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St
Mary’s Church Bocan
11th
May 2008 - Pentecost Sunday
Come, Holy Spirit, Come
Come, O Creator,
Spirit blest,
And in our souls take up thy rest;
Come with thy grace and heavenly aid,
To fill the hearts which thou hast
made.
Great Paraclete,
to thee we cry,
O highest gift of God most high,
O Fount of Life, O Fire of Love,
And sweet anointing from above!
Our senses kindle
from above,
And make our hearts o’erflow
with love;
With patience firm and virtue high
The weakness of our flesh supply.
Drive far from
us the foe we dread
And grant us thy true peace instead;
So shall we not, with thee for Guide,
Turn from the path of life aside.
All glory while
the ages run
Be to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death; the same to thee,
O Holy Ghost, eternally!
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Send
forth your Spirit, O Lord, and
renew the face of the earth
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Our
Parish Mission
Pentecost Sunday—Trinity Sunday
11th—18th May 2008
It's a busy world
today: we need time to step back,
to think of what it is all about.
It’s a noisy world today: we
need to sort out whose voice we follow,
whose values we pursue.
It’s a distracted world today:
we need encouragement and help to
pray.
A Parish mission
is an opportunity to clarify our vision
of life and our values.
It is a week to come closer to Jesus
Christ, the Saviour of the world.
It is a week of hope and encouragement.
I look forward
to a great week with you -
a week of celebrating the presence
of Jesus Christ among us:
a week of mercy, healing and hope:
a week of renewal of faith, hope and
love.
Yours in Christ,
Fr Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap.
MISSION
PROGRAMME
Masses:
Monday—Friday, 7.30 am &
10 am;
Evening Service 8 pm each day.
Fr O’Flynn will visit the
two schools and attend the sick also.
MONDAY
“I am the Way, the Truth
and the Life” (John 14:6)
Where have I come from? Where am I
going?
TUESDAY
“This man welcomes sinners
and eats with them." (Luke 15:2).
The astounding mercy of God.
WEDNESDAY
“Come to me all you who
labour and are overburdened and I
will give you rest.”
Healing Service
THURSDAY
“Lord, teach us to pray.”
(Luke 11:1)
Instruction on prayer.
FRIDAY
“Do this in remembrance
of me.” (Luke: 22:19)
An understanding of the Mass.
Collections:
Weekly Offering €1,510
Development Collection, €1,005.
Thank you for your generosity.
N.B. The Diocesan
Purposes Collection will be taken
up next weekend along with the Weekly
Offering [no Development Collection
next week].
Today’s
Readings
1st Luke describes
the experiences of the apostles as
they set about taking up where Jesus
left off;
2nd Paul writes to
the community at Corinth in an effort
to shore up their faith;
Gospel Today’s
gospel focuses on the appearance of
the Holy Spirit as the gift of God
empowering the ‘apprentice’
disciples as they grow in awareness
of their emerging identity.
Attending
the sick
The sick will be attended on Wednesday
& Thursday by Fr O’Flynn
Hall
Committee Meeting
There will be a meeting of the Hall
Committee on Monday evening [after
evening service, approx 9.15 pm],
to make arrangements for the car boot
sale on 1st June. Anyone wishing to
reserve a pitch should contact Angela
on 087 9028930 or Caroline on 086
8872073.
Whist
1st – Mary
McDermott, Falmore
2nd – Gerard
Doherty, Ourt
3rd – Corney
McFeeley, Culdaff
Tickets: James McConalogue,
Mickey O’Donnell & Seamus
Harkin
Other Winners: -,
Mickey O’Donnell, Mickey McCormick,
Patricia Harkin & Ernie McLucas..
€45 for 187 or more. Whist every
Friday night at 8.45 pm in Bocan Hall.
Blood Donations
Carndonagh Community School on Wednesday,
21st May, 3 pm-4.45 pm & 7 pm
– 9.30 pm;
Thursday, 22nd May, 2 pm – 4.45
pm & 7 pm – 9.30 am. New
donors are urgently needed so bring
a friend along.
Concerned
about Rural Transport?
Then come along to a meeting in Bocan
Hall on Tuesday 13th May at 7.30 pm.
AWARE –
Public Lecture
In the Inishowen Gateway Hotel, Buncrana
on Thursday, 15th May at 8 pm. The
lecture is entitled ‘Depression
and Alcohol: A Complex Interaction’
and will be given by a panel of speakers.
Admission is free and everyone is
welcome. For more details contact
9735030.
Serenity
House
Trip to Wexford
– Balance now due and
can be paid in full at Serenity House.
Trip to Belfast 19th
June. Places are limited so book early
to avoid disappointment. Bookings
to 9382945.
Bible Study –
Women's Bible Study in Serenity House
on Monday 12th May at 10.30 am. All
women welcome.
Engaged? Getting Married
within the next year?
An engaged encounter weekend is a
recognised form of marriage preparation.
It is a communication workshop designed
for couples preparing for marriage.
It is a non-residential weekend and
will take place in the Thornhill Centre,
Derry on 14th/15th June. Early booking
is advised. Contact 048 71350612 /
048 7638512.
World
Youth Day Experience in Lourdes July
08
As an alternative
to World Youth Day in Sydney, Lourdes
has been nominated the European Centre
for WYD and the diocese will be taking
a youth group to experience these
days of celebration. The trip will
be from 16th – 21st July for
20-35 year olds and will travel as
part of the larger Diocesan Pilgrimage
the cost is £449. there will
be a set program for this group for
the 5 days including live screen link-up
to Sydney, International Youth Masses,
concerts drama and much more.
If you are interested in going or
finding out more please contact the
Pilgrimage Office on 04871 260293
or pick up a form from the parish
office.
Riverdance
Riverdance returns to Letterkenny
Aura Centre from Thursday 22nd May
to Sunday 25th May. Show times are
8.30 pm and 2.30 pm on Sunday for
Matinee show. For more information
contact Aisling on 0749102107.
The
Deep End – The Language of Love
I’m not one to criticise God,
but I’ve always thought that
he got it wrong with the Tower of
Babel. When it comes to languages
I’m a hard core pragmatist.
Give me one. Any one. For all people.
I abhor having to babble incomprehensibly
on a trip when trying to communicate
in another tongue. Gesticulating with
gusto and giggles is no substitute
for conversation. Mutually intelligible
words are vital for long-term healthy
relationships. In his book Sing a
New Song, Timothy Radcliffe OP claims:
‘Part of our deep social crisis
is that we have lost confidence that
words really show things as they are.’
Part of the deep spiritual crisis
of the disciples, sheltering behind
locked doors ‘for fear of the
Jews’ [John 20:19], is that
the words they have been hearing don't
show things as they are.
Feeding on reports, rumours and gossip
about a society hostile to them doesn’t
really show things as they are. Just
as today, feeding from a constant
stream of bad news in the media gives
a distorted image of society, so too
with the disciples at that time. The
all important God-factor has not been
pencilled in.
Then it comes. Eyes are opened, tongues
are loosed, and words gush forth.
Words, whose meaning is clear to all,
because they flow from the one language
known by all: the language of love.
Fr Tom Cahill
SVD
Blessing
Lord we bless you
for the freedom you have given us.
We praise you
for our understanding and free will.
Bless us with true wisdom.
Bless us with a great sense of your
presence
so that we may exercise our freedom
in response to you.
Keep us safe in your sheepfold
where we can be nourished.
Lead us through every
difficulty and uncertainty
to the fullness of life for which
we long.
Amen
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