St
Mary’s Church Bocan
5th
August 2007—No 35
18th
Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The
Country Faith
Norman
Gale [1862-1926]
Here in the country’s
heart
Where the grass is green,
Life is the same sweet life
As it e’er hath been.
Trust in a God still
lives,
And the bell at morn
Floats with a thought of God
O’er the rising corn.
God comes down in
the rain,
And the crop grows tall -
This is the country faith,
And the best of all.
Responsorial
Psalm
O Lord, you have been our refuge
from one generation to the next.
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Watch
and be on your guard against
avarice of any kind, for a man’s
life is not made secure by what
he owns, even when he has more
than he needs. |
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Today’s
Readings
Parish Missal:
Readings p 879 & Proper p 1076
First Reading Ecclesiastes
1:2;2:21-23
The Preacher tells us that it is easy
to fall into the trap of vanity.
Second Reading Colossians
3: 1-5.9-11
Paul reminds us of the blessings that
follow from walking the Christian
way.
Gospel Luke 12: 13-21
Today’s gospel warns us against
greed and the futility of amassing
earthly goods
Money
Matters:
Weekly Offering €1,784
Development
Collection, €1,000.
Thank you for your generosity.
All the sick
of the parish will be attended
on Wednesday & Thursday at the
usual times.
Good as new
shop opening - In Pound Street,
Carndonagh [Margaret Theresa the painters
premises]. All Proceeds in aid of
Bocan Chapel / Hall on Monday, 30th
July. All donations of bric-a-brac,
clean clothes, sheets etc most welcome.
If you could help by volunteering
for a couple of hours to ‘man
the shop’ then contact Angela
on 9379303 or Bridget Rose on 9379277
Sympathy
Our deepest sympathy to the brothers
Pat & Denis, sisters-in-law and
wider family circle of Roseanne
Crampsey, Meenawarra, who
died recently in John Connolly Hospital.
She was wonderfully cared for during
her lifetime – for many years
in the family home and latterly in
hospital. May she rest in the peace
of Christ.
Bocan Community
Playgroup
The Playgroup will open on Tuesday,
7th August for children who wish to
enrol for September and on Wednesday,
8th August for parents to collect
/ order school uniforms.
Culdaff Care
of the Aged
There will be a meeting of the Culdaff
Care of the Aged Committee on Tuesday,
7th August at 8.30 pm in Bocan Old
School. This is an important meeting
and all members are asked to attend.
Annual Culdaff
Sports
The Annual Sports will take place
today, Sunday [5th August] at 2.30
pm. A great day out is guaranteed.
Serenity
House
Moville Community Alert –
Calling all senior citizen. Anyone
wishing to apply for a monitoring
alarm system or outside light, apply
to William McCorkell before the 26th
September 2007. More details from
086 8381552.
Arts & Craft Exhibition
in Serenity House on Sunday, 5th and
Monday, 6th August from 12 pm –
5 pm. Admission is free. Why not come
along and see what you also could
achieve under the tuition of expert
tutors.
Garden Fete –
In the Moville Presbyterian Church
grounds on Saturday, 18th August at
2 pm. The glamorous granny and handsome
granddad competition starts at 3 pm.
All the usual stalls will be available.
Inishowen Methodist Churches
– Annual Regatta and afternoon
tea and cake sale on Monday, 6th August
from 3 pm – 6 pm at the Moville
Hall.
Clonmany
5k Road Race
Inishowen Athletics Club in conjunction
with the Clonmany Festival Committee
are staging the Joe Farrell Memorial
5k Road Race on Friday, 10th August
at 7.30 pm.
This event is part of the Donegal
Grand Prix Series. There will be prizes
for U 16 and U 19 juvenile athletes,
seniors and masters categories. Refreshments
will be available in the Clonmany
Sports Centre afterwards. Registration
is from 6.30 pm. All levels of runners,
joggers and walkers are welcome.
Veritas Shop,
Derry
The author Fr Tom Ryan will be in
the shop to sign copies of his book
entitled ‘Comfort my People’
on Wednesday, 8th August at 1 pm.
All are welcome.
A right
focus.
Notice in parish newsletter ‘Lost,
a black leather wallet containing
precious family photos, personal ID
documents and eight hundred seventy-five
Euro in cash. Finder can keep the
photos and ID, but please return the
cash for sentimental reasons.’
It didn’t happen of course but
the sentiment is closer to us than
we care to admit.
It is a bitter-sweet truth that we
will do anything for money and precious
little for God at times. We have all
seen that quarrels over inheritance
can provoke bitterness in the closest
of families. Wisely, Jesus in today’s
Gospel refuses to take sides in a
case and points out what often lies
at the root of a quarrel – greed
for gain, the love of money. We still
have to lean the wisdom of the psalm
where the ‘shortness of our
life…gains us wisdom of heart’.
SSIA dosh and Pension plans may offer
a financial carpet for a more secure
future. But what is it that assures
life? It’s not abundant supplies
of grain storehouses. ‘To be
rich in the sight of God,’ is
to give and to share , to seek life
where life is to be found. Go figure.
Tom Cox
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