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St
Mary’s Church Bocan
27th
April 2008
Sixth
Sunday of Easter
Eden
Rock - By Charles Causley
Memories are always to be treasured—good
ones anyway.
They are waiting for
me somewhere beyond Eden Rock:
My father, twenty-five, in the same
suit
Of Genuine Irish Tweed, his terrier
Jack
Still two years old and trembling
at his feet.
My mother, twenty-three,
in a sprigged dress
Drawn at the waist, ribbon in her
straw hat,
Has spread the stiff white cloth over
the grass.
Her hair, the colour of wheat, takes
on the light.
She pours tea from
a Thermos, the milk straight
From an old H.P. sauce-bottle, a screw
Of paper for a cork; slowly sets out
The same three plates, the tin cups
painted blue.
The sky whitens as
if lit by three suns.
My mother shades her eyes and looks
my way
Over the drifted stream. My father
spins
A stone along the water. Leisurely,
They beckon to me
from the other bank.
I hear them call, 'See where the stream-path
is!
Crossing is not as hard as you might
think.'
I had not thought
that it would be like this
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Cry
out with joy to God all the
earth.
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Mass
Times
Monday,
8 pm;
Tuesday,
10 am;
Wednesday,
8 pm
Anniversary Mass of Mary Doherty
(Sean)
Thursday,
10 am;
Friday,
the First Friday of the Month, 8 pm.
Wedding
Mass on Saturday at 1pm.
Saturday,
Vigil, 8 pm;
Sunday,
8.30 am & 11 am.
Confessions
Friday, 7 pm—7.45 pm;
Saturday, 7.15 pm—7.45 pm
Sunday
27th April 2008 - Sixth Sunday of
Easter.
Parish
Missal Readings (Year 1) p 264 &
Proper p 1044
First
Reading Acts of the Apostles 8: 5-8.14-17
The people respond in faith to the
apostles’ preaching and receive
the Holy Spirit.
Second
Reading 1 Peter 3: 15-18
Christ died for our sins, to lead
us to God.
Gospel
John 14: 15-21
Jesus promises the gift of the Holy
Spirit to his disciples.
Collections:
Weekly Offering €1,510 - Development
Collection, €925.
Thank you for your generosity.
Christ,
our Way to new life
"I have come
that they may have life and have it
to the full." You couldn't get
a clearer statement of intent and
desire than that from anyone. The
practice of our faith is about making
that desire of Jesus a reality for
one another. That's why he gave us
his commandment to love one another.
The fulfillment of that longing should
be our aim in all that we do. It is
the major task for every married couple,
to help this other person to come
to the greatest fulfillment of her/his
potential. And if parents want to
know what their parenting is about
they have a true statement of it in
this word of Christ. Parenting is
not about what they give to their
children but what they help their
children to become as individuals.
It is also a word for every parish
community this week. We dare not settle
for anything less than the best.
Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.
Parish Council Meeting
Thursday, 1st May at 8 pm in Bocan
Hall. All members please attend.
Deaf Chaplaincy
There will be a Mass
for the profoundly
deaf in the Nazareth House
Chapel on Sunday, 4th May at 3 pm.
Whist
1st – Dolores O’Donnell,
Ballybeg
2nd – Mary McDermott, Falmore;
3rd – Ernie McLucas, Carn.
Tickets: Declan McLaughlin, Cashel,
Seamus Harkin, Gleneely, Mary McDermott,
Falmore
Other Winners: -, Carrie McLaughlin,
Culdaff, John Doherty, Malin, Mickey
McCormick, Moville & Neil McCallion,
Gleneely.
Snowball next week: €35 for 189
or more. Whist every Friday night
at 8.45 pm in Bocan Hall.
Bocan Community
Defibrillator Group
Dance in Bocan Hall on Friday, 9th
May from 9 pm – midnight. Music
is by Dominic McDaid & Joe McLaughlin.
There will be door prizes and raffles
on the night and refreshments will
be served. Admission is by donation.
N.B. all members are urged
to remember their respective tasks
and have those in place for the start
of the dance.
Ceili Mor
Ceili in Bocan Hall on
Friday, 2nd May.
Music is by Martin
Dougan. Admission is
€5 and includes supper.
Serenity
House
Cancer Support Group –
Meeting in Serenity House on Monday,
28th April at 7.30 pm. All welcome.
Book Club –
Meet on Tuesday, 13th May at 7.30
pm. This month’s book is ‘The
Distant Land of my Father’ by
Bo Caldwell. All welcome.
Job Club –
Inishowen Partnership are starting
a new programme in Moville. All those
who are seeking employment can get
more information by ringing 9361376.
Foundation Studies
– Beginning in September in
Serenity House. Contact 9382945 for
more details.
Trip to Wexford –
Due to cancellations there are a few
places available on the Active Retirement
6 day trip to Wexford on 25th May.
Contact 9382945 for details.
Are you
concerned about the lack of facilities
for 11-14 year olds? Could
we work together as parents to find
a safe place for them to meet? If
you are interested then come long
to a meeting 1 New Park, Carndonagh
on Wednesday, 30th April at 7.30 pm.
The Da Capo
Concert Series, based in
Inishowen commences with a recital
n the Fowler Hall, Tooban, Fahan,
on Friday, 2nd May at 7.30 pm. It
will feature the young International
Binneas Quartet and the traditional
sean—nos singer Eilin Ni Bheaglaoich.
Tickets are €10/€5 concession.
To book contact 087 2259858 or 9383734.
Inishowen
Gardening Club - Monthly
Meeting on Monday, 28th April in Wesley
Hall, Carndonagh. The theme of this
meeting is Rockery Design and the
talk will be given by Gordon Toner.
The
Deep End * Pie in the sky?
To an atheist – once described
as someone with no visible means of
support – Christian hope must
seem like a cry to on high for pie
in the sky. What Christians hope for,
i.e. a new heaven and a new earth,
has no scientific basis. Indeed it
can’t have. At present, all
that science can ultimately foresee
is a frozen waste of nothingness.
The heart-warming prospect of blissful
eternal life has no basis other than
in the word of God {Rev 21:1}.
In today’s second reading {1
Pet 3:15-18} Peter exhorts us to be
ready always to defend that hope.
And we do that basically by showing
how God has kept his promises historically
and by showing that his promises continue
to be fulfilled today.
Historically, God promised the seemingly
impossible only to fulfil it: Abraham
and Sarah in advanced age beget a
son, down-trodden Hebrews gain freedom
from their super-power slave-masters,
an eagerly awaited Messiah comes,
but in the most unexpected manner.
Killed and seemingly defeated, he
rises from death to fulfil his mission.
Today, God’s promises continue
to be fulfilled. He blesses us with
new life, with freedom from slavery
to sin, with the promise and hope
of resurrection.
Yet, perhaps there is one other way
to defend that hope: by allowing it
to put a pep in our step.
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
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