30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Beatles got it right: all you need is love! Trouble is, they didn’t say where to get it. Neither does Jesus in today’s Gospel reading, Matt 22:34-40. A lawyer tests him with a question. Is it a genuine one to assess his depth of understanding, or a trick question to make him look foolish? It could be either. It’s not the Ten Commandments that Jesus is quizzed about, but the Torah – with its 613 commands. Of these 248 are positive, ie, have a ‘you shall’ form, 365 are negative and have a ‘you shall not’ form. So, just imagine being asked which of those is the greatest. Jesus, however, remains unfazed. He ignores any deviousness on the part of the questioner. Taking the question at face value, he answers it: love God and love your neighbour. Could anything be simpler or clearer? Why then are there so many problems with human relationships and so much suffering in our world? Can loving God and our neighbour be that difficult? Not at all! May people prefer complexity to simplicity. Simplicity scorns wiggle room, dislikes nitpicking, finds defining and qualifying things until they’re beyond recognition distasteful; and it offers no excuse for foot-dragging when action is called for. By putting Jesus to the test, that lawyer unwittingly puts himself to the test also. Now he can never claim ignorance of what is expected of him. He has no excuse for not allowing the information he was looking for to be his guiding light. Come to that, neither have we.
Copyright: Fr. Tom Cahill (Intercom)
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Cold Church
We wish to apologise for the Church being cold. The boiler is broken and we are in the process of installing a new boiler.
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Feast Days of the Week
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| Tuesday 28th |
Ss Simon and Jude. The teaching of the apostles is the living gospel for all to hear. Their authority comes from their fidelity to Christ and his message. St Jude is patron saint of hopeless causes.
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| Wednesday 29th |
St Colman hailed from Kilmacduagh, Co Clare, in the 7th century. After studying in Aran, where he founded two churches on Inis Mhor, he returned to make a foundation at Kilmacduagh. |
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Autumn/Advent Christmas Programme 2008
A time of Prayer, Reflection on next Sunday’s gospel.
The art of reading Scripture through Lectio Divina, of reflecting on the word and relating it to our lives, helps to bring us to a deeper understanding of God, and to develop a more intimate relationship with Him
Beginning Tuesday 28th October
in the Convent of Mercy.
Morning session: 10.40am (after Mass) or Evening session: 7.00pm.
Come and join us.
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Bible Alive
Bible Alive for November is now on sale in the sacristy. Price £1.95
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Feast of All Saints – Holy Day of Obligation
Saturday 1st November is the Feast of All Saints, it is a holy day of obligation the Masses that day are Friday Vigil 6.30pm, Saturday 10am, 11.30am.(There will be no 7.30pm Mass on Friday evening and no confessions on Saturday 1st November). |
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Feast of All Souls
Feast of All Souls will be celebrated on Sunday 2nd November. The 10am Mass each week day during the month of November will be offered up for all those named on the November Dead Lists. The November Dead Lists are available in the church porches.
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Feast of St Malachy
Monday 3rd November is the feast of St Malachy the patron saint of our diocese of Down & Connor. It is also the feast of St Martin De Porres. |
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Cancer Fund for Children
Come along and join Hug in a Mug coffee morning on Sunday 9th November after all the Masses in aid of Cancer Fund for Children. |
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St Louise’s Comprehensive College 1958 -2008
To celebrate their 50 years anniversary St Louise’s are presenting a Gala Evening in the Grand opera House on Thursday 20th November at 7.45pm. Tickets available at www.goh.co.uk or 9024 1919. Prices £10.25-£19.75. |
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| Mass
Times From September
| Monday, Wednesday, Friday: |
10am & 7.30pm |
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10am |
| Saturday: |
10am
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| Sunday: |
10am, 11.30am & 1pm |
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Diocesan Liturgical Seminar
The Annual Diocesan Liturgy Seminar, entitles ‘St Paul: His Teaching on the Eucharist and The Sacraments’ will be held on Saturday 25th October from 10.30am-4.30pm in St Anne’s Parish Centre, Finaghy, Belfast. It will be conducted by Mgr Paul Watson (Director, Maryvale Institute, Birmingham). Cost £5. Lunch may be purchased on the premises or you can bring a packed lunch along. |
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| Baptisms
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Next baptisms will take place on Sunday 2nd November 2008 at 2.00pm. Please note the next date available for Baptism is Sunday 21st December 2008. The next pre-Baptism instruction will be on Thursday 6th November 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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Newly Baptised
We welcome into our parish family
Jessica Leanne Monaghan
Damien Coyle
Ross Sean Anthony Brady
Abbie Louise Rafferty
Roise Marie McCourt
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| We
Loved Them In Life
We offer our sympathy and prayerful support to the families of those parishioners who died recently:
Lorraine Lynch, Kerrykeel Gardens
We
pray for the happy repose
of those whose anniversaries occur around
this time:
Ronnie & Frank Nolan
Cecilia & William McQuade
Denis, Mary, Michael & Julia White
Patricia Metacalfe
Brendan Fitzsimons
Mary O’Neill
Brian Cusnahan
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Last
week’s offertory collection
amounted to
£1,263.79
There will be a second collection today for the Propagation Of The Faith
We thank you for your on going support
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