| St
Mary’s Church Bocan - 10th August
2008
19th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Courage,
it is I
Jesus said to his
disciples: “Courage! It is I.
Do not be afraid.” Fear is identified
in the Scriptures as the single greatest
enemy of life and love. It affects
everything we do and everything we
hope for. Courage, on the other hand,
is one of the qualities we most need
to develop if we are to live and love
and hope to the full. It takes courage
for any woman and man to pledge their
love for the rest of their lives in
marriage. It takes even more courage
to live that out any way fully. It
takes courage for parents to have
children and even more so to bring
them up to be people of hope and confidence.
And it takes courage to believe in
Christ and to live out that belief
in everyday life. This kind of courage
for the sake of all that is best in
our lives means making decisions that
are in favour of what we hold dear.
These decisions can often mean denying
ourselves things for a greater good.
They can also mean going against the
norm that is around us.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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Let
us see, o Lord , your mercy
ad give us your saving help. |
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Sunday 10th
August 2008
19th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
Parish Missal
Readings (Year 1) p 333 & Proper
p 1078
First Reading
Kings 19:9.11-13
God speaks to Elijah in the whisper
of a gentle breeze.
Second Reading
Romans 9:1-5
Paul speaks of the sacrifices he is
willing to make to help his brothers
come to faith in Christ.
Gospel Matthew
14:22-23
Jesus calms the fears of his disciples.
MASS
TIMES
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
& Thursday, 10 am;
Friday, Feast
of the Assumption [Holy Day of Obligation],
Vigil Mass on Thursday
at 8 pm; Friday, 10 am;
Saturday,
10 am.
Saturday,
Vigil,
8 pm;
Sunday,
8.30 am & 11 am.
Confessions
Thursday, 7.15 pm—7.45 pm Saturday,
7.15 pm—7.45 pm.
Thursday’s
Vigil Mass is offered for Patrick
Duncan, Bootagh [Anniversary].
Collection
Weekly Offering €1,698
Development Collection, €1,015.
Thank you for your
generosity.
Sympathy
The whole community mourns the death
of Jerry Murphy,
a larger than life Cork man in his
adopted Culdaff. Our deepest sympathy
to his sons George and Jim, his daughter-in-law
Nickie and grandchildren; and his
sisters Kathleen and May, nephews
and wider family circle. May he rest
in the peace of Christ.
Culdaff Sports
The Annual Sports will be held in
Caratra this Sunday, 10th August,
commencing at 2.30 pm. All the usual
sideshows and activities. Bring the
family along for a great afternoon’s
craic!!
Serenity
House
Garden Fete Moville Presbyterian
Grounds on Saturday, 16th
August at 2 pm. Glamorous granny &
handsome granddad competition takes
place at 3 pm. All proceeds in aid
of the proposed hall building fund.
Day Trip to
Lough Derg 27th August. Cost
of the trip is €50 and for further
information or to book contact 9382945.
Disco Fusion
Teen Disco in Plaza, Buncaran
every Friday from 9 pm – 11.30
pm for Under 16s. For information
contact Donald Skelly on 93 82173.
Thanks
A big thank you from the Donegal Leprosy
Fund for your generous donations to
their annual collection.
It raised €507 which will go
to Donegal Missionaries working in
the Third World.
Gleneely School
Reunion DVD’s
Copies of the DVD’s are now
available to order form the reunion
committee or by telephoning 9367113.
Also, reunion magazines are available
to order, price €10.
Carndonagh
Community School
Book Shop is open on Thursday 14th
August from 10 am – 4 pm and
Saturday, 16th August from 9.30 am
-12.30 pm.
School reopens
as follows:
Tuesday, 26th August for First Years,
TY and VTY until 12.30;
Wednesday 27th August for Third &
Fifth Years;
Thursday 28th August for Second Years;
Friday 29th August for Fourth Years
Monday 1st September for Sixth Years
and P.L.C.
North West
Regional College
A wide range of courses [full time
& part time] are currently available
at the College. Places are still available
so Tel: 048 71 27 6000 or text nwrc
to 86122 or log on to www.nwrc.ac.uk
All 4-5
year old children starting school
this September are due their 4 in
1 booster and 2nd dose MMR. In the
HSE North West Area these immunisations
are free from your family doctor.
Lough Derg
1-Day Retreats – Places are
available for the following dates:
August, 20,23,24,25,26,27 & 31;
September 1,2,7,8,9,10,15,16,17,20,21,22
& 23. Cost €27. Family Day
30th August – Cost: Adults €20
/ Children €10. Reservations
are essential for retreats. To book
contact 071 9861518 or email info@loughderg.org
Blood Donors
Needed in Carndonagh
The Unit will be
at Carndonagh Community
School on Wednesday,
27th August from 3 pm –
4.45 pm & 7 pm – 9.30 pm;
Thursday 28th August, 2 pm –
4.45 pm & 7 pm – 9.30 pm.
Your support is urgently needed.
The
Deep End – Shattered
In his Hymn of the Universe [p.24]
Teilhard de Chardin prays: ‘Shatter,
my God, through the daring of your
revelation the childishly timid outlook
that can conceive of nothing greater
or more vital in the world than the
pitiable perfection of our human organism’.
Today's First Reading [1 Kgs 19:9,
11-13] and the Gospel [Matt 14: 22-33]
put me in mind of the prayer.
They shatter the dubious certainties
of small minds. They shatter the shaky
security of a mind trapped inside
predictable parameters, bound by the
banal, fearful of the unknown, unable
o probe the eternal. Those two readings
come with thoughts and imagery nearly
too powerful to comprehend and too
incredible to accept.
You have Elijah meeting God at Horeb.
And how does God appear? In a mighty
rock-splitting wind? No. In a terrifying
earthquake? No. In a ferocious fire?
No. But in the most unlikely ‘sound
of sheer silence’ [19:12 NRSV].
When the clutter goes, God comes.
Then in the gospel reading you have
Jesus walking on water. Another epiphany
of God’s presence in the creation
of calm. The imagery of Psalm 107:29
is used here: he made the storm be
still, and the waves of the seas were
hushed’. When the noise and
turmoil stops God’s presence
begins to be felt.
This is the something ‘greater
and more vital’ that Teilhard
prayed for: the realisation that God
is never far away, but is active within
his creation, and for a purpose. Only
an outlook shattered by revelation
can hope to grasp its implications.
Fr Tom
Cahill SVD
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