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Mary’s Church Bocan
6th
July 2008
14th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOME NO MORE
TO ME
by: Robert Louis Stevenson
Home
no more home to me, whither must I
wander?
Hunger my driver, I go where I must.
Cold blows the winter wind over hill
and heather;
Thick drives the rain, and my roof
is in the dust.
Loved of wise men was the shade of
my roof-tree.
The true word of welcome was spoken
in the door --
Dear days of old, with the faces in
the firelight,
Kind folks of old, you come again
no more.
Home
was home then, my dear, full of kindly
faces,
Home was home then, my dear, happy
for the child.
Fire and the windows bright glittered
on the moorland;
Song, tuneful song, built a palace
in the wild.
Now, when day dawns on the brow of
the moorland,
Lone stands the house, and the chimney-stone
is cold.
Lone let it stand, now the friends
are all departed,
The kind hearts, the true hearts,
that loved the place of old.
Spring
shall come, come again, calling up
the moorfowl,
Spring shall bring the sun and rain,
bring the bees and
flowers;
Red shall the heather bloom over hill
and valley,
Soft flow the stream through the even-flowing
hours;
Fair the day shine as it shone on
my childhood --
Fair shine the day on the house with
open door;
Birds come and cry there and twitter
in the chimney --
But I go for ever and come again no
more.
A little bit of nostalgia now
and then is a good thing.
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I
will bless your name for ever,
O God my King. |
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Sunday 6th
July 2008
Parish Missal Readings
(Year 1) p 312 & Proper p 1068
First Reading
Zechariah 9: 9-10
The Messianic king is portrayed, not
as a proud warrior, but as a humble
and gentle champion of peace for all
peoples.
Second Reading
Romans 8: 9. 11-13
St Paul contrasts life in the Spirit
with life in the flesh.
Gospel Matthew
11: 25-30
Jesus reveals the Father to those
who are ‘little’ and lightens
the burdens of those who are humble.
Come
to me and I will give you rest
“Come to me,
all you who labour and are overburdened
and I will give you rest.” How
we need to hear that word from Christ
today and to heed it. We have never
had so many time saving devices that
should make life more enjoyable for
us. And yet we have never been so
busy! People find it so difficult
to relax and be thankful for all the
wonderful things of life. Our world
needs the witness of people who are
willing to take time for their love
relationships in ways that say that
this is the most important part of
life. We give this witness just by
taking the time for the Sunday Mass
but it is so important to really take
the time and not just rush in and
out again. We give this witness by
married couples taking time regularly
for their relationship, especially
by doing courses that will help them
grow in love. We give this witness
when parents give good time regularly
to their children instead of having
others look after them all the time.
Weekly Offering €1,605
Development Collection,
€1,000;
Cemetery Collection,
€1,050. Thank you
for your generosity.
All
the sick of the parish will be attended
on Wednesday & Thursday at the
usual times.
Pioneer Outing
to Knock –
Sunday, 20th July. Bus leaves Moville
at 7 am.
Cost [including 2
meals] €50. To book ring 9382709.
Whist
1st – Vera
Deeny, Terrawee
2nd – Eamon
Donaghy, Gleneely
3rd – Gerard
Doherty, Ourt
Tickets: Fr McGonagle,
Neily McCallion & James McConalogue.
Other Winners: - James McConalogue,
Mary McDermot, Phillip McCool &
Paddy McLaughlin
€85 for 179 or more.
Whist every Friday night at 8.45 pm
in Bocan Hall.
Social
Night of Old Tyme Dancing
In Bocan Hall on Friday, 11th July.
Dancing from 9 pm – 12.30 pm.
Music is by James Sandilands. Admission
is €5 including supper. Proceeds
are in aid of Bocan Defibrillator
Group and your support would be much
appreciated.
Culdaff
F C
Players Meeting in the Clubhouse on
Wednesday, 9th July at 8 pm for all
players interested in playing in both
adult teams this season. It is vital
that everyone attends as important
decisions will be taken. Pre-season
training commences on Thursday 10th
July at 8 pm. All members [new &
old] are welcome to attend.
Donegal Action
for Cancer Care - Equal Access for
Equal Need
Invite you to their
conference “Up Here We’re
Dying to Live”. This is a unique
opportunity to hear prominent local
and national experts in the field
of treatment & research. The keynote
speaker will be Prof. John Crown from
St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin.
The conference takes place in the
Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny on
Saturday, 12th July from 10 am –
1 pm. [This conference is free of
charge].
Scoil
Mhuire Gleneely School Reunion - 1st
August 2008
Tickets for the reunion on 1st August
can be had from any committee member:
Mary McDaid, Gleneely; Hubert McLaughlin,
Gleneely; Joe Kearney, Gleneely; Marie
McCallion, 1 Foxwood; Catherine McCallion,
Claggan; Niall McDaid, Gleneely or
Paddy McLaughlin, The Corner, Gleneely.
You can get more details from mtmccallion@hotmail.com
or by telephoning 9367113. Tickets
cost €25 for Dinner & Dance
or €10 for the Dance only.
Culdaff
Water Sports Society
Fun Weekend – 11th – 13th
July in memory of Brian Houten. All
proceeds to the RNLI.
Programme:
Friday 11th July –
Car Treasure Hunt at 8 pm
Saturday,
12th July
[9am]– 45-Mile Sponsored Cycle
starting and ending at McGrory’s,
Culdaff;
[11am] Inishowen Athletics Club 13
mile run [North Pole, Drumfries -
McGrory’s, Culdaff];
[3 pm] Duck Race at Culdaff Bridge;
[7 pm] Over 40’s Football Match
–Gleneely vs Culdaff];
Sunday, 13th
July [2 pm] Raft Races [Men's,
Ladies & Mixed]; Junior [U16’s]
and Senior Kayak races. Loads more
activities on the day.
If you are interested
in participating in these events then
contact John Paul on 086 8606427 or
Martina on 087 6264051.
Bocan Youth
Club
Annual Church Gate Collection takes
place next weekend, 12th / 13th July.
Your support will be much appreciated.
The
Deep End – In the Arms of God
One way of knowing that it’s
God’s word we’re hearing
when listening to scripture is when
it disturbs us. When we try to convince
ourselves that we haven’t heard
what we know we have. When we feel
its challenge and flee it. But when
it catches up with us, all doubt should
go.
Today’s Gospel reading [Matt
11:25-30] carries that word, guaranteed
to deflate any overblown egos within
hearing range. It’s that bit
about the Father hiding certain ‘things’
from the wise and the learned and
revealing them to mere infants. How
odd of God to choose that ruse! –
to paraphrase British journalist William
Norman Ewer [1885-1976].
It must be to put us in our place:
the place for ‘infants’,
for the ‘little ones’,
the disciples of Jesus who had no
learning as the scribes and Pharisees
had, and who had no social standing
either. The ‘things’ kept
hidden were the signs Jesus worked
as pointers to God’s kingdom
already present among us. Those best
trained to recognise them were the
very ones who couldn’t. Book
learning stands for zilch.
Personal effort can’t propel
us into the mind of God. Merely pouring
over the scriptures is a useless exercise.
The more we pour, the more we bore.
Now there’s a thorny thought
for bible-belters and pulpit-thumpers!
Better to be a little one in the eyes
of God than a learned one in the eyes
of man. Better to know your place
as an infant: in the loving arms of
God.
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
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