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Mary’s Church Bocan, 27th
July 2008
17th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
The
Loom of Time
Man's life is laid
in the loom of time
To a pattern he does not see,
While the weavers work and the shuttles
fly
Till the dawn of eternity.
Some shuttles are
filled with silver threads
And some with threads of gold,
While often but the darker hues
Are all that they may hold.
But the weaver watches
with skillful eye
Each shuttle fly to and fro,
And sees the pattern so deftly wrought
As the loom moves sure and slow.
God surely planned
the pattern:
Each thread, the dark and fair,
Is chosen by His master skill
And placed in the web with care.
He only knows its
beauty,
And guides the shuttles which hold
The threads so unattractive,
As well as the threads of gold.
Not till each loom
is silent,
And the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God reveal the pattern
And explain the reason why
The dark threads were
as needful
In the weaver's skilful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
For the pattern which He planned.
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Lord
how I love your law! |
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Sunday, 27th July 2008
Parish Missal Readings
(Year 1) p 325 & Proper p 1074
First Reading
1 Kings 3: 5.7-12
Told by God that he could have any
gift he wanted, Solomon chose the
gift of wisdom.
Second Reading
Romans 8: 28-30
Those who love God can turn everything
to their spiritual advantage.
Gospel Matthew
13: 44-52
What God offers us is so precious
that it is worth everything we have.
The
Treasure We Have Found
“The farmer
sells everything he owns and buys
the field.” In the Gospel reading
of this Sunday, Jesus is calling on
us to look at our priorities and set
them straight. And that’s easier
said than done! How do we know what
our priorities are? The first test
is what we spend our time at. If,
for example, a couple want to make
their marriage a priority, each one
must be willing to invest time in
their relationship. This time needs
to be regular, good, creative time.
Many couples do not give that time
to each other. The same is true of
family life. Time is the first and
greatest gift of parents to their
children. The second test of priorities
is what we are passionate about. There
are many sports widows in our country
because this is what so many men are
passionate about rather than their
sacred commitments to marriage and
family life. We can also look at this
in relation to our faith commitment
and the time and energy we give to
those with whom we worship God.
Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.
Priests
Collection €1,685 Development
Collection, €990. Thank you for
your generosity.
Catholic Summer
Youth Festivals - Knock, Co Mayo –
24th – 27th July. The
weekend promises to be a wonderful
weekend with guest speakers , music
& drama; prayer and plenty of
fun and games. Cost is €55 and
transport will be available. More
details from 048 71 264087 or log
on to www.knock-shrine.ie/youthministry
The
Readers List for July to December
is available in the Sacristy.
Gleneely
Sports Day Today, Sunday, 27th July
Usual Track & Field events along
with more unusual events like ‘The
Drunk Man’s Race’; ‘The
Bog Race’; and ‘The Flintstones
Race’.
Tug-o-War, Football, Bonnie Baby,
Singing & more Bring the family
along for a great day out.
Whist
1st – Gerard
Doherty, Gleneely.
2nd – Annie
McColgan, Carn
3rd – Fr McGonagle,
Parochial House
Tickets: Phyllis
Lloyd & Seamus Harkin
Other Winners: -
Phillip Mccool, Mary B McLaughlin,
John Doherty & Mary Ellen Ruddy.
€50 for
188 or more. Whist every Friday night
at 8.45 pm in Bocan Hall.
Cancer
Support & Social Club
Are you a Male or Female affected
by cancer? Would you be interested
in joining the Cancer Support &
Social Club and get involved in fitness
classes, swimming [or learn to swim]?
Then contact Rita on 086 6028993 or
Deirdre on 087 7634596 [in strict
confidence] before Wednesday 20th
August.
Echo
Echo Dance Theatre Company
Parent & Pre-School
Classes
Starts Monday 18th August to Friday
22nd August from 10 am – 11.30
am. Cost: £30 / £15 concession
[family discounts available. Book
your place at www.echoechodance.com
or Tel: 04871342266.
A Word
to Husbands
To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit
it;
Whenever you’re right, shut
up.
Ogden Nash, 1902-1971
Serenity
House
Trip to Westport,
21st – 27th Sept, staying at
the Castle Court Hotel. More details
from 9382945;
Art &
Craft Exhibition, 3rd &
4th August from 12 noon – 5
pm. Admission is free. Why not come
along and see what you too could achieve
under the tuition of expert tutors.
Would you
like to learn some piano keyboard
skills? Free lessons available
[Monday 11th August – Friday
15th August]. Places are limited so
if you are interested contact Mary
or Rosaleen on 9385548.
Summer Programmes
with the Moville & District Family
resource Centre
Music & Movement for 4-10 year
olds. Begins Monday 28 July –
Friday 1st August, 10 am – 1
pm. Please book by telephoning 9385548.
Garden Fete
Moville Presbyterian Grounds
on Saturday, 16th August at 2 pm.
Glamorous granny & handsome granddad
competition takes place at 3 pm. All
proceeds in aid of the proposed hall
building fund.
Clonmany
5 K & Juvenile 1 Mile Road Race
Friday, 8th August at 7.30 pm. Juvenile
athletes must be between 11 &
16 years of age on the day of the
race. Prizes for U 13; U 15; &
U 17 boys and girls. Registration
from 6.15 pm in Clonmany Community
Centre. Goody-bag for all finishers.
Tel: 086 3360636 for more details.
Entry fee €10 for 5k / €5
for 1 Mile.
The
Deep End – No Shortcuts
The Manual of Zen Buddhism by Cheng-tao
ke tells us that the sage:
walks always by himself,
goes about always by himself;
Every perfect one
saunters along one and the same passage
of Nirvana;
His tone is classical, his spirit
is transparent, his airs are naturally
elevated,
His features are rather gaunt, his
bones are firm, he pays no attention
to others.
Compare that Buddhist
sage to the biblical one found in
today’s First Reading. There,
Solomon prays for a discerning mind
– one that can distinguish between
good and evil, to enable him to govern
God’s people fairly. No elitism
there. No focus on a lean and hungry
look. Outward appearance means nothing
to God. And, there’s no aloofness
either. No indifference to other people’s
plight. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Biblical wisdom is
geared to engagement, to service,
to responsibility.
The wise one is he,
or she, who knows how to live well
with others. Biblical wisdom is outward
looking. While it comes from on high
it’s found in those who don’t
settle for the sidelines, who are
not afraid to make the journey to
authentic self. As Robert Jingen Gunn
puts it in Journeys Into Emptiness
[p.7]: ‘Yet we remain deeply
ambivalent about becoming ourselves.
Afraid of the anxiety that attends
self-knowledge, afraid of the possible
demands of authentic life, we run
away, hiding in false selves, or smaller
selves, avoiding the challenge of
our true self.’
Solomon faced God,
God’s people and himself to
acquire wisdom. There are no shortcuts.
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
Scoil
Mhuire Gleneely School Reunion - 1st
August 2008
Tickets for the reunion on 1st August
can be had from any committee member:
Mary McDaid, Gleneely; Hubert McLaughlin,
Gleneely; Joe Kearney, Gleneely; Marie
McCallion, 1 Foxwood; Catherine McCallion,
Claggan; Niall McDaid, Gleneely or
Paddy McLaughlin, The Corner, Gleneely.
You can get more details from mtmccallion@hotmail.com
or by telephoning 9367113. Tickets
cost €25 for Dinner & Dance
or €10 for the Dance only.
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