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27th September 2009
26th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said to
his disciples: ‘Anyone
who is not against us is for us’.
One of the temptations for us as
human beings is to try to control
everything. We do it in the close
relationships of marriage and family
life. And we do it in the context
of our life of faith with one another
in the parish and in the Church
generally. And when we try to exercise
control in these areas we set limits
to the wonderful possibilities that
are there for us. The greatest effort
of faith is always to give control
back to God and live the ways God
wants us to live. This has huge
implications for marriage and family
life in that God’s way is
one of love and affection; of joy
and gladness; of peace and forgiveness.
It also has very big implications
for our faith community, which is
called to grow in such a way that
there is room for everyone.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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The
precepts of the Lord gladden
the heart.
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Sunday 27th
September 2009
26th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
First Reading
Numbers 11: 25-29
Are you jealous on my account? If
only the whole people of the Lord
were prophets!
Second Reading
James 5: 1-6
Your wealth is all rotten.
Gospel Mark
9: 38-43.47-48
Anyone who is not against us is for
us.
If your hand should
cause you to sin, cut it off.
MASS
TIMES
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday , [Anniversary
Mass for Mamie Davenport, Culdaff],
Thursday , 10 am;
Friday First Friday of the Month,
8 pm; Saturday, 10 am
Saturday, Vigil, 8
pm;
Sunday, 8.30 am & 11 am.
Confessions
Friday, 7.15 pm—7.45 pm; Saturday:
7.15 pm—7.45 pm
This Week’s
Aniversaries
Saturday Vigil: Jimmy
Mooney, Effishmore;
8.30 am: Neil Doherty [Jack], Redford;
11 am: Willie Joe McConalogue, Carrowmore
Next Weekend
Saturday Vigil 8pm,
Madeline Doherty, Larahirl
Sunday, 11 am Margaret Butler [Month’s
Mind].
Weekly Offering: €1,610; Development
Collection, €1,000;
Good-As-New
Shop, €800 . Thank you for your
generosity.
ACCORD Marriage
Preparation Courses
In the Pastoral Centre Carndonagh
on 16th/17th October and 27th/28th
November [subject to numbers]..
The course
is an opportunity for couples to take
time-out from the hectic planning
of the Wedding Day, to focus on how
things are between them, to affirm
what is going well and to name the
areas of their relationship that might
need some attention. Accord
highlights the core elements of relationship
and the course concentrates on exploring
each of these.
Meeting of the North
Inishowen Branch of Donegal
Action for Cancer Care will
be held in McClure's, Bridge Street,
Carndonagh on Thursday 1st October
at 7.30pm.Your attendance would be
appreciated as we need YOUR support
to improve and maintainthe cancer
services at Letterkenny General Hospital.
Friends
of Letterkenny General Hospital will
hold their Annual Church gate collection
on 10th/11th October.
Whist
1st: Gerard Doherty,
Ourt.
2nd: Fr McGonagle,
Bocan
3rd: Annie McColgan,
Carn;
Tickets – Ernie
McLucas, Ellen nn Lafferty, Carrie
McLaughlin, Gerard Doherty
Other winners
–
Catherine McGilloway, Dillon Doherty,
John Duffy, Mary Ellen Ruddy, Mickey
O’Donnell, Mickey Doherty.
Whist every Friday
at 8.45 pm
Snowball -
€100 for 183 or better
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.
Arthritis
Ireland's Working with Arthritis Programmes
for Autumn are now recruiting. Programmes
will run in Cork and Dublin in October/November.
If these locations do not suit
you or you are not eligible to
attend please pass this information
along to someone you know who may
benefit.
To book your place or find out more
information just follow the link , download
the booking form at send it back to
me at the contact details below.
http://www.arthritisireland.ie/support/programmes.php?id=2,
Donegal Hospice
Remembrance Service will
take place at the Irish Martyrs Church,
Ballyraine, Letterkenny, on Thursday,
8th October at 7.30 pm. This Service
is dedicated to the memory of any
person who passed away since the Donegal
Hospice opened or who was under the
care of the Hospice Homecare Team.
Blessing of
Roses in honour of St Therese of Lisieux,
in Termonbacca on Thursday night at
8 pm – bring a rose.
Workshop on
Depression, given by Aware
will take place in Serenity House,
Moville on 7 October at 7pm, to give
people a better understanding of coping
with Depression. Facilitator will
be Ruth Cleary. Everyone welcome and
refreshments will be served For further
information contact Serenity House
on 9382945
Carers Support
meeting will take place in
Serenity House, Moville on Thursday
8 October at 7.30pm. Speaker for the
evening will be a member of the Red
Cross. All are welcome
A Cancer Support Meeting
will take place in Serenity House,
Moville on Monday 28 September at
7.30pm. All are welcome.
The Moville and District Mental
Health Association would
like to thank all those who gave so
generously at their recent Church
Gate collection and to the collectors.
The amount collect was 354 euro.
Rhymes
& Readings
with Stephen Hall
Family Storytelling
in St Boden's NS, Culdaff
Sat 10th October at 2.30pm
Adm: €5 per Family
The
Moville Gospel Choir
Venue: St Buadans Church, Culdaff
Sat 10th October at 8.00pm
Adm: €5
Lovers:
Winners & Losers
Balor Rep presents Brian Friel’s
masterpiece
Venue: Bocan Hall
Sun11th October at 8.00pm
Adm:: €10
Join Ireland’s
BIG Walk and Walk for Heart
In Culdaff on World Heart Day, Sunday
27th September at 3pm - Ireland’s
BIG walk takes place on World Heart
Day, September 27th, 2009 and the
Irish Heart Foundation is calling
on people in Culdaff /Gleneely and
surrounding areas to join in for the
good of their heart! Walking leaders
throughout the country are organising
events and Michelle Houghton &
F.A.S Culdaff is organising a family
Walk for Heart in Wee Hall, Culdaff
at 3.00pm. Length of walk is 3.4Km.
(Fancy Dress Optional)
Light refreshments
will be served in the Wee hall after
the walk.
Walkers, young and old, active and
not so active, are encouraged to take
part and make this walk the start
of a programme of regular walking
or physical activity.
For
more information contact Michelle
Houghton
Contact number: 086 0811279
Failte Women’s
Group are holding a talk
on Osteoporosis in the Wee Hall Culdaff
on Monday 28th September from 8 pm
– 10 pm. There will be a charge
of €5 and tea and biscuits will
be served. The women’s group
meets every Monday night in the Wee
Hall and they have a full programme
of events and talks for the year and
everyone welcome.
Bocan Defibrillator
Group all members please
note that a meeting will be held in
Bocan Hall on Thursday, 1st October
at 8 pm. It is imperative that all
members attend
The
Deep End – PS: I Thank You
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
I came across a prayer some time ago
that caught my attention. Can’t
remember where, but here’s the
prayer: Dear God, we rejoice and give
thanks for earthworms, bees, ladybirds
and broody hens; for humans tending
their gardens, talking to animals,
cleaning their homes and singing to
themselves; for the rising of the
sap, the fragrance of growth, the
invention of the wheelbarrow and the
existence of the teapot, we give thanks.
We celebrate and give thanks. Amen.
In light of today’s readings
[Nm 11:25-29; Mk: 9:38-42, 45, 47-48]
that prayer makes me ask how often
I give thanks to God for the fine
things that others do – especially
if they seem to be muscling in on
my turf. Jealousy is often quicker
off the mark than generosity. But
not always.
in today’s readings Moses and
Jesus wish that everyone be filled
with God’s Spirit. The more
that Spirit is active in our world
the better. It doesn’t matter
through whom the Spirit worked.
Criticising someone for doing good
is like telling the Holy Spirit whom
he may work with. Now that would be
arrogant.
In 1 Cor 13:4 Paul writes: ‘…love
is not envious or boastful or arrogant
or rude’. If we love t will
not be as an afterthought, as a PS:
I love you. If we are happy to acknowledge
God’s freedom to do as he wishes
and choose whom he will for his purpose
then neither will our thanks be a
mere afterthought, a PS I thank you!
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