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6th September 2009
23rd
Sunday in Ordinary Time
“He
(Jesus) makes the deaf hear and
the dumb speak.”
In the Gospels we can hear a real
sense of awe among the people who
witnessed the miracles of Jesus.
It wasn’t just for the fact
that he cured people but also it
was because of the wonderful gentleness
and compassion that he showed towards
those who were suffering. That same
power and those same qualities of
his love are there for us today.
They are given to us to transform
the quality of life in our homes
and community. We will know that
we have been touched by him this
week if we let our ears be opened
to hear the needs of those in our
homes and community and respond
to them. Equally we will know his
touch if we let our tongues be loosened
to speak to one another words of
love, of praise, of comfort, of
encouragement.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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My
soul, give praise to the Lord.
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Sunday 6th
September, 2009
23rd Sunday
in Ordinary Time
First Reading
Isaiah 35: 4-7
The ears of the deaf will be unsealed
and the tongues of the dumb sing for
joy.
Second Reading
James 2: 1-5
It was those who are poor according
to the world that God chose.
Gospel Mark
7: 31-37
Jesus opens the ears of the deaf man.
MASS
TIMES
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
, Thursday Friday & Saturday,
10 am.
Saturday, Vigil, 8
pm;
Sunday, 8.30 am & 11 am.
Confessions
Saturday: 7.15 pm—7.45 pm
Anniversary Masses
Sunday, 11 am, Month’s
Mind Mass for Kathleen Harkin [formerly
Kathleen Doherty {Jack}, Bootagh]
Next Week
Sunday, 11 am—Anniversary Mass
for John Lafferty
Weekly Offering: €1,715;
Development Collection, €1,000;
Good-As-New Shop, €900 . Thank
you for your generosity.
Margaret Butler’s
[formerly McLaughlin, The Mill], funeral
took place here a week ago. She lived
in England many years but always kept
in close contact with her native place.
Our deepest sympathy to her husband,
Dick; her sons Richard and Alan, her
daughters Mary and Bernie; her grandchildren;
her brother Pat, her sisters Rosaleen,
Annie, Kathleen and Geraldine and
the wider family circle. May she rest
in peace.
All the sick
of the parish
will be attended on
Wednesday
& Thursday at the
usual times
Inishowen
Regional Pioneers
Annual Dinner Dance in The Malin Hotel
on Friday, 2nd October. Music by Aiden
Canning & Francis Faulkiner. Meal
served at 9 pm. For tickets contact
– Angela on 9379303 or Peggy
on 9379304. There are also door and
spot prizes on the night.
Good-As-New
Shop
The Shop is now open
at Margaret Doherty’s premises
in Carn. All proceeds are for the
Development Fund – please give
it your support.
Whist
1st: Vera Deeny, Terrawee.
2nd: Mickey O’Donnell, Carn
3rd: John Doherty, Malin Head;
Tickets – Mickey Doherty, Ernie
McLucas, John Duffy, Ellen Ann Lafferty.
Other winners –
Mick Hirrell, Mickey Doherty, James
McConalogue, Gerard Doherty &
Greta Coyle.
Whist every Friday at 8.45 pm
Snowball - €70 for 186 or better
Vintage
and Classic Car Club
are holding their
second annual
Vintage Rally at the
Malin Road, Carndonagh
on Sunday, 6th September,
starting at 12 noon. This is
a fun day out for all the
family with variety stalls.
Admission € 5. All welcome. Proceeds
in aid of the All Ireland Air Ambulance.
Contact Linda on 0866617672 or Kevin
on 0851011496
The
Cancer Support Group is back.
CSSC (Cancer Support
& Social Club) will meet on Monday
14th September 09 at 7.30 pm in Milltown
House, Tulnaree, Carndonagh. The
group support those who have been
affected in any way by the diagnoses
of cancer, including family, friends
and carers. Newcomers are very
welcome, so, if you know someone who
has been affected by cancer and want
to support them through this worrying
time, why not accompany them to a
meeting where they can talk
to people who are going through the
same ordeal as they are? All
sessions are confidential. Meetings
are held monthly on the second Monday.
For more information please
call Rita on 086 602 8993 or Deirdre
on 0877634596.
Serenity
House
1. The Legion of Mary Pilgrimage to
Knock takes place on Sunday 27 September.
Bus will leave the Square, Moville
at 8am. Please take a packed lunch.
Cost of the trip is 20 euro. To book
a place, phone 9382295 or 9382744
2. A talk on incontinence will be
given by Nurse Patricia Collins on
Thursday 10 September at 8pm in the
Moville Well Woman, Ballynally Lane.
This condition can affect young and
old. All women are very welcome.
3. Carers Support Group meeting will
take place in Serenity House, Moville
on Thursday 10 September at 7.30pm.
Speaker for the evening will be Diane
Donnelly, HSE.
4. Names are being taken for the following
classes which will be commencing in
Serenity House, Moville in October.
ECDL; ECDL Advanced; Train the Trainer;
Oil Painting; Computer Maintenance;
Knitting; Email and Internet; Crochet;
Basic Computers and ECDL for Children.
For further information contact Serenity
House on 9382945.
Just a Thought
"...Jesus himself did not try
to convert the two thieves on the
cross; he waited until one of them
turned to him." — Dietrich
Bonhoeffer (Letters and Papers from
Prison)
The
Deep End: - One for All
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
Today’s Gospel Reading [Mk 7:31-37]
contains a string of strange things.
For starters, how could someone deaf
from birth, presumably, be able to
speak at all, even with an impediment?
There were no books then, no special-needs
teaching. Nothing. So how did he pick
up a language? No answer is given.
Not one for the theatricals, Jesus
nevertheless uses gestures common
at the time to Greek and Jewish healers.
Why? No response is given. Equally
strange, he imposes silence on the
crowd after the healing. Could he
really expect them to remain quiet
about such an extraordinary thing?
No explanation is given.
There are no answers to these questions.
Yet, asking them helps us focus on
the text to grasp its style and purpose.
It’s penned not as a report
for a newspaper, but for the purpose
of teaching. It tells us that lots
of good things happen when we’re
close to Jesus. We become whole and
free in a way we’ve never been
before. Our damaged humanity is healed.
It also tells us important things
about Jesus in an indirect way. The
crowds proclaim that he has ‘done
everything well’ [v 37]. This
is reminiscent of Gen 1:31: ‘God
saw everything he had made and indeed
it was very good.’ There’s
at least a linkage with God’s
divine action here. And because the
healing occurs in the Gentile region,
east of Jordan, it tells us that the
Gentiles previously deaf and dumb
to God can now hear and respond to
him.
Jesus is for all, not
just the chosen few.
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