| Sunday
28th June 2009
13th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus said:
"Why all this commotion and
crying? The child is not dead, but
asleep." But they
laughed at him. A lovely feature
of our Catholic tradition is that
we can have a good sense of humour
even about the most sacred things.
However what we see in the Gospel
today is not humour but ridicule.
And there is a lot of that today
about what we hold sacred. There
are a lot of good jokes about the
marriage relationship, for example.
But there is also a lot of ridicule
about it today which we should not
tolerate. Young people find it difficult
today to admit to going to Mass
because their peers make fun of
them for it. We need to find the
ways of encouraging them to keep
going. Our society will tolerate
anything but people who treasure
their faith. We need to stand by
one another and let Christ be present
as saviour for the world.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
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I
will praise you, Lord, you have
rescued me.
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Sunday, 28th
June 2009.
Thirteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading
Wisdom 1: 13-15.2.23-24
God did not make us for death but
for life, now and hereafter.
Second Reading
Corinthians 8: 7, 9, 13-15
St Paul is appealing to the Corinthians
to contribute to a collection for
the poor in the Church at Jerusalem.
Gospel Mark
5: 21-43
Both of the miracles related here
are signs of God’s power, restoring
life and health through Jesus.
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MASS
TIMES
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, & Saturday, 10 am.
Friday, First Friday of the Month,
8 pm.
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
Anniversary Masses
Sunday, 11 am, Teddy Doran, Culdaff;
Next Weekend
Saturday Vigil: Danny Ruddy, Kindroyhead;
Sunday, 8.30 am, William & James
Harkin, Ballyharry.
Priests Collection: €1,675; Peter’s
Pence Collection, €1,015.
Thank
you for your generosity.
St Vincent de Paul will be hosting
8 students and 3 teachers from Precious
College in Uganda from 2nd –
10th July. A Variety Concert will
take place on Monday, 6th July in
the Ballyliffin Lodge Hotel. The students
will be performing African music.
The main act will be traditional Irish
group, Dalltach along with Dinny McLaughlin
and many other local artists. Tickets
are €10 and can be purchased
locally. See press and radio for details.
Bocan
Youth Club
Congratulations to the Bocan Youth
Club U. 15 Team who recently qualified
for the All Ireland Finals in Limerick
on 4th July.
Quiz Night on Sunday
28th June at 10 pm in Caratra Bar
to raise funds for the trip. Your
support would be much appreciated.
Whist
1st Vera Deeny, Terrawee
2nd Carrie McLaughlin, Culdaff
3rd Annie McBride, Carn
Tickets – Paddy McLaughlin,
Ernie McLucas, Mary Ellen Ruddy,
John Doherty, John
Duffy.
Other winners – Annie McColgan,
James McConalogue, Mary Ellen Ruddy,
Freda Sutton, Betty Houten
Whist every Friday
at 8.45 pm
Snowball - €80 for 185 or better
Ceile
Mor
In Bocan Hall on Friday 3rd July.
Music by Martin Duggan.
Admission, inc. supper,
- €5.
Good
as New Shop
Opening in Margaret Teresa Doherty’s
premises [Painters] on 1st August.
If you have any old clothes, books
or bric-a-brac then we would be very
grateful to have them. If you have
anything suitable contact Caroline
on 086 8872073 / or Angela 0879028930.
Proceeds in aid of Development Fund.
Blessing
of Graves in Bocan Cemetery
next
Sunday, 5th July at 7 pm.
Carmelite
Retreat Centre
A Mass for the sick with Eucharistic
Blessing will take place in the Carmelite
Retreat Centre, Termonbacca, Derry,
on Tuesday 30th June at 8.00 pm. All
are welcome to attend. A one day retreat
for Senior Citizens and their friends
will take place at the Carmelite Retreat
Centre, Termonbacca, Derry on Wednesday
1st July for those from Derry and
Donegal. Registration from 10.30 a.m.
finishing around 5.00 p.m. Cost £15stg
or €18 Euro includes a four course
lunch. Payment at the Centre on the
day. To book Tel: Termonbacca Derry
71262512 during office hours only.
Serenity House
Bus to all night vigil, Knock on Friday
3 July. The cost of the trip is 30
euro per person. For further details
contact Eileen on 9382442 or 9382116.
Moville
Gospel Choir
To celebrate the end of its first
season, Moville Gospel Choir is holding
a concert in Caiseal Mara Hotel, Moville,
on Friday 3rd of July at 9.00 pm.
In addition to its choral repertoire,
the concert will feature performers
from the choir and will be a mixture
of gospel and popular tunes. Tickets
are €5/€3 and are available
from choir members and local shops
Blood Donations
– Wednesday 8 July 3pm-4.45
pm & 7 pm-9.30 pm; Thursday 9th
July 2 pm – 4.45 pm & 7
pm – 9.30 pm. In Carndonagh
Community School. Your Donation Counts
and is urgently needed at this time
of year especially.
Annual Carrowmeena
Sports - Next Sunday, 3rd July beginning
at 2.30 pm
The
Deep End – Made for Life
[Fr Tom Cahill]
One venomous description of gossip
I came across recently was: someone
who won’t tell a lie if the
truth can do more damage. Yet I suspect
that today’s First Reading [Wis
1:13-15, 2: 23-24] refers to that
type of thing in some way when it
tells us that God did not make death
and does not delight in the death
of the living [v 13]. Our God is the
one who creates and loves life –
is the one who sends his Son so that
we may have life in its fullness [John
10:10]. Realising that we are made
in God’s image, we too should
not ‘make death’ nor delight
in the death of anyone – not
just their physical death, but in
anything that diminishes the quality
of their life.
Every day we have life and death in
our hands, in a manner of speaking.
We can raise up, or bring down. We
can praise, or criticise. We can work
with, or plot against. We can bring
joy, or instil fear. We can have people
love us, or hate us. The choice is
ours.
Temperament has a lot to do with this,
but not everything. Much depends on
our awareness and generosity. Somebody
once remarked that since we have to
look someway it might as well be positively.
There is so much
doom and gloom around at times, you'd
wonder if we really realise in whose
image and likeness we’re made:
the God of life and creativity.
Changed
Residence
This story is told about a pastor
of a small congregation. He kept a
meticulous register of all his parishioners.
So convinced was he of life after
death, and of the promises of Jesus
about eternal life, that , whenever
a parishioner died, he did not delete
the name from the register. He simply
wrote after the person’s name,
‘Changed residence. Gone to
live elsewhere’ ! Those belonging
to us who have died have not gone
away, they have simply gone ahead.
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