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prefer happy endings, but today we are led
from the joy of welcoming Jesus into Jerusalem,
up to the crucifixion and burial of Jesus
in the tomb. Not pretty but pretty real.
Palm
Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week,
the intentional journey we take as a community
to enter into not only the passion of Jesus,
but to enter into our own stories of passion,
betrayal by fickle friends, sorrow, agony
and even death –so that we might experience
resurrection.
Please do not let the secular world rob
you of the graces of this week. In times
past the world seemed to slow down and it
was easier on a certain level to make this
week holy. Now, it clearly has to be a personal
commitment that each one of us makes. We
have to choose to pause from our normal,
busy routine and to give this week to God.
We have to choose to pray, to meditate upon
what Christ did for us, and to take part
in the beautiful liturgies prepared for
us. The moods created are as mixed as our
lives. We have some days of glorious happiness,
of success and joy and also sad days of
contradiction and failure. Let this week
speak to you and truly be a ’holy
week’.
Copyright: Fr. Tom Cox (Intercom)
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- Daily Readings
You
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Lent on the parish website:
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HOLY
WEEK
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Confessions
after 10am, 11.30am & 1pm
Masses. |
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TUESDAY:
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Penitential
Service 7.30pm where we as a
community acknowledge our need
of forgiveness and celebrate
God’s mercy together.
In addition to priests of the
parish, a number of other priests
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No
Morning Mass.
Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s
Cathedral at 11am. Solemn Mass
of the Lord’s Supper at
7.30pm followed by procession
of the Blessed Sacrament to
the Altar of Repose followed
by confessions. Exposition of
the Blessed Sacrament will then
take place until night prayer
at 10.00pm. St. John does not
speak of the Last Supper in
his Gospel, but only of the
‘Washing of the Feet’
that took place at the same
event. There is a deep link
between these two realities.
The washing of the feet like
the Eucharist is an intense
moment of Communion in the mind
of St. John. Do you accept the
invitation to have your feet
washed this Holy Thursday as
a sign of your willingness ‘to
do for others what Jesus has
done to you’ if so please
contact either Fr. Magill or
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No
morning ceremonies.
The Solemn Commemoration of
the Lord’s Passion with
Veneration of the Cross and
Holy Communion at 3pm followed
by confessions. Stations of
the Cross at 7.30pm. |
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Confessions
12 noon -1pm and 6pm-6.30pm.
The Easter Vigil & Mass
of the Resurrection begins at
9pm. (No other Mass in the church
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Masses
at 10am, 11.30 & 1pm. |
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First
Friday
This is the first Friday week Fr. Magill
and Fr. Devlin
will attend the sick & housebound
as usual.
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Peter's Cathedral
An hour of prayer will takes place in
St Peter's Cathedral on the
4th April at 8.15- 9.15pm for vocations.
All Welcome
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Good Friday –
Falls/Shankill Prayer Walk
A Prayer Walk in faith and friendship
to acknowledge together what Jesus
of Nazareth, King of the Jews, did
for us on this day. The walk will
start at 4.45pm in Clonard car park,
encircle part of the Shankill/Falls
Peace Line wall, and ending in the
park at Cornerstone Community at
approx. 6pm. You may join or leave
the walk at any point along the
way. See poster in church porch.
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Historical
Society
The society is meeting on Friday
20th April at 7.30pm, in the Colin
Glen Trust. This month topic is
‘The Williamite Wars in
Ireland’ Guest Speaker Mr
Gwynne Hughes. All welcome.
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Talbot Pilgrimage
Belfast Pioneer Region are having their annual
Matt Talbot Pilgrimage to Dublin on Saturday 14th
April 2007 price for the day is £11.
For
details of your local pick up point contact the
Pioneer Office 9032 3744.
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Society
The Apostolic Society would like to thank
all who supported their sale of work in
the Church Hall. Due to your great generosity
they raised £1373 for which they are
very grateful. The ballot winner was Peggy
from Lenadoon Ave.
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Baptisms
| Baptisms
today at 2pm. Next baptisms will take place
on Sunday 15th April 2007
at 2.00pm. Please note the next date available
for Baptism is Sunday 20th May
The next pre-Baptism instruction will be
on Thursday 26th
April 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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| We
Loved Them In Life
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offer our sympathy and prayerful support
to the families of those parishioners who
died recently:
Joseph
Marley, Hillhead Cottages.
We
pray for the happy repose of those whose
anniversaries occur around this time:
Declan
Adams
Thomas
Reid
Seamus Bunting
Thomas Fegan
Marie Maxwell
Annie McStravick
Annie Dobbin
George McBride
James & Alice Kavanagh
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Collections
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Last
week's offertory collection amounted to
£1262.21
We
thank you for your on going support
There
is a second collection today: Monthly Stipend
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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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