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Fifteenth
Sunday of the Year
Depending on your viewpoint it’s
refreshing, or alarming, how certain
Paul can be in his statements on complex
issues. Take today’s Second
Reading for example. Here he just
badly states that God ‘chose
us in Christ before the foundation
of the world to be blameless before
him in love,’ and that has ‘made
known the mystery of his will…as
a plan for the fullness of time.’
Clearly, for him, God took great care
with us humans, his creation. Two
things are striking here: his reference
to God’s pre-creation will and
for want of a better expression, his
post-temporal one. Again, for Paul
human beings are not an after-thought
in the mind of God. No! Even before
creation’s foundation is set,
way before any humans appear on the
scene, God already has a plan for
them – and a great one at that!
This seemingly quirky creation, queerer
and more chaotic that we can ever
imagine, progresses according to a
divine plan. Here we feel the power
of faith at work. For only faith can
work at this level. Science has nothing
to say about pre-foundational creation,
about the awesome void of our pre-pyrotechnic
cosmos, about the deafening silence
of its final destination readily dwarfing
even the Big Bang’s birth cry.
Yet here we have unscientific Paul
opening our minds to realities that
only faith can reveal, and outstretching
them to their limits, and then some.
Are we ready for the strain of trying
to comprehend God, small as a loving
father yet enormous enough to encompass
creation?
Copyright:
Fr. Tom Cahill (Intercom)
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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
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13th |
St.
Henry 973-1024, Duke of Bavaria
and later Emperor, a just
ruler, humble man of prayer,
and reformer of the Church.
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14th |
St Camillus
de Lellis, 1550-1614, rough
tempered and a gambler in
his early life as a soldier,
was converted at the age of
twenty-five. Guided by St
Philip Neri he became a priest
and worked for the sick with
two companions. His Servants
of the Sick prospered and
founded hospitals especially
where others would not go.
Patron of nurses, hospitals
and sick.
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15th |
St Bonaventure,
1221-1274, born in Tuscany,
Minister General of the Franciscans,
Cardinal Archbishop of Albano,
theologian of the Council
of Lyons.
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16th |
Our Lady of
Mount Carmel the Carmelite communities
inherit the early hermits’
devotions to Elijah and his
solitary prayer, and to Mary
under this title of Mount Carmel.
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Gardening Club
We would like
to thank the gardening club for the
work they have done in keeping the
church grounds looking beautiful they
are: Marie Gough, Elizabeth Donnelly,
Dominic Adams, Hugh McAllister, John
& Jimmy Mason. We would also like
to thank Ellen Mason for the beautiful
hanging baskets.
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Year
of the Priest
The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI
has dedicated a
‘Year of the Priest’
from 19th June 2009 - 19th June 2010
to encourage Spiritual perfection
in priests.
The
Year for Priests began with Bishop
Noel Treanor speaking about the "need
for renewal in the life of the Church"
in Ireland.’
The priest is an ordinary man called
to an extraordinary ministry. If interested
in finding out about a vocation to
the priesthood contact Vocation Director
Fr J. Murray 9061 9459.
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Bible
Alive
Bible Alive for August is on sale
in the sacristy price £1.95
Bible Alive gives reflections on
the readings of the day.
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| Carrigart
Youth Club
Carrigart Youth Club Summer Scheme
starts this Wednesday 15th July until
Friday 1st August. Contact 9061 5549
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Youth 2000 Summer Festival
Youth 2000 Summer Festival, Clonmacnois, Co Offaly, Thursday 13th – Sunday 16th August 2009. For young people age 16-35, an opportunity not to be missed to experience the Catholic faith and meet many new friends. Bishop Frank Caggiano, vicar of Evangelisation in the Diocese of Brooklyn will be the main speaker.
Join in on all of the fun games & activities (including Irish lessons)
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The McCracken Irish Language
The McCracken Irish Language Summer Camp, Mon 27th – Fri 31st July 2009 Teenagers 10.00 - 4.00pm £20 for entire week, St Patrick’s College, Antrim Rd. Children (5-11) 10.00 - 4.00pm £3 per day/ £15 week, 174 Trust, Duncairn Ave. Fiddle, Art and Tin Whistle Workshops throughout the week for all age groups.
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Adoption
Could you make a child happy again
after a difficult start in life?
Family Care Society is presently seeking adoptive families for children aged between 2 – 6 years and who need the love and attention of a caring and understanding family.
Could this be you?
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St
Brigid's Parish Trip to Poland 22-29
September
With visits to Krakow, Warsaw, Auschwitz, Sanctuary of St Faustina the home place of Pope John Paul, the famous Salt Mines and other places of interest. Cost: single room approx £795, double £690 - to include 7 nights bed breakfast and meal. Spiritual Director Fr Eugene O’Neill.
If interested please contact parish office at St Brigid’s 02890 665409. |
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Music for Weddings & Funerals
Peter and Mary Bernadette our church
organist and singer are also available
for weddings and funerals and any
other church events. Please contact
Peter 07708 921489
or Mary Bernadette 07517 471971
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| Baptisms
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Next baptisms will take place on Sunday
19th July 2009 at 1.30pm. Please note the
next date available for Baptism is Sunday
2nd August 2009. The next pre-Baptism instruction
will be on Thursday 23rd July 2009 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
Kady Louise
Kavanagh/Holmes
Cora Annemarie Mallon
Benjamin Gavin Reilly
Katie Emma Smith
Cuan Criostoir Nugent/McCullough
who were
recently baptised.
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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:
Evelyn
McShane, Woodbourne Court.
Fr.
Hugh McIldowney died 6th July 2009, Holy
Ghost Father and retired priest of Down
& Connor. He worked for a number of
years on the missions in Nigeria after which
he ministered in St Patrick’s and
Cushendal Parishes. He retired in 1990 due
to ill health.
We
pray for the happy repose of those whose
anniversaries occur around this time:
Eileen O’Neill
Tom Lavery
Lily Millar
John McFadden
Jack Smyth
Paul Gough
Seamus Hughes
Eddie & Paul Barkley
Annie & Sammy McAllister
Father Noel Fitzpatrick
cc St John’s shot dead on 9th July
1972 while anointing a parishioner who had
been shot.
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| Collections
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The offertory collection
amounted to £1206.89
The Monthly Stipend
amounted to £1221.87
Thank you all for
your generous support
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