| Sunday
31st May 2009
Pentecost
Sunday
Jesus said to his
disciples: "Peace be
with you. As the Father sent me, so
am I sending you." Then
he breathed on them and said: "Receive
the Holy Spirit." As we celebrate
Pentecost in our homes and our parish
communities, there are two qualities
we need to develop - peace and energy.
Peace is Christ's desire for us as
we journey with him and with one another.
But peace is not a passive thing.
Rather it is a dynamic way of life.
We are to be his witnesses in the
world, and so he gives us his Holy
Spirit so that we can have the energy
we need in order to witness through
love. This love is practised and developed
in marriage and family life. It needs
to be extended to the life of the
parish community. Our motto for this
week of Pentecost can be:
"Love as if everything depends
on you. Live as if everything depends
on God."
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God
goes up with shouts of joy;
the Lord goes up with trumpet
blast. |
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Sunday 31st
May, 2009.
Pentecost
Sunday
First Reading
Acts 2: 1-11
The apostles are filled with the Holy
Spirit and bear witness to Christ.
Second Reading
1 Corinthians 12: 3-7.12-13
The fruits of the Spirit.
Gospel John
20: 19-23
I shall send the Spirit of truth and
you too will be witnesses.
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MASS
TIMES
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday,
10 am;
Friday, First Friday
of the Month, 8 pm,
Wedding Mass
on Saturday at 1 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
Vigil Mass 8pm: Month’s Mind
of Charlie Boyle,
USA [formerly of Ballyharry].
We
Pray for...
Helen Duffy,
formerly from Ballyharry, died at
the age of 84 in Beech Hill, nursing
home in Buncrana. Helen’s life
wasn’t easy but she was wonderfully
cared for in her later years. Our
sympathy to her brother, Kevin in
America and the wider family circle.
May her gentle soul rest
in peace.
Weekly
Offering: €1,605; Development
Collection: €900. Thank you for
your generosity.
Car Boot Sale
on Sunday, 7th June from
2 pm – 6 pm. To book a table
or a car, contact Angela on 0879028930
or Caroline on 0868872073. If you
help could by baking some cakes or
buns and leaving them in the Hall
on Sunday morning it would be gratefully
appreciated.
St Vincent
de Paul
We would like to appeal to anyone
who can give of their time, no matter
how little, as an auxiliary or full-time
member of our organisation. To assist
with after Mass collections once a
month would be a great benefit. Financial
and personal help is also available
to those who request it.
Diocesan Youth
Mass & Blessing for Young Drivers
On Pentecost Sunday 31st May there
will be a Diocesan Youth Mass &
Blessing for Young Drivers in St Columb’s
Church, Chapel Rd, Waterside, Derry
at 7pm. All young drivers are
invited to bring their Licence or
car keys to this Mass for a special
blessing. ‘Rejoice’ the
Diocesan Youth Choir will lead the
music and Bishop Hegarty will be the
main celebrant. Prayer
cards will be distributed. Refreshments
will be served in the parish centre
after Mass. Everyone welcome.
Blessing of
Graves in Bocan Cemetery
will take place on Sunday, 5th July
at 7 pm.
Carmelite
Retreat Centre Derry
The monthly devotions, in honour of
Our Lady, will take place in the Carmelite
Retreat Centre, Termonbacca, Derry
on Tuesday 2nd June starting with
confessions at 7.30 p.m. followed
by Rosary and Mass, finishing around10.00
p.m. All are welcome to attend.
Fleeting
Time
My
life is an instant, a fleeting hour.
My life is a moment, which swiftly
escapes me.
O my God, you know that on earth I
have only today to love you.
St Therese
of Lisieux
Whist
1st Betty Houten,
Culdaff
2nd Ernie McLucas,
Carn
3rd Seamus Coyle,
Buncrana & John Doherty, Malin
Head
Tickets – Seamus
Harkin, Gleneely, Seamus Coyle, Buncrana.
Other winners –
John Duffy, Derry, Mary B McLaughlin,
Carn.
Whist every Friday at 8.45 pm
Snowball - €40
for 189 or better
Bocan Defibrillator
Group
Re-Certification will take place on
Wednesday 3rd June at 7.30 pm in Bocan
Hall.
Parish Child
Protection Information Evening on
Wednesday, 3rd June at 8 pm in Bocan
Hall. This meeting is for representatives
of any Staff, Clubs, Groups and Societies
that use Parish Facilities and Buildings.
New
Experience for Survivors of Trauma
Are you burdened by feelings of guilt
or shame? Do you suffer from depression,
anxiety or low self-esteem? Then contact
the NEST programme on 048 79642983
or 04871 347220.
The
Deep End – Taxi Driver
[Fr
Tom Cahill]
This story tells
what Pentecost is about. A taxi driver
arrives at an address. He honks his
horn. No response. He honks his horn
again. Still no response. Out he gets
and knocks on the door. A stressed
voice cries out, ‘Just a minute,
please.’
After a long pause he hears something
being dragged to the door. A frail
old woman in her 80s opens the door
pulling a suitcase after her. ‘Would
you carry my case to the car, please’
she asks. ‘Sure, he says, and
as he moves off she links his free
arm and walks slowly with him to the
taxi.
She gives him an address and asks
him to go through the city centre.
‘It’s not the shortest
way, Ma’am,’ he says to
her. ‘I don’t mind,’
she replies, I’m going to a
hospice. There’s no hurry.’
He looks in the rear-view mirror,
and sees tears in her eyes as she
reveals, ‘I’ve no family
left. The doctor says I haven’t
long to go.’ As she says that
the driver leans over and quietly
switches off the metre.
They drive around the city centre.
She points out where she had worked
in an insurance office, where she
and her husband lived after their
wedding, and a building that once
was a ballroom where she had first
met him. At one or two places they
stop n silence – her mind elsewhere.
Much later they reach the hospice.
The taxi driver goes home lost in
thought, convinced and content that
he had just had one of the most important
days of his life.
Pentecost
means using the language of love.
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