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First
Sunday in Lent
| Reflection
Fast
from worry and feast on divine order by
trusting in God.
Fast from complaining and feast on appreciation.
Fast from negatives and feast on affirmatives.
Fast from unrelenting pressures and feast
on compassion for others.
Fast from shadows of sorrow and feast on
the sunlight of serenity.
Fast from the idle gossip and feast on purposeful
silence.
Fast from judging others and feast on the
Christ within them.
Fast from emphasis on differences and feast
on the unity of life.
Fast from apparent darkness and feast on
the reality of light.
Fast from thoughts of illness and feast
on the healing power of God.
Fast from words that pollute and feast on
phrases that purify.
Fast from discontent and feast on gratitude.
Fast from anger and feast on optimism.
Fast from personal anxiety and feast on
eternal truth.
Fast from lethargy and feast on enthusiasm.
Fast from suspicion and feast on truth.
Fast from thoughts that weaken and feast
on promises that inspire.
Fast from problems that overwhelm and feast
on prayer that undergrids.
Copyright
Dr Finola Cunnane SSL
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| Lent
- Daily Readings
You
can access the daily readings for
Lent on the parish website:
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| Ministers
of the Word and Minsters of the Eucharist
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four week training programme for Ministers
of the Word and Eucharist will take
place in the parish hall for both
groups together tomorrow
Monday
26th February at 10.40am
or
Tuesday 27th February at 8pm.
All
Ministers of the Word and Eucharist
are encouraged to attend either meeting
as well as new members.
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Stations
of the Cross
There will be Stations of the Cross every
Friday at 7pm during Lent.
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| First
Friday
This
is the first Friday week,
the priests of the parish will attend
the sick & housebound.
Fr.
Beagon’s sick will be attended by Fr. Magill
& Fr. Devlin.
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OPEN MEETING: QUESTION THE CANDIDATES
An invitation to all churches and parishes
in
West Belfast to meet and ask questions to
candidates standing for election to the
Assembly to represent West Belfast.
The
meeting will take place on
Tuesday 27th February
at 8.00pm
in Farset International, 466 Springfield
Road.
Alex
Attwood, SDLP
Diane Dodds, DUP
John Lowry, Workers Party
Paul Maskey, Sinn Féin
Daniel McGuinness, Alliance
Seán Mitchell, People before Profits
Geraldine Taylor, Independent
have agreed to attend.
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| What
In the world?
A
new six part series for RTE
One starting
Thursday
22nd February at 10.45pm
on
Globalisation, Poverty, and Human
Rights.
This
documentary series illustrates the
human consequences of global economic
inequalities and human rights contraventions
by focusing on how people encounter
these issues in their daily lives.
Click
here for
details of other
programmes in the series. |
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World
youth Day - Sydney 2008 |
Young
people aged at least 18 years of
age on 8th July 2008 are invited
to register for World Youth Day
in Sydney 2008.
Young
people from throughout the world
have been invited to Sydney by Pope
Benedict.
The
provisional dates are 8th –
25th July 2008.
The
approximate cost is between £1,700-
£2,000, though this may change.
Forms available from parish office
or telephone Youthcom 9023 2432. |
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La
Salle Boys' School - 40th Anniversary
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La
Salle Boys’ School will be holding
its
40th Anniversary Black tie Gala Dinner
in the Europa Hotel on
Friday 9th March2007
Tickets £35.
Contact school for details 9050 8800
Also
La Salle would be very grateful
if past members of staff or past
pupils could forward any photographs
to be displayed at their 40th
Anniversary exhibition at the
opening of the new school. Photographs
can be sent to
Linda
McGarry
Las Salle Boys School
Edenmore Drive
Belfast.
All
photographs will be returned. |
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Mass
times during Lent
Sundays
Vigil Saturday: 6.30pm
Sunday: 10am, 11.30am & 1pm
Weekdays:
7 am, 10am & 7.30pm
Holydays:
Vigil 6.30pm,
10am, 11.30am & 6.30pm.
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Baptisms
| Next
baptisms will take place on Sunday
4th March 2007 at 2.00pm. Please
note the next date available for Baptism
is Sunday 18th March. The
next pre-Baptism instruction will be on
Thursday 8th March 2007
at 8pm in the convent.
It
is necessary to attend pre-Baptism preparation
before asking to have your child baptised.
To register for pre-Baptism preparation
please contact the parish office 9061 8180,
Mon & Wed 2pm-5pm, Tue & Fri 10am-2pm
& Thurs 10am-1pm.
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| Newly
Baptised
We welcome into our parish family
Mairead
Cassie Jasi
Caragh Mary Forgione
Pearse Liam McCleary
Mia Louise Walsh
Grace Catherine Jackson
who
were recently baptised.
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We Loved
Them In Life
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offer our sympathy and prayerful support
to the families of those parishioners who
died recently:
We
pray for the happy repose of those whose
anniversaries occur around this time:
Florence & David McNeill
Kathleen Mearns
Margaret & Richard McKeown
Francis Palmer
Fergus Brewster
Paddy McIlkenny
John McErlean
Henry & John Fox
Teresa & John McGuinness
Kevin Murphy
Jim McIlroy
Albert Beales
Colin Lee
Sarah McMullan
Margaret Mary & Frank Tierney
Sally McCartney
Alice Mcquillan
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Collections
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Last
week's offertory collection amounted to
£1231.27
The collection
for Sick & Retired Priests amounted
to £979.63
We
thank you for your on going support
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Prayerful
Time
People are asked to keep silence in the
church before and after Mass to allow others
quiet for their prayer. |
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