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Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Fishermen
are usually known for reading water,
not treading water like Peter did.
But for all of us when things turn
to water or indeed ashes, his experience
has a few things to teach us.
Water
walkers will face Storms:
No avoiding it, we have and will all
face the storms of trials and difficulty.
Even sitting here today, you may be
going through a storm. Maybe it’s
money problems, or problems in a relationship.
You might be having family problems,
or problems at your job or school.
Water
walkers recognize God’s presence:
Jesus wanted to be alone to pray,
so they were sent ahead without him.
His orders, but no big deal to experienced
but not this time with a violent storm.
Being boatless didn’t seem to
slow Jesus down at all. The disciples
were convinced he was a ghost, so
they were terrified. Sometimes it
takes eyes of faith to recognize when
Jesus is around.
Water
walkers discern between faith and
foolishness: Peter doesn’t
just plunge into the water. He asks
to be asked. He distinguishes between
an authentic call from God and what
might simply be a foolish impulse.
Water
walkers get out of the boat and face
their fears: So where are
you this morning? Huddled in the boat
with a life jacket and your seat belt
on? One leg in, one leg out? Out of
the boat – but the wind looks
pretty bad?
Copyright: Fr. T. Cox (Intercom)
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Guitar Tuition |
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There
will be a 6-8 week beginners’
course in guitar for young people.
This course will be taken by former
church organist David Guiney, and
is open to anyone between the ages
of 8 and 18.
Prospective
pupils should have their own guitar
and the course is free.
To
register an interest, please contact
the parish office Mon & Wed: 2pm
– 5pm, Tues, Thurs & Fri:
10am – 2pm, on 028 9061 8180
and leave contact details or email
office@stolivers.org
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| Daily
Readings
You
can access the daily readings on the
parish website:
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FEAST DAYS OF THE WEEK
| Monday
11th |
St. Lawrence, deacon and
martyr. A third century
saint who died for the faith. |
| Tuesday
12th |
St. Clare of Assisi. Influenced
by St. Francis, she opted
for a simple life of poverty
and founded the poor Clares. |
| Wednesday
13th |
Sts Pontian and Hippolytus.
Both men died for their
faith in 235AD after harsh
treatment and exhaustion
in the mines of Sardinia.
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| Saturday
16th |
Stephen of Hungary. |
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5th St Oliver Plunkett Annual Lecture
Kathy Sinnott,
MEP
(Member of the European Parliament)
will be giving a talk entitled:
‘God
–Eternal Truth, Modern Secret’
this Sunday 10th August at 7.00pm,
in St. Oliver Plunkett Church with a question
and answer session afterwards followed by
light refreshments in the parish hall.
Kathy Sinnott is recognized
throughout Ireland for her campaigning on
disability, education and prolife issues.
She was elected to the European Parliament
in 2004 and is part of the European Parliament’s
Independence and Democracy group. She has
been named as Woman of the Year by the ‘Irish
Tatler’, Person of the year by ESB/Rehab
and person of the month by the ‘Irish
Independent.
Click
here for more details.
All welcome.
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Dairy
Farm Training
Dairy Farm Training is offering advice and information
to school leavers – enrolment for September
is taking place now.
For further
information contact: 9061 8452
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Apostolic
Society
The Apostolic Society would like to
thank all who contributed to their
sponsored walk which raised £611.
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Solemn Vespers and Missa Cantata
There
will be Solemn Vespers (evening prayer
of the church) and Missa Cantata (sung
Mass) in St Paul's church, Falls Road
on Friday 15th August, the feast of
the Assumption. Vespers at 7pm and
Missa Cantata at 7.30pm. All welcome. |
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| Change
of Mass time July & August
Starting this Friday during July and August the evening Mass on Monday and Friday has been suspended until September. Mass will be celebrated each day at 10am Monday – Saturday as usual and on Wednesday at 7.30pm as usual. |
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Evening Mass
For anyone wishing to attend an evening Mass during the week Mass is celebrated in:
St Michael's: 7.30pm on Tuesday evenings
Holy Spirit: 7.00pm Monday - Friday
Queen of Peace: 7.00pm Tuesdays and Thursdays. |
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| Baptisms
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There will be baptisms on Sunday
17th August 2008 at 2.00pm. Please
note the next date available for Baptism
is Sunday 21st September 2008.
The next pre-Baptism instruction will be
on Thursday 28th August 2008
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
We
pray for
Joseph
May
Tony Scott
who
died during the week and for the happy repose
of those whose anniversaries occur around
this time:
Theresa
Barrett
Michael Cunningham
John Kavanagh
Con Murphy
Josephine O’Neill
Harry Orr
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| Collections
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Last
week’s offertory collection
amounted to
£1,241.52
The
Monthly Stipend
amounted to
£1,447.55
Next
week the second collection will be for Diocesan
Care Homes.
We thank you for your on going support
Planning for the Future
We would like to thank
all who contributed to the second collection
last week for Planning for the Future. The
collection
amounted to £935.53
This
means we now have exceeded our target of
£67,133 and the parish will receive
back at least £6,713.00
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