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26th July 2009
17th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said to Philip:
‘Where can we buy
some food for these people to eat?’
In spite of all the riches
of our world, countless people die
each year of starvation. We can
feel totally helpless in the face
of this and as a result we ignore
it. Generosity is one of the great
virtues of our people over the generations
and is one that we need to practice
in a special way today. But there
are other hungers that we can do
even more about and Jesus is calling
on us to attend to these also. One
of the greatest human hungers is
for love and affection. This may
be in our own close relationships
of marriage and family life. There
is also the hunger in so many people
in our community today for someone
to look out for them. That is a
must if we are to be a true community
of faith in the parish.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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You
open wide your hand, O Lord,
and grant our desires.
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Sunday 26th
July 2009
17th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
First Reading
Kings 4: 42-44
The prophet Elisha feeds the people.
Second Reading
Ephesians 4: 1-6
We are one Body in the one Lord.
Gospel John
6: 1-15
Jesus feeds the people with the loaves
and fishes.
MASS
TIMES
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 10
am
Saturday, Vigil, 8 pm;
Sunday, 8.30 am & 11 am.
Confessions
Saturday: 7.15 pm—7.45 pm
Month’s
Mind Mass
Sunday, 11 am: Pat Doherty [Jack]
Bootagh
Next Weekend
Vigil Mass: Jeremiah Murphy, Culdaff
11 am: Joe McCaul
Priests Collection: €1,685; Development
Collection, €905.
Thank
you for your generosity.
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 Carrie McLaughlin,
Culdaff
2nd
Mary B McLaughlin, Carn
3rd
Mary McLaughlin [Roe] Carn
Tickets
– Mary McLaughlin, Joanie McLaughlin,
Phyllis Lloyd & Gerard Doherty.
Other winners
– John Duffy, Mickey Doherty,
Annie McLaughlin, Rita McGarrigle,
Greta Coyle.
Whist every
Friday at 8.45 pm
Snowball - €120
for 181 or better
Good-As-New
Shop
The Shop will open at Margaret
the Painter’s premises in Carn
on Monday, 17th August. If you
have any unwanted clothes,
books or ornaments etc
then contact Angela
on 0879028930.
GENEROSITY
VICTOR Hugo, in Ninety-Three,
tells the story of a French mother
who, after the Revolution, had been
driven from her home with her two
children. She had wandered through
the woods and fields for several days.
She and her two children had lived
on roots and leaves. On the third
morning they had hidden in some bushes
on the approach of two soldiers, a
captain and a sergeant . The captain
ordered the sergeant to find out what
was stirring in the bushes; he prodded
the mother and her two children out.
They were brought to the captain’s
side, and he saw in an instant that
they were starving; he gave them a
long loaf of brown French bread. The
mother took it eagerly, like a famished
animal, broke it into two pieces,
giving one piece to one child and
the other to the second child. The
sergeant looked up to the captain
and said, ‘Is it because the
mother is not hungry?’ the captain
replied, ‘No sergeant, it is
because she is a mother!’
Serenity
House,
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.
A one day
trip to the Lammas Fair on
25 August is being organised by Serenity
House, Moville. Seats will be allocated
on a first come first serve basis
so book early to avoid disappointment.
For further information contact 9382945
New
Experience for Survivors of Trauma
(NEST)
Are you burdened
by feelings of guilt or shame?
Do you suffer from depression, anxiety
and/or low self esteem? If you
were able to break free from the pain
of what has happened to you, would
your life be different? The
NEST Programme will enable you to
do just that and also give you resources
to deal with present and future life
tasks. For more details telephone
The Pastoral Centre, Maghera
02879642983 or Derry 02871347220 for
assessment for the Autumn course,
September 2009
Eucharist:
a prayer inspired by the Mass
O Lord! Look into our hearts this
day and read us Look into our souls
this day and hear us When we thrust
out our hands for help - hold us When
we open our arms for love - embrace
us When we bow our heads to thee -
bless us When we give of ourselves
- come to us. Amen.
Judith Ann Pounder
The
Deep End: - In Need of Friends
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
Someone once pointed
out that the best time to make friends
is before you need them. Paul’s
passionate plea for unity in today’s
Second Reading [Eph 4:1-6] is a reminder
of that fact. Paul, of course, doesn’t
package his plea in such self-serving
terms. However, in its own street-wise
fashion the remark is true. Unity
is good, disunity s not. It’s
as simple as that.
Paul uses language
here that many people, particularly
men perhaps, may find difficult to
identify with in terms of relating
to others. He pleads for ‘humility’,
‘gentleness’, ‘patience’
and that awful thing called ‘love’.
In and age when, in the name of so-called
entertainment, we are bombarded with
images of just the opposite of these
– anger, hate, violence and
abuse – we might be pardoned
for wondering which is the norm in
life: humility or arrogance, gentleness
or aggression, patience or frenzy,
love or hate. A constant diet of grim
actors on TV, and on the big screen,
aping antisocial antics as if life
consisted of never-ending rows fuelled
by mindless jealousy can result in
a build-up of bile.
So, whether we suffer form indigestion
or not is up to us. which do we want:
to be hurtful or helpful, coarse or
courteous, aggressive or friendly?
Those who feed on anger, hate and
violence are no strangers to fear.
These take more out of us than they
give. It’s the caring, the friendship
and the love that makes life pleasant
and fulfilling.
Ask any angry, jealous
and friendless role model you can
find.
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