St
Mary’s Church Bocan - 17th June
2007:No 28
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Responsorial
Psalm
Forgive, Lord, the guilt of my
sin.
We
all love to be loved. A
sense of humour helps. Agatha Christie,
when asked what it was like to be
married to an archaeologist replied
‘Wonderful darling, the older
I get the more interesting he finds
me.’
When
You Are Old
WHEN you are
old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down
this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the
soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows
deep;
How many loved
your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false
or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim Soul
in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing
face;
And bending down
beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
William Butler Yeats
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Your
faith has saved you; go in peace |
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Today’s
Readings
1st King David acknowledges
his sin. He repents and is forgiven;
2nd St Paul places
his trust in the power of faith in
Jesus Christ;
Gospel A woman approaches
Jesus, repenting of her sin .
Money
Matters:
Weekly offering €1,610;
Development Collection,
€1,025. Thank you
for your generosity.
N.B. The Annual
Peter’s Pence Collection will
be taken up next weekend along with
the Development Collection [No Weekly
Offering Envelope next weekend].
40 Hours
Adoration - Change of Dates
Saturday & Sunday, 30th June/1st
July, Saturday, 10 am -7 pm; Sunday,
12 Noon – 6 pm. Holy Hour from
6 pm-7 pm.
A rota system to make
sure that adorers are present throughout
will be in operation. Please put your
name down in the sheets available
next week.
Trip to Knock
The Annual Pioneer trip to Knock takes
place on Sunday, 15th July. Cost is
€42 including 2 meals. For bookings
contact 9382709.
Youth Trip to
Croagh Padraig - The trip
takes place on Sunday 22 July for
those aged 18-30 and it will cost
£35. The fee includes the transport
from Derry, an official guide and
dinner in Westport. Places are limited
so booking deadline is 6th July. Forms
can be had from the Parochial House
or telephone 04871 264087.
Alzheimer's
Society Donegal Branch
Part-Time Carers are needed to look
after people in their own homes. Training
will be provided. If interested then
contact the Alzheimer’s Office
on 9722795.
Community Defibrillator
- “Heart-throbs”
The recently formed Bocan Community
Defibrillator Group in conjunction
with the Irish Red Cross are pleased
to inform parishioners that First
Aid classes will begin on Tuesday,
19th June and also on Thursday, 21st
June at 8 pm with two further classes
on the following week. Classes are
approximately two hours long. If you
would like further information contact
086 8896222.
Kids Art Exhibition
On Sunday, 24 June at 12 Noon in Bocan
Hall. This opportunity will allow
family members and friends to come
along and view some of the fine art
your children completed in Bocan Community
Playgroup. On display will be pieces
of art done by your children and some
local artists. You will have an opportunity
to purchase some of these and all
proceeds will go to the Playgroup
to enable the leader and excellent
staff to continue their good work.
Face Painting will be available on
the day. Your support is much appreciated.
Serenity
House
Certificate in Preparatory
Studies will be commencing
in Serenity House in September. It
is a 1-Year full-time course designed
for mature students who wish to progress
to third level studies. For details
contact Serenity House on 9382945
or email serenityhouse@eircom.net
Chiropodist, Deirdre
Britton will be in Serenity House
on 29th June at 9.30 am. To make an
appointment call 086 0666538 /9360363.
Serenity House Active Retirement
Association are organising
a trip to Tory Island on Thursday,
19th July. For details contact 9382945.
Pathway to Prayer
- ‘Adult Faith Development’
This is an opportunity to explore
the Old Testament and New Testament,
Liturgy, Creative Expression, Centring
Prayer. It takes place on Mondays
from 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm [1-Year
Course] beginning on 1st October at
Thornhill Centre, Culmore Road, Derry.
Cost is £160 and details are
available from 04871 351 233.
Young People
and Suicide
There will be a Youth Vigil in Ballymagroarty
Parish Church on Sunday, 24th June
from 7 pm – 11.30 pm. This vigil
is being held for all those affected
by suicide in anyway and also for
all young people. This will be an
evening of prayer, drama, music, silence,
talks and healing. Its purpose is
to give hope and consolation to those
who are finding it hard to cope with
the struggles of life. Everyone welcome.
Bocan Youth
Club Rota – 22nd June
- Denise Cunningham, Hugh McDermott,
Nuala Doherty, Philomena O’Brien
The
grass in the cemetery will be cut
this week.
Release
and let go
You’ve heard about Irish Alzheimer’s?
It’s where you forget everything
except the grudges. While in no way
making light of the plight of Alzheimer’s
sufferers and their families, the
joke does have a pithy truth. Despite
everything, we do tend to hold on
to negative things emotionally.
How many families are scarred and
divided over an issue or property,
occasions like funerals and weddings
becoming sources of tension in themselves.
All of us, if we are truly honest,
have hurt and been hurt in the process.
We can all tend to be like Simon the
Pharisee, a word which means ‘separated
one’. They were so perfect in
their own religious observation, that
they feared contact with others would
contaminate them.
Maybe in our churches
we need a family reconciliation day?
A safe space and place to say ‘sorry’
to each other. Maybe not as lavish
a gesture as tears, using hair as
a drying agent and expensive perfume
but some place we could say; ‘I
know/feel I have hurt you. I am sorry.’
similarly, to know that someone bore
you no ill will would help you feel
released. Ultimately we all need to
live in freedom, not in fear or in
shadow. God made you to be a child
of the light, not a prisoner of darkness.
Go to Him.
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