Parish News for Sunday 25th October 2009

Vol.36 No.42

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

PRIESTS OF THE PARISH
Very Rev Michael Canny Adm
Fr Peter Raftery CSSp
Rev Daniel McFaul CC

Put Our Faith in Jesus

In recent Gospel readings, the disciples have been suffering from a kind of spiritual blindness – they fail to see that Christ must suffer first before entering into his glory and they are unable to understand what he meant when he spoke to them about his passion and death.

The blind beggar of today’s Gospel must have been a familiar figure to many who followed Jesus as he sat by the roadside begging – we are told his name, Bartimaeus.

He refuses to be silent when told by some of the crowd to do so. Instead, he shouts all the louder because he recognises that Jesus is indeed the messiah by calling him “Son of David.” This the disciples had failed to do.

It is obvious from his prayer to Jesus, “Master, let me see again” that he once had the gift of sight but had lost it through sickness or accident. Once his sight is restored to him through his faith, he immediately becomes one of the followers of Jesus.

Although we have the gift of perfect sight, we often fail to see things as they really are. Like the disciples, we fail to see that we are called upon to suffer as Christ was.
Often when we are called upon to carry the cross with Christ – and it is never a cross of our own choosing – we become angry and frustrated and our faith begins to fail.

Today’s Gospel calls us to put our faith in Jesus, as Bartimaeus did, and to humbly pray that we might see again.

All Saints, Sunday, 1st November

Masses at usual times: Saturday Vigil Masses at 6.15 pm and 7.30 pm.
Sunday Masses at 7.00 am, 9.30 am, 11.00 am and 12.30 pm.
The Retired Priests Collection will be taken up at all Masses.

There will be a Concelebrated Mass at 7.30 pm on Monday, 2nd November for the deceased members of each home in the parish. An invitation has been sent to the families and friends of those buried from the Cathedral during the past year to ask each family to nominate a representative to receive a candle in memory of their loved one. If a close relative was buried from another church during the past year please leave the deceased’s name in the Sacristy or Parochial House so that they can be remembered in the Mass and ask someone to receive a candle in their memory.

Sympathy

We offer our sympathy to the family and friends of:

Lily Sweeney,
40 Marlborough Road.

Damien Friel,
20 Cashelmore Park.

May they rest in peace.

Anniversaries

We remember the anniversaries of: Mairead Houston (nee Coyle), Kathleen Moran, Herbert Street and Larry Villa.

May they rest in peace.

If you wish to have the name of your loved one placed in the newsletter contact the Parish Office before 12.00 noon on Thursdays.

Baptism

We welcome as members of the Christian community:

Ronan Brian Mulgrew,
27 Claremont Manse.
Éireann Émilie Dunne,
21 Chapel Road.
Michael Eliecer Serna,
13 Olde Mill Court.
Molly Patricia Robinson,
85 Bracken Park.
Luke Francis Doyle,
29 Westway.

Readers - Weekdays

10.00 am Jimmy Doyle
07.30 pm Mona Tracey

Readers on duty next Weekend

06.15 pm Sarah Doherty
07.30 pm Christine McDevitt
09.30 am Brendan Burns
11.00 am Geraldine Uí Meallain
12.30 pm Adele McCauley

Eucharistic Ministers
Team *C* begins its rota
at the 6.15 pm Vigil Mass
next weekend.

Through the Eyes of St Luke: As St Luke’s Gospel will be used in the Sunday Masses of the coming year, this 4-week course will help us appreciate the emphasis and focus of Luke’s account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Venue: Thornhill Centre. Dates and Time: Monday 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th November from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Cost: £30 (payable in instalments). To book telephone 71351233.

The Annual Mass of Remembrance for deceased pupils and staff will be held in St Joseph’s Boys’ School on Wednesday, 4th November at 7.00 pm. Names of those not already included on the list can be added by phoning the school at 71262923. All welcome.

Sr Josephine Walsh Weekend Retreat with emphasis on forgiving, healing and making a new start will take place in Termonbacca from Friday to Sunday, 30th October to 1st November. For further details telephone 71262512 during office hours only.

Fr Canny acknowledges with thanks donations for:
Trócaire: £15, £15. Fr Brown’s Missionary Work: £20. Concern: £100. Altar Flowers: £20.

Thank you for your generosity to the Foreign Mission’s Collection taken up last weekend.

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