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PARISH NEWSLETTER 24 OCTOBER 2021 |
St Paul Missal page 370
Your prayers are requested for the soul of Mary Morahan, Elizabeth Ryan, Phyllis Heffernan, and Angela Cahillane recently deceased and for Jim and Bridie Hayes and Sally Farrelly 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 23 |
10 am |
Celebrant’s intentions |
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4.30 pm |
Celebrant’s intentions |
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6 pm |
Thomas Redmond, Anniversary Paddy Gannon, Anniversary Michael Waters, Anniversary Kay Seery, Anniversary |
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Sunday 24 |
9.00 am |
Parishioners intentions |
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10.30 am |
Mary Morahan, Recently Deceased Brian Walsh, Recently Deceased Alan Elliott, Recently Deceased |
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12 noon |
Mary Morahan, Recently Deceased Neil O’Donoghue, Recently Deceased Sarah McGrath, Anniversary Joseph (Sam) Hodgins, Recently Deceased |
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Monday 25 |
10 am |
Thomas McCormack, R.I.P. Mary Morahan, Recently Deceased Thanksgiving Mass in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Our Lady of Knock for answered prayers |
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Tuesday 26 |
10 am |
Veronica + Jim O’Grady, Anniversary Phyllis Murphy, Anniversary Mary Morahan, Recently Deceased |
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Wednesday 27 |
10 am |
Tom Fitzpatrick, Anniversary Holy Souls |
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Thursday 28 |
10 am |
Fr Frank McGauran, Recently Deceased Michael McGauran, Recently Deceased Gerry McGauran, Recently Deceased |
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Friday 29 |
10 am |
Mary Morahan, Recently Deceased Special Intention |
PRAYER FOR THE SYNOD: ADSUMUS SANCTE SPIRITUS
“Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we
contemplate the splendor of true
love, to you we turn with trust.
Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that
our families too may be places of
communion and prayer, authentic
schools of the Gospel and small
domestic Churches.
Holy Family of Nazareth, may
families never again experience
violence, rejection, and division;
may all who have been hurt or
scandalized find ready comfort
and healing.
Holy Family of Nazareth, may the
approaching Synod of Bishops
make us once more mindful of the
sacredness and inviolability of
the family, and its beauty
in God’s plan.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
graciously hear our prayer.
Amen.” – Pope Francis
ANNUAL COMMEMORATIVE MASS 2020-21:
The Commemorative Mass for those whose funerals were celebrated at Holy family Church, Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire (Kill o’ the Grange) from October 2020 until 22 October 2021 will be held at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday 11 November 2021 in the Church. Families will be contacted through the postal service. Those whose funerals take place after 22 October will be included in the list for the year 2021-22. For clarification, please contact the parish office 012845299 during working hours 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Monday to Friday.
LAUDATO SI - INVITATION TO ALL
You are invited to join us for a Zoom Mini-Course on Laudato Si, Pope Francis Encyclical "On Care For Our Common Home". Pope Francis invites us all to respond to the Cry of the Poor and the Cry of the Earth. Jane Mellett, Laudato Si officer with Trócaire will be our host for the presentations. The mini-course is for six Wednesdays, starting October 27th to December 1st from 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm.
To register please email: parishofloughlinstown@gmail.com, a zoom link will be sent later.
‘TAP AND GO’ BANK TERMINAL
On the instructions of the Diocesan Finance Secretariat, two ‘tap and go’ machines have been installed. The machines belong to the Bank of Ireland Limited. There is a charge to the parish for the use of machines (It is as yet unspecified). The donor is asked to use a debit/credit card. 60% of the donation goes to the Common Fund 40% of the donation goes to the Share Fund.
This goes directly to the diocese. If you encounter problems with the machine, please inform the office/sacristan of your difficulty. Use the machines if you are able. Thank you.
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY COLLECTION
This weekend 23/24 October the World Mission Sunday Collection (propagation of the Faith) replaces the usual Share Collection. Whatever is put into the Share (Red) bucket/envelopes Share, whatever you give for Share this weekend, goes to the World Mission Sunday Collection this weekend. Please be generous in support of the Catholic Missions. You will not be able to put in money for the Mission through the “Tap and Go” machines.
CHURCH HEATING REPAIRS
Consultations are ongoing with potential contractors for the repair of the Church heating system. Whatever is necessary to restore the heating will be expensive and disruptive. A sincere thank you to those who have generously contributed towards costs. Thank you.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to those young people who received the Sacraments of Penance, Eucharist for the first time on the weekend of 16/17 October. The parish team and staff are grateful to their parents and teachers and all those who facilitated the smooth expedition of these liturgies and to those who sanitized the Church volunteering their skills and their valuable time. Please remember them all in your prayers.
Mass Reading for Thirtieth Sunday, Ordinary Time:
Jeremiah 31:7-9
Psalm 126:1-6
Hebrews 5:1-6
Mark 10:46-52
Today’s Gospel turns on an irony—it is a blind man, Bartimaeus, who becomes the first person outside of the Apostles to recognize Jesus as the Messiah. And his healing is the last miracle Jesus performs before entering the holy city of Jerusalem for His last week on earth.
The scene on the road to Jerusalem evokes the joyful procession prophesied by Jeremiah in today’s First Reading. In Jesus, this prophecy is fulfilled. God, through the Messiah, is delivering His people from exile, bringing them back from the ends of the earth, with the blind and lame in their midst.
Jesus, as Bartimaeus proclaims, is the long-awaited Son promised to David (see 2 Samuel 7:12-16; Isaiah 111:9; Jeremiah 23:5). Upon His triumphal arrival in Jerusalem, all will see that the everlasting kingdom of David has come (see Mark 11:9-10).
As we hear in today’s Epistle, the Son of David was expected to be the Son of God (see Psalm 2:7). He was to be a priest-king like Melchizedek (see Psalm 110:4), who offered bread and wine to God Most High at the dawn of salvation history (see Genesis 14:18-20).
Bartimaeus is a symbol of his people, the captive Zion of whom we sing in today’s Psalm. His God has done great things for him. All his life has been sown in tears and weeping. Now, he reaps a new life.
Bartimaeus, too, should be a sign for us. How often Christ passes us by—in the person of the poor, in the distressing guise of a troublesome family member or burdensome associate (see Matthew 25:31-46) - and yet we don’t see Him.
Christ still calls to us through His Church, as Jesus sent His Apostles to call Bartimaeus. Yet how often are we found to be listening instead to the voices of the crowd, not hearing the words of His Church.
Today He asks us what He asks Bartimaeus: “What do you want me to do for you?” Rejoicing, let us ask the same thing of Him—what can we do for all that He has done for us?