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PARISH NEWSLETTER 22 AUGUST 2021 |
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Readings:
Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18
Psalm 34:2-3, 16-23
Ephesians 5:21-32
John 6:60-69
This Sunday’s Mass readings conclude a four-week meditation on the Eucharist.
The Twelve Apostles in today’s Gospel are asked to make a choice—either to believe and accept the New Covenant He offers in His Body and Blood or return to their former ways of life.
Their choice is prefigured by the decision Joshua asks the Twelve Tribes to make in today’s First Reading.
Joshua gathers them at Shechem—where God first appeared to their father Abraham promising to make his descendants a great nation in a new land (see Genesis 12:1-9). And he issues a blunt challenge: either renew their covenant with God or serve the alien gods of the surrounding nations.
We too are being asked today to decide whom we will serve. For four weeks we have been presented in the liturgy with the mystery of the Eucharist—a daily miracle far greater than those performed by God in bringing the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
He has promised us a new homeland and eternal life, offering us bread from heaven to strengthen us on our journey. He has told us that unless we eat His Flesh and drink His Blood we will have no life in us.
It is a hard saying, as many murmur in today’s Gospel. Yet He has given us the words of eternal life.
We must believe, as Peter says today, that He is the Holy One of God, who handed Himself over for us, who gave His flesh for the life of the world.
As we hear in today’s Epistle, Jesus did this that we might be sanctified, made holy, through the water and word of Baptism by which we enter into His new covenant. Through the Eucharist, He nourishes and cherishes us, making us His own flesh and blood, as husband and wife become one flesh.
Let us renew our covenant today, approaching the altar with confidence that, as we sing in today’s Psalm, the Lord will redeem the lives of His servants.
Sunday, 22 August 2021
St Paul Missal page 336
Your prayers are requested for those souls recently deceased and for those whose anniversary occurs around this time.
MAY THEIR SOULS AND THE SOULS OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED THROUGH THE MERCY OF GOD REST IN PEACE. AMEN.
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MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS |
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Saturday 21 |
10 am |
Celebrant’s intentions |
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4.30 pm |
Celebrant’s intentions |
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6 pm |
James and Sylvia O’Doherty, Recently Deceased Marie Connor, Recently Deceased Breda Morrin, Recently Deceased Marie Glynn, Recently Deceased |
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Sunday 22 |
9.00 am |
Special intention Marie Connor, Recently Deceased |
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10.30 am |
Richard, Sean, Pauline and John Egan, R.I.P. Michael Byrne, 1st Anniversary Marie Connor, Recently Deceased |
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12 noon |
Parishioners’ intentions |
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Monday 23 |
10 am |
Tom Gallagher, Birthday Remembrance Holy Souls Marie Connor, Recently Deceased Special intention |
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Tuesday 24 |
10 am |
Fergus McGee, Recently Deceased Margaret Mills, Recently Deceased Special (Get Well) Intention |
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Wednesday 25 |
10 am |
Special Intentions Brendan Murray, Recently Deceased Special Intention |
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Thursday 26 |
10 am |
Marie Connor, Recently Deceased Tom Kirby, Recently Deceased Special Intention |
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Friday 27 |
10 am |
Patricia Craddock, Recently Deceased Marie Glynn, Recently Deceased |
MASS INTENTIONS
Please note that (announced) mass intentions are booked at the parish office (10.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Working days Monday to Friday (10.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. – working days Monday to Friday inclusive).
You may leave details of your intention, together with an offering, at the office.
The list of intentions is normally closed off on Wednesday at 12.30 p.m., to accommodate printing for the weekend Masses
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