| Sunday
2nd August 2009
18th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said to the
crowd: ‘Do not work
for food that cannot last but work
for food that endures to eternal
life’. Every one
of us has a whole variety of people
and things that are important to
us. And we don’t want to neglect
any of them. However, we all have
a great responsibility to set priorities,
and to get those priorities right.
That is what Jesus is calling us
to this week. The most important
things are those that last forever
like love, faith, hope. And the
most important people are those
of our own families and communities.
Married couples need to make their
marriage their priority. Parents
need to make their family their
priority. As people of faith we
need to make our parish our priority.
All this means that other things
and people become less important
while not neglecting them.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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You
open wide your hand, O Lord,
and grant our desires.
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Sunday, 2nd
August 2009.
18th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
First Reading
Exodus 16:2-4.12-15
God feeds his people in the desert.
Second Reading
Ephesians 4:17.20-24
Paul urges the Ephesians to live lives
in keeping with their baptismal calling.
Gospel John
6:24-35
Jesus declares that he himself is
the true bread from heaven.
MASS
TIMES
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
& Thursday, 10 am;
Friday, The First
Friday of the Month, 8 pm;
Saturday, 10 am.
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
Anniversary
Masses
Vigil Mass: Jeremiah Murphy, Culdaff
11 am: Joe McCaul
The whole parish
mourns the deaths of two of our much
respected parishioners
John Doherty
[Master], Carthage and
Packie Long,
Larrahirl.
Our deepest sympathy to John's
wife, Mary Jo, his sons and daughters,
grandchildren, brothers and sisters;
We also extend
our sympathy to Packie’s wife,
Mary, his sons and daughters, grandchildren,
brother and sisters and to the wider
family circle.
May our
Lord Jesus Christ comfort all those
who
mourn
the passing of their loved ones.
Weekly Offering: €1,705; Development
Collection, €1,000; Ceili Club,
€450. Thank you for your generosity.
Culdaff
FC
Annual Sports Day
The Annual Culdaff Sports Day will
take place this Sunday, August 2nd
in Caratra Park beginning at 2:30p.m.
All welcome to attend.
Whist
1st Theresa McLaughlin,
Carn
2nd Carrie McLaughlin,
Culdaff
3rd Seamus Coyle,
Buncrana & Patricia Harkin, Culdaff.
Tickets
– John Doherty,
Carrie McLaughlin,
Phyllis Lloyd &
Seamus Harkin.
Other winners –
Mickey Doherty,
John Doherty,
John Duffy & Dillon Doherty.
Whist every Friday
at 8.45 pm
Snowball - €130
for 180 or better
Good-As-New
Shop
The Shop will open at Margaret
the Painter’s premises in Carn
on Monday, 17th August. If you
have any unwanted clothes,
books or ornaments etc
then contact Angela
on 0879028930.
Serenity
House,
Serenity House, Moville are
organising a day tip to the Lammas
Fair on August 25 and a 6
day trip to Westport on September
20. Seats will be allocated on a first
come first serve basis so book early
to avoid disappointment. For further
information contact Serenity House
on 9382945.
Serenity House, Moville are
forming a Carers Support Group,
a Support Group for Depression commencing
September 09. If anyone is interested
in this support group, please contact
Serenity House on 9382945 for further
information.
The Cairn Theatre Group presents
“The Earl of Greencastle”
by Patsy Cavanagh every Tuesday and
Thursday evening at 8pm in the Cairn,
Greencastle. The story of Northburgh
Castle told through songs, music and
Irish dance. For further information
contact 9381104.
A garden fete will
be held on Saturday 8 August at 2pm
in the Moville Presbyterian Church
grounds. There will be a glamorous
granny and handsome granddad competition
at 3pm. There will also be the usual
stalls, cakes, books, plants, bric-a-brac,
tea and many more novelties. Music
will be by Capricorn and admission
is €2 with children under 12
admitted free.
Zipline Across
the Lagan For Children in Crossfire
Children in Crossfire need 100 people
on September 19th to zip 1,000
feet across the River Lagan.140 feet
up at 40mph , this is a truly thrilling
and safe experience, a challenge for
everyone .
For more details and an application
form please
phone : 02871269898
email: events@childrenincrossfire.org
New
Experience for Survivors of Trauma
(NEST)
Are you burdened
by feelings of guilt or shame?
Do you suffer from depression, anxiety
and/or low self esteem? If you
were able to break free from the pain
of what has happened to you, would
your life be different? The
NEST Programme will enable you to
do just that and also give you resources
to deal with present and future life
tasks. For more details telephone
The Pastoral Centre, Maghera
02879642983 or Derry 02871347220 for
assessment for the Autumn course,
September 2009
The
Deep End: - The New Self
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
Thomas Merton wrote in Contemplation
in a World of Action: ‘The new
man is just not the old man in possession
of a legal certificate entitling him
to a reward.’ That’s not
the ‘new self’ Paul refers
to in today’s Second Reading
[Eph 4:17, 20-24]. So what is it?
First, what it isn’t. It isn’t
living as the Gentiles live ‘in
the futility of their minds’.
In other words, it’s not living
as if you only had your own mind to
depend on. Using only that to comprehend
life is futile. It’s a dead
end trip. Removed from the light of
God’s word the human mind becomes
dark, the human heart becomes hard,
and human behaviour degenerates into
debauchery. Paul wasn’t warning
about what might happen, he was describing
what already had happened.
Were we to think that reason reigns
supreme – pristine and pure
– and confine ourselves to its
limits deprived of the light of God’s
word, and the power of his Spirit,
would our understanding and behaviour
not deteriorate too? Could we even
speak of deterioration of behaviour
at all? For if nothing greater than
a mind exists, who’s to say
that yours is any better than mine?
My mind, not yours, sets my standards.
As Hamlet says, ‘There is nothing
ether good or bad but thinking makes
it so’ – my thinking that
is.
The new self, however, recognises
that God sets the standards and it
lives by them ‘in true righteousness
and holiness’. The new man,
the new self, is the one who is righteous
and holy before God.
Life
Fear not that your life will come
to an end, but rather that it shall
never have a beginning. Cardinal
John Henry Newman 1801-1890
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