Newsletter for 24 November 2024 OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE (B) - Liturgical Colour White -Readings from page 401 in the St. Paul Missal. Mass streamed live daily via webcam.
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Please pray for those recently deceased and also for Sean O Cinneide whose anniversary occur around this time. May the souls of all the Faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
NOVEMBER 2024 Mass Times and Intentions
Saturday 23 November 2024
10.00 a.m.- Celebrant’s Intention
5.00 p.m. – Martin Butler – 4th Anniversary
Paul Corrian – 1st Anniversary
Derek Wynne – Anniversary
Brenda Gardiner – 1st Anniversary
Sunday 24 November 2024
10 a.m. – William Murphy – Recently deceased
Florence Weston – Recently deceased
Vincent Frawley - Recently deceased
John Toner - Recently deceased
12.00 noon – Joyce Cahill - Recently deceased
P.J. Keating - Recently deceased
Mary Gilligan – Anniversary
John Toner - Recently deceased
Monday 25 November 2024
10.00 a.m. – Rev. Timothy Hurley – Late Parish Priest of this Parish
Gerard Kiernan - Recently deceased
Special Intention and Holy Souls
Get Well Mass Bouquet Special Intention
Tuesday 26 November 2024
10.00 a.m. – Betty Killeen - Recently deceased
Martin McDermott - Recently deceased
The Holy Souls
John Toner - Recently deceased
Wednesday 27 November 2024
10.00 a.m. – Cora Horgan - Recently deceased
Birthday Mass Bouquet Special Intention
Thursday 28 November 2024
10.00 a.m. – Special Intention Mass Bouquet
Ciaran Almar - Recently deceased
Michael Richardson - Recently deceased
Peg Cullen - Recently deceased
Special Intention
Friday 29 November 2024
10.00 a.m. – The Holy Souls
Thomas Pluta - Recently deceased
Special Intention
The Holy Souls
The Archbishop’s pastoral letters and homilies are on the diocesan website dublindiocese.ie
Prayer for Building Hope
May we open our hearts, inviting the Spirit to guide our every action, awakening and enlivening us as we build hope together across the Archdiocese.
Catholic Ireland – Click the links to see them. Today’s readings / Sunday’s readings / Saint of the day / Thought for the day.
https://www.catholicireland.net/readings/
Advent Morning of Reflection
As we begin Advent, we have invited Noreen Mackey to lead us in some reflection and guided meditation as we approach Advent. This will take place after 10 a.m. Mass on Saturday, November 30, in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Noreen Mackey is an experienced spiritual director who works in association with the Jesuit Spirituality Centre at Manresa, Dollymount, Dublin 5.
Tea and coffee will be available in the Holy Family Resource Centre after 10.00 a.m. Mass.
BUILDING HOPE PLANNING
The Building Hope Pastoral Strategic Planning Resource 2025–2027, launched at the recent workshops, is available at https://dublindiocese.ie/planning-resource/.
Mass for Peace
The Medjugorje Prayer Group invite you to a Mass in honour of Our Lady Queen of Peace in the Divine Master Chapel on Thursday 28 November at 8.00p.m. Rosary at 7.30 p.m.
Fundraiser Draw in aid of Church Repairs- It
is proposed to hold a draw for multiple prizes after the Carol Service on Sunday 22 December. Raffle sheets, with 11 lines at €2 per line or €20 per sheet, are available at the tables near the exits. First prize: dinner, bed & breakfast at Killiney Castle Hotel.
Archbishop Farrell’s Statement on the General Election is available at the back of the Church.
Statement on the General Election – Archbishop Farrell
Statement on the General Election 2024
Archbishop Dermot Farrell
It has been said that politicians campaign in poetry and govern in prose. It is certainly true that extravagant promises and self-promoting claims are the order of the day. That said, there are two slogans you will hear in these days, whose cynical falsehood is not only dis-energising, but more importantly risks degrading our democracy and political health: they are: ‘voting doesn’t make any difference’, and ‘they are all the same’.
First of all, voting does make a difference. Every vote counts. Your vote counts. Imagine living in a society with no elections, no democratic accountability, no contest of ideas, programmes, or vision. History shows that such societies are run by the powerful for their own benefit, while freedom of belief and expression are restricted, or even suppressed. Voting matters because it is how we hold our leaders to account and mandate what we believe to be important.
Voting also matters because all politicians are not the same: individual politicians, and political parties, differ in their values and beliefs, their ideas and priorities, their capabilities and judgement. It is true that powerful forces may constrain some policy choices. But governments exercise influence and control over vast areas of community life, and of the land we share. Their judgements and priorities do make a difference, through the legislation and policies they choose to pursue. They are those on whom we rely, not only to act wisely when crises occur and the unexpected happens—as it always does, but to plan prudently and with vision for a shared future in our common home.
The democratic system aligns with the Christian vision of the dignity of each person and our duty to serve the common good. To be effective, democracy needs people who are willing to put themselves forward, outline their policies, and accept the judgement of the people in the ballot box. Recent months have seen efforts to intimidate and threaten public representatives. We have seen many politicians choose to step back from politics as a result. We should be grateful that there are many women and men who, despite this frightening and dangerous turn in public life, are willing to offer themselves in public service at these elections.
Christians legitimately differ in their political views: there is no Christian party that can lay claim to the Christian community as a bloc. There is no obligation on Christians to support any particular party. But there is a duty on every Christian to support the common good to the best of our ability. Voting in the General Election on November 29th is a feasible and responsible act of citizenship to support the common good. Taking the trouble to consider who offers the best prospect of advancing the common good rather than personal interest or advantage is an important exercise in solidarity with our sisters and brothers who are most affected by public policies. Identifying candidates who have the personal qualities and experience to be effective public representatives is an important judgement. The Irish electoral system ensures that personal qualities and characteristics do matter, since multi-seat constituencies and the PR system mean we can judge personal qualities, as well as party policies.
Like every aspect of life, voting is open to the work of the Holy Spirit to guide our judgement. To vote is an exercise in hope, and hope is a mark of authentic Christian faith—the great gift of the Holy Spirit. To express our hope by voting is to overcome the negativity and cynicism that result in political propaganda, and the devaluing of those who are different. It is to take a stance against the fear and lack of courage which generate resentment, hatred, anger, even violence.
Let us pray for all those who have offered themselves for election, that they will engage with the public and with each other with respect, and will in turn receive the respect of those they canvas. Let us pray too that our society will vote into office leaders who will govern the people with integrity and wisdom and serve the common good with dedication and commitment.
+Dermot Farrell
Archbishop of Dublin
20th November 2024