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Mary’s Church Bocan
31st
August 2008
22nd
Sunday in Ordinary Time
A Young Woman
with a Child on Each Hand
At
this time of year children are returning
to school. In this poem a mother looks
enviously back at the time her children
were younger and life was simpler
A young woman with a child on each
hand
turns at the zebra crossing
to join two more young women,
one pregnant, one tilting a pram.
She is vital, almost beautiful.
Her sons are sturdy and neat.
She walks into the life I am leaving.
When she greets her
friends, I am aware
mothercraft has blinded her, till
anxiety
thins her voice. I want to call out,
that for her, now is filled.
with simple certainties—a
spilled cup,
a rowdy room, a bed-time story. But
as she moves down the street, I can
only guess the weight
of her sacrifice, her tenderness
as her hands keep emptying, emptying…
Angela
Greene
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For
you my soul is thirsting, O
Lord my God.
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Mass
Times
Tonight’s Vigil
Mass is offered for the Month’s
Mind of Jerry Murphy
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
& Thursday, 10 am;
Friday, the First Friday of
the Month,
8 pm.
Wedding Masses
Friday, 12 noon;
Saturday, 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.
The
strength of Christ’s Spirit
“What will
you gain if you win the whole world
and ruin your life?” Our society
promotes three things as the sources
of human happiness and fulfilment:
positions of importance and power;
money and possessions; continuous
pleasure. Obviously all of these are
important for the human person. But,
when they become the reason for living,
they are full of false promise. Jesus
calls on us to put our trust in the
important things of life, especially
love, and to find there our true fulfilment.
We engage in this struggle in all
kinds of ways but especially in matters
of love and faith. Spending time at
prayer, either personal or as a community,
can been seen as wasting opportunities
for other things that could bring
us rewards. Giving time to one another
in marriage and family life is often
done reluctantly because of what we
might be missing. And yet these are
the really important things of life.
Fr. Johnny
Doherty, C.Ss.R.
August 31st
– 22nd Sunday of the Year
Parish Missal Readings (Year 1) p
343 & Proper p 1084
First Reading
Jeremiah 20: 7-9
Jeremiah proclaims God’s Word
in the face of opposition.
Second Reading
Romans 12: 1-2
Do not model yourselves on the behaviour
of the world around you.
Gospel Matthew
16: 21-27
The cost of discipleship
Weekly Offering: €1,585
Development Collection, €1,000.
Thank you for your generosity.
Bocan Community
Playgroup
The Playgroup re-opens on Monday,
1st September for children already
booked. There will be an information
evening on Wednesday 3rd September
at 8 pm in the Playgroup and all parents
are asked to attend.
Bocan Community
Defibrillator
Please note that our Re-Certification
will take place on Monday, 1st September
from 7 pm – 8 pm in Bocan Hall.
Inishowen
Regional Pioneer Dinner Dance
In Caiseal Mara Hotel, Moville on
Friday, 17th October. Meal served
at 9 pm. Tickets €20 and are
available from Peggy 9379304 or Angela
9379303.
Ceile Classes
Ceile Classes resume on Wednesday,
3rd September in the Wee Hall, Culdaff.
Admission is €3 [inc tea], and
dancing is from 9 pm – 11 pm.
Come along and learn ceile dancing
and have a great night’s fun.
Good as New
Shop
The Good As New Shop [in Margaret
the Painter’s premises, Pound
Street, Carndonagh], will open on
Monday, 14th September. All kinds
of ‘saleables’ welcome
ad all proceeds are in aid of Bocan
Hall.
Serenity
House
Carers & Toddlers Group
recommences on Thursday morning, September
4th, from 10 am – 12 noon. More
details from 9385548;
Yoga Classes
6-week class beginning Wednesday,
10th September at 7 pm in the Foyle
Hotel, Moville. Cost of the class
is €55 including yoga block.
Also, yoga for men on Monday, 8th
September at 7 pm in the Foyle Hotel,
Moville. More details from Mary on
9382515 or Geraldine on 9385082.
Preparatory
Studies Certificate Commencing
in Serenity House in September. More
details from 9382945.
Classes for
Children with Specific Learning Difficulties
Resuming in Action Inishowen, Carndonagh.
It is necessary to register for these
classes as places are limited. More
information from Margaret Glackin
on 9374529.
Plaza Buncrana
Events
Tea Dance on Sunday,
31st August from 3 pm – 6 pm;
Evening of Cabaret & Dancing,
Saturday, 6th September, 9 pm –
11.30 pm. More details from Colette
McLaughlin on 086 3984451.
Marriage Encounter
Weekend
The next Marriage Encounter Weekend
takes place from 26th-28th September
in the Drummond Hotel, Ballykelly.
You will have the opportunity to renew
your wedding vows at this weekend.
For more information ring 048 71350612.
The Deep End
– God the Seducer
The amazingly popular film Into Great
Silence – the one about the
Grande Chartreuse in the French Alps
– has the first verse of today's
First Reading [Jer: 20: 7-9] as a
recurring refrain: ‘O Lord,
you have seduced me and I let myself
be seduced’. It seems to be
the only explanation for someone to
embrace so strict a lifestyle: silent,
celibate, solitary and frugal. But
what a way to talk about God! And
what a way for God’s word to
talk about God! It has an intensity
to it that’s almost palpable.
Only someone very close to God would
use such language. Only a God very
close to that person would allow it.
How many people get so close to God
that they can speak like that about,
and to, God? In those words lie a
passionate history, a complex relationship,
and an intense hunger. Only someone
with depth, passion and commitment
could speak like that to God. Only
someone struggling with God’s
approaches, doing all they can to
resist them but knowing that they
can't, and in their heart of hearts
admitting to themselves that they
don’t really want to resist
them could use such language convincingly.
Does this in any way reflect our experience
of dealing with God? Do we struggle
with God? Do we resist God’s
advances? Have we felt God’s
seduction? Have we succumbed to God’s
will?
If it doesn’t mirror our experience,
if we haven’t had the struggle,
felt the seduction, discovered God’s
will then we should pray that we do.
Time is short.
Fr Tom Cahill SVD
Hike
to Croagh Padraig
Do you fancy a trip to Westport, Co
Mayo combined with a hike to one of
Ireland’s most famous mountains
‘Croagh Padraig’? The
trip will be on Saturday, 13th September
for those aged 16-35 and it will cost
approx £35. The fee will include
transport from Derry, a guide and
dinner in a hotel in Westport. More
information from 048 71264087.
The Derry Branch of the
Samaritans are holding Information
Evenings in September to recruit new
volunteers.
Tuesday, 9th September, at 16 Clarendon
St, Derry, at 7.30 pm;
Wednesday, 10th September, The Orchard
Inn, Letterkenny at 7.30 pm;
Thursday, 11th September, 16 Clarendon
Street, Derry at 7.30 pm.
Whist
1st: John Duffy,
Derry
2nd: Philip McCool,
Carn
3rd: Vera Deeny,
Culdaff, Betty Houten, Culdaff &
Annie McColgan Carn;
Tickets:
Ellen Anne Lafferty, Glengad.
Other Winners
Gerard Doherty, Gleneely, Carrie McLaughlin,
Culdaff & Gretta Coyle, Buncrana.
Whist every Friday
night at 8.45 pm in Bocan Hall. Snowball
€50 for 188 or less.
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