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St
Mary’s Church Bocan
16th
March 2008
Palm
Sunday of the
Lord's Passion
True
Love
My song is love unknown,
My Saviour’s love to me,
Love to the loveless shown,
That they might lovely be.
O who am I,
That for my sake
My Lord should take
Frail flesh and die?
Sometimes they strew
his way
And his sweet praises sing;
Resounding all the day
Hosannas to the King;
Then ‘Crucify!’
Is all their breath,
And for his death
They thirst and cry.
They rise and needs
will have
My dear Lord made away;
A murderer they save,
The Prince of life they slay;
Yet cheerful he
To suffering goes,
That he his foes
From thence might free.
S. Crossman
1624-1683
Responsorial
Psalm
My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?
Collection
Weekly Offering €1,645
Development Collection, €1,000.
Thank you for your generosity.
Today’s
Readings
1st In this reading
from Isaiah, we are asked to place
our trust in God;
2nd In St Paul’s
letter to the Philippians, Jesus’
obedience to the will of his Father,
even to accepting death on a cross,
represents true humility ;
Gospel It is the
end of the line for Jesus and the
Gospel tells us some of the things
that happened at that fateful time.
Bocan Defibrillator Group
AGM
Meeting in Bocan Hall on Tuesday,
18th March at 8 pm.
Confirmation Tea –
Parents of Children in 5th Class are
invited to a meeting on Wednesday,
26th March at 8 pm in Bocan Hall to
arrange the teas for Confirmation
on 2nd April.
Readers –
Meeting on Wednesday at 8 pm in the
Church to arrange the schedule for
Easter.
Culdaff Football
Club / Gleneely Colts
The local football clubs are undergoing
a trial season in the joint promotion
of youth football. As a result there
will be a registration day for all
players in the parish interested in
playing youth football this season
on Saturday, 22nd March at Caratra
Park, from 10 am – 12 noon.
Anyone interested in playing under
12, 14, 16 or 18 should attend to
fill out their registration form,
meet the team managers and get their
training details. The under 10’s
will start at a later date. Coaches
from both Culdaff and Gleneely will
manage the teams this season and all
children are welcome.
Whist
1st Phyllis Lloyd,
Gleneely
2nd Dillon Doherty,
Gleneely
3rd Mickey O’Donnell,
Ballybeg.
Draw: Gerard Doherty,
Ourt, Ernie McLucas, Carn, Neily McCallion,
Gleneely.
Other Winners: Father
McGonagle, Rita McCormick, Moville;
John Duffy, Derry, Mary McDermott,
Falmore
Snowball on the 28th
March: €40 for 188 or more
Whist resumes on Friday 28th March
night in Bocan Hall at 8.45 pm.
A big thank
you to all those who contributed
to the recent church-gate collection
for the Donegal Diabetes Association.
It raised €370 for their funds.
Carmelite
Retreat Centre, Derry
Three Evening Retreats in preparation
for Easter on Monday, 17th, Tuesday,
18th & Wednesday, 19th March [7.30
pm – 10 pm]. More details by
contacting 048 71262512 during office
hours.
Medjugorje
Irish Centre
Located beside St James’s Church,
the Irish Centre is the meeting place
for all Medjugorje’s Irish Pilgrims.
The Centre provides information, laundry,
phone, internet and foot massage services.
Apartment accommodation is available
for as little as €20 per night.
We will arrange airport transfers
from Split or Dubrovnik. For more
details contact 048 82241888 or email
noellemedjugorje@aol.net
Carrowmena
FC
The Club is running their first ever
Fundraiser Draw with a 1st prize of
a Mitsubishi Colt and a 2nd Prize
of €2,000 as well as many more
prizes. Tickets cost €20 or 3
for €50. Tickets can be had from
Jason Harkin, committee members or
from local shops.
Serenity
House
Book Club Meeting
on Tuesday, 8th April in Serenity
House at 7.30 pm. This month’s
book is ‘A Short History of
Tractors in Ukranian’.
Homeopathy Names
are being taken for an 8-week course
due to begin in April. Contact 9382945
for more details.
Chiropodist Deirdre
Britton will be Serenity House on
Friday, 28th March. Appointments to
086 666538/9360363.
Trip to Wexford Deposits
for this trip are due in the first
week of April. Contact 9382945 for
details
Splinters
from the Cross
Little headaches, little heartaches,
Little griefs of every day.
Little trials and vexations
How they throng around our way.
One great cross, immense and heavy
So it seems to our weak will,
Might be borne with resignation
But these small ones kill.
Yet all life is formed of small things.
Little leaves make up the trees,
Many tiny drops of water
Blending, make the mighty seas.
Let us not then by impatience
Mar the beauty of the whole,
But for the love of Jesus bear all
In the silence of the soul.
Asking him for grace sufficient
To sustain us through each loss,
And to treasure each small offering
As a splinter from his Cross.
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