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Mary’s Church Bocan
12th
October 2008
28th
Sunday in Ord. Time.
Many
are called but few are chosen.
"Everything
is ready. Come to the wedding."
I have been at several weddings again
this year and it strikes me that no
matter how many you go to they are
always great occasions. You never
get tired of them. That's what Jesus
wants for us as his people - that
we would be wedding people, joyful,
happy, and celebrating. In response
to his word this week make a special
effort to bring this sense of joy
to one another, as this is a vital
way to practise our faith. This is
particularly important in our homes
so that all who live there may know
the wonder of God's love. It takes
a real effort on the part of everyone
to constantly create this sense of
gladness but it is well worth the
effort. It is also so important in
the parish community to develop this
sense of freedom for one another so
that others can come to know how much
they are loved.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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In
the Lord’s own house shall
I dwell for ever and ever. |
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Mass Times
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
& Saturday, 10 am.
Wedding Mass on Friday
at 1 pm.
Saturday, Vigil, 8
pm;
Sunday, 8.30 am &
11 am.
Confessions
Saturday, 7.15 pm—7.45 pm.
Anniversary Masses
Vigil Mass, 8 pm: Claire Doherty,
St Boden’s Tce.
Sunday: 11 am Catherine
Doherty, Carthage.
Next Sunday 11 am, Anniversary Mass
of Catherine McGrenaghan.
The
Autumn
by Elizabeth
Barrett Browning
Go, sit upon the
lofty hill,
And turn your eyes around,
Where waving woods and waters wild
Do hymn an autumn sound.
The summer sun is faint on them --
The summer flowers depart --
Sit still -- as all transform'd to
stone,
Except your musing heart.
How there you
sat in summer-time,
May yet be in your mind;
And how you heard the green woods
sing
Beneath the freshening wind.
Though the same wind now blows around,
You would its blast recall;
For every breath that stirs the trees,
Doth cause a leaf to fall.
Oh! like that
wind, is all the mirth
That flesh and dust impart:
We cannot bear its visitings,
When change is on the heart.
Gay words and jests may make us smile,
When Sorrow is asleep;
But other things must make us smile,
When Sorrow bids us weep!
The dearest hands
that clasp our hands, --
Their presence may be o'er;
The dearest voice that meets our ear,
That tone may come no more!
Youth fades; and then, the joys of
youth,
Which once refresh'd our mind,
Shall come -- as, on those sighing
woods,
The chilling autumn wind.
Hear not the wind
-- view not the woods;
Look out o'er vale and hill-
In spring, the sky encircled them
--
The sky is round them still.
Come autumn's scathe -- come winter's
cold --
Come change -- and human fate!
Whatever prospect Heaven doth bound,
Can ne'er be desolate.
Weekly Offering:
€1,520 Development Collection,
€1,000; Good-as-new shop, €850.
Thank you for your generosity.
Rally for
Life
There is a ‘Rally for Life’
taking place at Stormont Buildings,
Belfast on Saturday, 18 October at
1 pm.
Parish Council
Liturgy Group
Meeting n Monday night at 8.30 pm
in the Parochial House.
Parish Council Planning Group
- Meeting on Wednesday night at 8
pm in the Parochial House.
Good-as-new
shop closes on Tuesday.
Whist
1st: Annie McColgan, Carn
2nd : Ernie McLucas, Carn;
3rd: Philip McCool, Carn
Tickets Mickey O’Donnell, Carn,
John Duffy, Derry, Matthew Davenport-Doherty
Carn.
Other Winners
Mcikey Doherty, Eamon Donaghy, Mary
McDermott, John Doherty, Seamus Harkin.
Whist every Friday night at 8.45 pm
in Bocan Hall. Snowball €110
for 182 or more.
Colmcille
Pilgrimages
Cruise of the Lands of the Bible,
including Egypt, Holy Land, Turkey
& Greece from March 5th –
14th 2009. Cost per person sharing
£1,095. more details from Fr
Paddy O’Kane on 00447732468511
or email paddyokane@tiscali.co.uk
Words of St
Teresa of Avila - Feast Day –
Wed 15th Oct
Let nothing disturb thee,
Nothing affright thee;
All things are passing;
God never changeth;
Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things;
Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God sufficeth.
Tour de Culdaff
St Boden’s N.S. are holding
a 60km [Adult] and 20 km [Junior over
12’s] Fundraising Cycle in aid
of school funds. The cycle will take
place on Sunday 26th October at 10
am. Registration begins at 9 am in
the school. All cyclists, both advanced
and beginners welcome to join in.
contact Noleen on 087 2140703 for
sponsorship forms etc. Please come
along and join in.
Carmelite Retreat Centre
Mass in Honour of St Teresa
of Avila in the Carmelite
Retreat Centre on Wednesday 15th October
[her Feast Day] at 8 pm. All are welcome
to attend.
Serenity House
Active Retirement
– Music evening in McNamara’s
Hotel on Wednesday, 22 October from
9 pm – 11 pm. Music by Dominick
McDaid. Admission: €5 and everyone
is welcome.
Active Retirement
meeting on Wednesday, 15th October
at 7.30 pm. Guest speaker for the
evening will be Senator Mary White,
Dublin.
Book Club
Meeting in Serenity House
on Tuesday, 14 October at 7.30 pm.
All welcome.
Bible Study
Meeting in Serenity House on Monday
13 October at 10.30 am. All women
are welcome to attend.
Inishowen Women’s Information
Network- AGM on 30th October
at 7.30 pm in their offices at 18
Millbrae Heights, Carndonagh. The
meeting is open to all individuals,
women or women's groups wishing to
take an active part in a voluntary
group. RSVP by 28th October to 9329494.
The
Deep End – Cherry Pickers Beware!
A street-wise and disarmingly down-to-earth
Christian Brother once told his class
of second-year secondary students,
‘The first miracle Jesus worked
was to make booze!’ Not a particularly
reverential way of referring to the
miracle of Cana. But true, nonetheless.
Put that way it could be a stumbling
stone for inter-faith dialogue.
You’ll find more stumbling stones
in today’s Gospel reading [Matt
22:1-14]. Take the bit about bringing
both the good and the bad to the wedding
feast. Doesn’t seem to matter
whether you’re god or bad, does
it? You’re invited regardless.
How do you get your head around that?
Let me know if you do.
Anyway, everyone seems to be invited,
and not very formally either. It’s
almost as if they’re put on
the spot in the street. Here’s
the invitation. Take it or leave it.
It’s up to you. What a godsend
for freeloaders, cherry pickers and
opportunists!
But wait. There is a sting in the
tail. One of these, let’s say
a cherry picker, who ‘answers
the call’ hasn’t done
his homework. Life has ground rules
- and that’s the most basic
one of all. Poor fellow! He saunters
in without a care in the world and
what happens? He’s out on his
ear before he knows it. The reason?
His dress code. Nothing to do with
him being good or bad. Though come
to think of it, flouting social mores
can indicate arrogance, selfishness
or stupidity. Flouting religious ones
can indicate the same.
Whichever. Cherry pickers
of the world be warned. You’re
on note!
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
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