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25th October 2009
30th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus asked:
'What do you want me to do for you?'
This question, asked in the Gospel
of a blind man, is addressed to
each one of us by Jesus. The man
who was born blind had no hesitation
in asking for his sight to be given
him. That was the single most important
thing for him in his life. We should
ask ourselves what our single most
important need and desire is for
our own lives. In what ways are
we blind and need our sight restored?
Maybe it is in relation to what
our real priorities are. Or maybe
it is in our close relationships
of marriage and family life where
we can easily fail to see the hurt
or distress or loneliness of one
another. Or we may be blind to our
responsibility to care for those
around us in our parish or wider
community who are in need. This
week is a call to look into our
hearts and open ourselves up to
the power of Christ to heal us and
set us free.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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What
marvels the Lord worked for
us!
Indeed we were glad
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Sunday 25th
October 2009
30th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
First Reading
Jeremiah 31: 7-9
The Lord has saved his people.
Second Reading
Hebrews 5: 1-6
Christ is the compassionate high priest,
sent to take away our sins.
Gospel Mark
10: 46-52
A blind man is cured and becomes a
follower of Jesus.
MASS
TIMES
Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
7 Saturday, 10 am.
Saturday,
Vigil, 8 pm;
Sunday, 8.30 am &
11 am.
Confessions
Saturday: 7.15 pm—7.45 pm
This Week’s
Anniversaries
Vigil Mass, 8 pm: Shane McGonigle,
St. Boden’s
8.30 am: Seamus McCandless, Leitrim
Next Weekend
Vigil Mass: 8 pm Margaret Doherty,
Claggan
Weekly Offering:
€1,585; Development Collection,
€1,000; Good-As-New Shop, €900
. Thank you for your generosity.
N.B. Please note that the Mission
Sunday Collection will be taken up
this weekend [No Development Envelope
this weekend].
Annual
Church-Gate Collection for Self Help
International next weekend, 1st /2nd
November. Please support this worthy
cause.
Madge McLaughlin
died very peacefully after a long
and committed life.
Our deepest sympathy to her sons Packie,
Seamus & Conn; her daughters,
Helena, Rosaleen and Anne; her in-laws,
especially Myra; her grandchildren
and great-grandchildren and the wider
family circle. May the God of all
consolation
comfort her family in their loss and
may her soul rest in peace.
Good-As-New
Shop
The Shop is now open
at Margaret Doherty’s premises
in Carn. All proceeds are for the
Development Fund – please give
it your support.
Whist
1st: Michael Doherty,
Urris
2nd: Ellen Ann Lafferty,
Glengad
3rd: Seamus Harkin,
Gleneely
Tickets
Seamus Harkin, Annie McBride, John
Duffy
Other Winners
Josie McLaughlin, Mary Ellen Ruddy,
James McConalogue
Whist Every Friday at 8.45 pm
Snowball - €130 for 180 or better
Sr. Josephine
Walsh Weekend Retreat with
emphasis on forgiving, healing and
making a new start, will take place
at The Carmelite Retreat Centre, Termonbacca
from Friday 30th Oct to Sunday 1st
Nov. For further details tel: Derry
71262512 during office hours only.
Culdaff Ladies
FC are holding a fund raising
quiz in Caratra Bar on Sunday 25th
Oct commencing at 10 pm sharp. All
support would be greatly appreciated.
A big
thank you to all who supported the
variety concert in Bocan Hall
on Friday, 16th October. It was a
very enjoyable and successful event
which raised €2,208 of which
€575 is being donated to the
Alzheimer's Unit in Carndonagh.
There will be a meeting
of Culdaff/Gleneely Community
School Parents in Bocan Old
School on Monday 2nd November at 8
pm.
Culdaff Care
of the Aged – Meeting
on Thursday 29th October at 8 pm in
Bocan Old School. All members are
asked to attend.
Halloween
Fancy Dress Dance & Disco
in the Malin Hotel on Saturday, 31st
October. Music is by Sharon Nixon
followed by DJ Peter “The Saddler”
Doherty. Doors open at 10.30 pm and
admission is €10. all proceeds
are for Donegal & Foyle Hospices.
Tickets from Susan on 086 1574454.
Ceili
in Bocan Hall on Friday, 13th November.
Dancing from 10pm – 1 am. Come
along and have a great night’s
craic.
Scoil Mhuire
Gleneely – Silver Circle [Wk
4]
€100 Martin Gibson, Gemstone
Pk
€50 Jamie, Oisin & Aine McLaughlin,
Ballyharry;
€25 Kathy McLaughlin, Dristernan.
Wk 5
€100 Donna Marie Kearney, Dristernan
€50 Hazel Reid, Gemstone Pk
€25 Gary Doherty, Carn.
Note change
of date. The Cancer Support
meeting which usually takes place
on the last Monday of the month in
Serenity House, Moville will now take
place on Tuesday 27 October at 7.30pm
due to the Bank Holiday.
The Serenity House Walk
which takes place every Monday morning
at 10.30am, will not take place this
Monday 26 October due to the Bank
Holiday but will resume on Monday
2 November.
A training course on Depression
will take place in Serenity House,
Moville in February 2010. Anyone interested
please contact Serenity House on 9382945
for further information.
Serenity House, Moville are
holding an evening of dancing
in Caiseal Mara Hotel, Moville on
Friday 30 October from 9pm to 12 midnight,
music by Capricorn. Raffle and spot
prizes galore, everyone welcome and
admission 5 euro.
Moville Slimming
World Taster night on Tuesday
27th October. New members welcome.
Slimming World groups meet every Tuesday
at 5.30 pm &7.30 pm n the Caiseal
Mara, Moville. More details form Niamh
on 086 257 4090.
The
Deep End – A Stupid Question?
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
Jesus doesn’t ask stupid questions.
So why does he ask Bartimeus what
seems at best a question with an obvious
answer in today’s Gospel reading
[Mark 10:46-52]? Bartimeus is blind,
and a beggar. He calls Jesus ‘Son
of David’. So the odds are in
favour of him wanting more than money.
He wants his sight. Yet, Jesus doesn’t
assume that. Why?
Perhaps he wants to show respect towards
Bartimeus, unlike the crowd who tell
him to shut up. Jesus invites him
to speak for himself. Can we say we
always do that with those we consider
unimportant to us? Those whose sentences
we finish for them? Those whose conversation
we cut across when in company? Those
whom we think aren’t worth listening
to?
Or perhaps Jesus wants to test the
quality of Bartimeus’s faith.
‘Son of David’ he calls
Jesus. Will he now undo the impression
he makes by asking Jesus for a few
coins? Respecting Bartimeus’s
freedom, Jesus lets his faith unfold.
And what a faith it is! He asks for
nothing short of a miracle. Even though
he is blind he can ‘see’
that Jesus is more than ordinary.
Faith brings vision of a kind that
healthy eyes may fail to. Do we see
in Jesus more than the human eye can
catch? Is our faith great enough to
expect a personal transformation little
short of the miraculous by sincerely
asking for it? Jesus doesn’t
force us to ask for the impossible.
But he does invite us to.
What a shame should we
refuse because it might sound stupid!
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