with confessions
at 7.30 p.m. followed by Rosary and
Mass, finishing around 10 p.m. All
are welcome to attend.
A one day
retreat for Senior Citizens
and their friends from Derry and surrounding
areas will take place at the Carmelite
Retreat Centre, Termonbacca, Derry
on Tuesday 10th November Registration
from 10.30 a.m. finishing around 5.00
p.m. Cost £15stg or €18euro
includes a four course lunch. Payment
at the Centre on the day. To book
Tel: Termonbacca Derry 71262512 during
office hours only.
St
Therese’s Little Way
I have always wanted to become a saint.
Unfortunately when I have compared
myself with the saints, I have always
found that there is the same difference
between the saints and me as there
is between a mountain whose summit
is lost in the clouds and a humble
grain of sand trodden underfoot by
passers-by. Instead of being discouraged,
I told myself: God would not make
me wish for something impossible and
so, in spite of my littleness, I can
aim at being a saint. It is impossible
for me to grow bigger, so I put up
with myself as I am, with all my countless
faults. But I will look for some means
of going to heaven by a little way
which is very short and very straight,
a little way that is quite new.
Moville Health
Centre
Swine Flu Clinic on Tuesday 3rd November
from 4 pm – 5 pm. This is a
walk in clinic [no appointment necessary]
and anyone aged over 6 months and
up to 65 years of age with an underlying
medical condition is urged to take
the vaccine. You are asked to bring
along your PPS number [vaccination
is free of charge].
Failte Women’s
Group
Come along to Line Dancing
in the Wee Hall on Monday
night from 8 pm – 10 pm
and have a yeeeeha night.
The
Deep End – Back to the Future
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
This year marks the 150th anniversary
of the publication of Charles Darwin’s
book, The Origin of the Species. Many
scientists today accept that there
is a huge body of evidence supporting
the view that we have descended from
an animal with chimpanzee-like capacities.
If we have, then what we hear today’s
First Reading [Apoc 7:2-4,9-14] telling
us is all the more amazing. For there
we have attained near god-like capacities.
Which is more difficult to believe:
that a crude chimp is now a sophisticated
human who composes sublime symphonies,
produces fabulous works of art, explores
cosmic vastness and penetrates atomic
depths; or to believe that this human
is destined for near divinity in a
new ordering of creation?
Science serves truth in dull and detailed
prose. Scripture sets it in sweeping
story and inspiring imagery that lifts
us higher than science can ever do.
Science examines and reports.
Scripture reveals and inspires. Science
fixes us firmly to matter; scripture
frees us as spirit.
Saints – all of them –
are the poets among us. Not vice versa,
though they are, what the old pop
song jingles out, ‘poetry in
motion’. As poetry opens pathways
to understanding, refines human emotions
and grants glimpses of transcendence
we would not otherwise experience,
so saints have done and continue to
do through the generosity and sanctity
of their lives. They show us what
life can be like because of what it
will be like. They bring the future
to our doorstep.
Whether we grant it entrance to our
home is up to us.
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