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12th July 2009
15th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
“So
they set off to preach repentance.”
There are many strange
contradictions in our world today.
One of them is that so many of us
have lost a sense of sin and yet
the power of evil was never so obvious.
Maybe this is a reaction to the
past where sin seemed to be in everything.
One of the major sins for most of
us is in settling for so little
when so much is on offer. This happens
when a couple settles for mediocrity
rather than a sense of adventure
in their marriage; when a family
settles for coexistence rather than
love; when a parish settles for
duty rather than building a real
faith community. We may not be able
to do a lot about the general evil
that is in the world. We can do
a lot about our own setting of limits
and this in turn will affect the
world we live in.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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Our
eyes are in the Lord till he
shows us his mercy.
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Sunday, 12th
July 2009
15th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
First Reading
Amos 7: 12-15
God sent Amos to prophesy to the people
of Israel.
Second Reading
Ephesians 1: 3-14
God chose us in Christ to live through
love in his presence
Gospel Mark
6: 7-13
Jesus sends the Twelve Apostles to
preach and to heal.
MASS
TIMES
No weekday Mass
this week.
Saturday, Vigil,
8 pm;
Sunday,
8.30 am & 11 am.
Confessions
Saturday: 7.15 pm—7.45 pm
Weekly Offering: €1,650; Development
Collection, €901.
Thank
you for your generosity.
Gleneely Colts
Football Club are holding
an under-age football tournament for
U10 & U14 year old boys &
for U10 & U14 year old girls.
It will take place in ‘Glenview
Park’, Gleneely on Saturday
25 July at 2pm sharp. Closing time
for taking entries is 1:45pm
5 players + 1 sub allowed per team.
Entry fee is €2 per child and
Inishowen League age rules apply.
Come along for a great day of fun,
everyone is very welcome
If you have any queries please contact
Kevin: 086 0736491 or John Paul 086
8606427
Gleneely Sports Day
– Sunday 26 July at 2.30 pm.
Come along and enjoy a great day filled
with fun things to do.
Whist
1st Vera Deeny, Terrawee
2nd Seamus Coyle,
Buncrana
3rd Mary McLaughlin
[Roe] Carn
Tickets
– Seamus Coyle, Phyllis Monagle,
Annie McColgan & Gerard Monagle.
Other winners
– Annie McColgan, John Doherty,
Ellen Ann Lafferty, Darragh McLaughlin
& Mary B McLaughlin.
Whist every Friday at 8.45 pm
Snowball - €100 for 183 or better
Co-operating
for Cancer Care NorthWest
“Equal Access for Equal Need”
Are you interested, concerned or confused
about cancer services in Donegal?
Co-operating for Cancer Care NorthWest,
CCC(NW) invites you to attend a Public
Meeting in the Colgan Hall, Carndonagh
on Thursday 16 July 2009 at 8.00pm.
Noelle Duddy, Spokesperson for CCC(NW)
and colleagues will address the meeting
giving a detailed account of the outcomes
of our recent meetings with An Tánaiste
Mary Coughlan TD and Minister for
Health and Children, Mary Harney TD.
CCC(NW) will be happy to open the
discussion to the floor and address
any concerns, questions, etc.
All are welcome and encouraged to
attend.
Mass in Honour
of our Lady of Mount Carmel will
take place in the Carmelite Retreat
Centre, Termonbacca, Derry on Her
Feast Day, Thursday 16th July at 8.00
pm. All are welcome to attend.
Culdaff
Water Sports Weekend
Sunday 12th July 1.30pm –Bunagee
Raft races, Bunagee Pier Mens, Ladies
and Mixed. -Junior(under 16’s)
and Senior Kayak Races. -lots more
activities on the day
If you are interested in participating
in any of the above events please
contact John Paul on 086-8606427 or
Martina on 087-6264051 for more information
and appropriate sponsorship cards.
Please help support this worthy cause.
Serenity
House
Serenity
House, Moville are holding
an evening of dancing in Caiseal Mara
Hotel, Moville on Friday 31 July from
9pm to 12 midnight, music by Ed Sweeney.
Raffle and spot prizes galore, everyone
welcome and admission 5 euro
Serenity House will
be holding their annual Art and Craft
Exhibition in Serenity House, Moville
on the Sunday 2 and Monday 3 August
from 12pm to 5pm. Admission is free.
Why not come along and see what you
also could achieve under the tuition
of your expert tutors.
Chiropodist Deirdre
Britton will be in attendance at Serenity
House on the last Friday of the month,
31 July at 9.30am Appointments only.
If you wish to make an appointment
to attend the chiropodist contact
0860666538 or 074 9360363.
Clonmacnois
Youth 2000 Summer Festival
13th august – 16th august. for
young people 16-35. Bishop Frank Caggiano
from the Diocese of Brooklyn will
be the main speaker. Donation only.
Free buses available from around the
country. More information from 0863025442
/ 016753690 or see the poster at the
back of the church. www.youth2000.ie
Bocan
Youth Club Annual church Gate Collection
this weekend.
The Irish
Wheelchair Assoc are holding their
Annual Church-Gate Collection on 18th/19th
July.
The
Deep End: - Stretched Out
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
Depending on your viewpoint it’s
refreshing, or alarming, how certain
Paul can be in his statements on complex
issues. Take today’s Second
Reading [Eph 1:3-14] for example.
Here he just baldly states that God
‘chose us in Christ before the
foundation of the world to be blameless
before him in love,’ and that
has ‘made known the mystery
of his will…as a plan for the
fullness of time’.
Two things are striking here: his
reference to God’s pre-creation
will and, for want of a better expression,
his post-temporal one. Again, for
Paul human beings re not an after
thought in the mind of God. No! Even
before creation’s foundation
is set, way before any human’s
appear on the scene, God already has
a plan for them – and a great
one at that! This seemingly quirky
creation, queerer and more chaotic
than we can ever imagine, progresses
according to a divine plan.
Here we feel the power of faith at
work. For only faith can work at this
level. Science has nothing to say
about pre-foundational creation, about
the awesome void of our pre-pyrotechnic
cosmos, about the deafening silence
of its final destination readily dwarfing
even the Big Bang’s birth cry.
Yet here we have unscientific Paul
opening our minds to realities that
only faith can reveal, and stretching
them to their limits, and then some.
Are we ready for the strain of trying
to comprehend God, small as a loving
father yet enormous enough to encompass
creation?
Knock Youth
Festival - This years festival
will take place from July 23rd-26th
and is for those aged 18-35.
The festival will include inspiring
talks, workshops, a reconciliation
and healing service, mime, drama,
dancing, music and lots of free time.
The theme is 'You are the light of
the world' and the weekend will have
a variety of guest speakers.
The weekend costs 70 euro and this
includes meals and accommodation.
There is some transport available
from the diocese. If you would
like more information contact the
Catechetical Centre on 71264087 or
book online at www.knockshrine.ie/youthfestival
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