| St
Mary’s Church Bocan
7th
September 2008
23rd
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mother
Teresa’s Philosophy of Life
Life is
an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realise it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is costly, care for it.
Life is wealth, keep it.
Life is love, enjoy it.
Life is a mystery, know it.
Life is a promise, fulfil it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy
it.
Life is life, fight for it!
--Mother Teresa
 |
O
that today you would listen
to his voice!
Harden not your hearts.
|
 |
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.
Wednesday’s
10 am Mass is offered for Patrick
Faulkner, Moneydarragh. [Anniversary]
Sunday 7th
September 2008
Twenty-third
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Missal Readings
(Year 1) p 347 & Proper p 1086
First Reading
Ezekiel 33: 7-9
The appointed leaders hear the responsibility
to point out to wrong-doers the error
of their ways and to try to get them
to reform.
Second Reading
Romans 13: 8-10
If we truly loved our neighbours we
would not harm them in any way.
Gospel Matthew
18: 15-20
We hear about the duty a Christian
has to correct an erring brother and
sister. But there is a proper way
of doing it.
Weekly Offering:
€1,535 Development Collection,
€1,005. Thank you for your generosity.
All the
sick of he parish will be attended
on Wednesday & Thursday at the
usual times.
Parish
Council Meeting
The next Parish Council
meeting is scheduled
for Monday, 27th
September at 8 pm in
Bocan Hall.
All members are asked
to attend.
Inishowen
Regional Pioneer Dinner Dance
In Caiseal Mara Hotel, Moville on
Friday, 17th October. Meal served
at 9 pm. Tickets €20 and are
available from Peggy 9379304 or Angela
9379303.
Good
as New Shop
The Good As New Shop [in Margaret
the Painter’s premises, Pound
Street, Carndonagh], will open on
Monday, 14th September. All kinds
of ‘saleables’ welcome
and all proceeds are in aid of Bocan
Hall.
Whist
1st: Carrie McLaughlin,
Culdaff
2nd: Sarah McDermott,
Carn
3rd: Philip McCool,
Carn; Fr McGonagle; Mickey O’Donnell,
Carn;
Tickets Annie McColgan,
Carn; Dolores O’Donnell, Carn
& James McConalogue,
Cashel.
Other Winners
Dolores O’Donnell, Patricia
Harkin, Ernie McLucas,
Paddy McLaughlin &
Vera Deeny.
Whist every Friday night at 8.45 pm
in Bocan Hall. Snowball €60 for
187 or less.
Donegal
Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Centre
Individual counselling now available
in the Carndonagh area every Wednesday.
This service is open to male and female
survivors of sexual abuse and rape
and is free of charge. More information
from 9128211 or freephone 1800 448844.
Serenity
House
Carrowmena Walk & Talk
Group Meet at Carrowmeena
community centre on Monday, 8th Sept
at 10.30 am. All women welcome.
Moville Walk and Talk Group
Meet at Serenity House on Tuesday,
9th September at 10.30 am. All women
welcome.
Women's Bible Study In Serenity
House on Monday, 8th Sept
at 10.30 am. All women welcome.
Cancer
Support & Social Club
Meetings resume in Milltown House,
Carndonagh on Monday, 8th September
at 7.30 pm. The support group offers
information and support to those affected
with cancer, either through diagnosis
or having a loved one suffering from
cancer. More information from Deirdre
087 7634596 or Rita 086 6028933.
A Blessing
For Marriage
God of tenderness and strength,
in your loving wisdom
you have brought together N. and N.
and led them to this day:
pour upon them the abundance of your
blessing as they begin married life
together.
Let their love for each other be a
seal upon their hearts and a crown
upon their heads.
Travel with them in the years ahead;
uphold them in good times and in bad;
sustain them in times of sadness and
disappointment;
and by your grace,
may they always be tender with each
other’s dreams.
The
Deep End – I am my Brother’s
Keeper
The word of God can be confusing.
And thank God for that! Otherwise,
we might become intolerable, especially
when it comes to doing what today’s
First Reading [Ezek 33:7-9] tells
us to do: to warn the wicked when
God instructs us to. The confusing
bit here is how to know that we have
been so instructed. As Thomas Merton
once wrote in Contemplation in a World
of Action: ‘The prophetic charism
is a gift of God, not a duty of man.’
Becoming the moral mouthpiece for
God is a tricky path to tread. That
said, however, someone has to do it.
For those so called, a question to
ask before giving the warning: why
does God warn the wicked? No confusion
here. God wants them to change for
their good, not God’s. Concerned,
God meets them half way through a
‘sentinel’ [v.7].
That concern should set the tone of
our warning. It should be positive
not negative, gentle not harsh, life
affirming not condemnatory. When approaching
the wicked to convince them of the
folly of their ways it’s good
to recall that one of the most important
trips we can make in life is to meet
someone half way.
Perhaps Charles Davis should have
the last word: ‘Human pride
has led to a notion of freedom and
equality as meaning, “you’re
on your own”. But we cannot
be human on our own.’ [A Spirituality
For The Vulnerable, p.66]
Fr Tom
Cahill SVD
|
