The Good Shepherd Parish
Mass Times
Sunday - 11am, Monday to Friday - 9.30amFirst Friday - 9.30am
Week of
November 21st, 2010
Our Lord Jesus Christ THE KING
Mothers Prayers every Monday except bank holidays
Mothers Prayers for mothers and grandmothers who wish to pray together for their children and grandchildren in the Parish Centre on Monday nights @ 8pm. Queries: Mary 753325 or Eileen 753628
Parent & Toddler Group
Weekly meetings have started again, for parents and children 0-3 years. Thurs 10:10 - 11:45am at Cheshire House.
Mrs Connor Monaghan went into the newsroom to pay for her husband's obituary. The kindly newsman told her that it was a euro per word. “Shame about Connor’s passing” he said. “He was a good man.” She thanked him for his kind words and bemoaned the fact that she only had two euros. But she wrote out the obituary: “Connor died.” The newsman felt bad and said that he’d give her three more words at no extra charge. Mrs Connor Monaghan thanked him and rewrote the obituary: “ Connor died. Boat for sale”
Collections
Sunday 14th: €295.30 Harvest Dues: €20
Sunday, November 21st
Hospitality: Eileen Griffin, Millie FordeServers: Catherine, Naomi, Richie
November Rotas
Collectors: Tom Keenan, Stella Ugbade, Noel McNicholas
November Rotas
Collectors: Tom Keenan, Stella Ugbade, Noel McNicholas
Eucharistic Ministers: Margaret Carr, LillieBrenan, Patricia Long, Celia Keane
Mass Intentions for the Week:
Sunday 21st: Tom, Evelyn & Colman Coyne
Sunday 21st: Tom, Evelyn & Colman Coyne
Monday 22nd: Kathleen Connolly Anniversary
Tuesday 23rd: Brendan Glacken
Wednesday 24th: Raymond Hanley
Wednesday 24th: Raymond Hanley
Thursday 25th: Pro-Popula
(Mass for the People)
Bishop James Mcloughlin Anniversary
Sunday 28th: Tom Faherty Anniverary
Residents of Caislean Thorlaigh & Fionnuisce
Legion of Mary.
Welcome you to do the work of Our Lady in the parish. Reaching out to others in faith. All welcome, Come and see. Next Meeting Monday 7pm, Parish Centre.
Notices for newsletter
If you have a notice you would like to include in the newsletter please contact the Parish office before 12 noon on Wednesday
If you have a notice you would like to include in the newsletter please contact the Parish office before 12 noon on Wednesday
SEEING YOUR LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE GOSPELS
Luke 23: 35-43
Luke 23: 35-43
Today’s feast puts before us Jesus who never used power to his own advantage. Whom have you known who used power for the benefit of others rather than for their own self-interest? When have you used power in this way?
The power of God is shown in an unexpected way in the Crucifixion, not in a wonderful display of spectacular dominance, but in Jesus sharing our human weakness. When has the honesty of another sharing his/her human vulnerability with you had a powerful effect? When has your honesty in that way had a positive effect on another?
Jesus is and example of someone in apparent helplessness. It was his trust in the love of God with him that helped him through. It was only later with the hindsight of the resurrection that the moment of helplessness could be seen as one in which the power of god was present. Have you had experiences on which you can look back now and see that the power of God was at work in your moments of helplessness?
The scene also puts before us the liberating power of forgiveness. The forgiveness of Jesus brought new life to the criminal hanging on the cross with him. When have you found that forgiveness given, or received, was a source of new life for yourself or for others?
The power of God is shown in an unexpected way in the Crucifixion, not in a wonderful display of spectacular dominance, but in Jesus sharing our human weakness. When has the honesty of another sharing his/her human vulnerability with you had a powerful effect? When has your honesty in that way had a positive effect on another?
Jesus is and example of someone in apparent helplessness. It was his trust in the love of God with him that helped him through. It was only later with the hindsight of the resurrection that the moment of helplessness could be seen as one in which the power of god was present. Have you had experiences on which you can look back now and see that the power of God was at work in your moments of helplessness?
The scene also puts before us the liberating power of forgiveness. The forgiveness of Jesus brought new life to the criminal hanging on the cross with him. When have you found that forgiveness given, or received, was a source of new life for yourself or for others?
Rev. Fr. Martin Glynn - P.P.
Phone Mobile - 087-2527124
Parish Office - 091-756823
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LOVE COMES
The Meaning of "Advent"
The word Advent means "coming" or "arrival." The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the Christ in his First Advent, and the anticipation of the return of Christ the King in his Second Advent. Advent reflections will be on Wednesday mornings and evenings of the 1st, 8th and the 15th of December. For further information please contact Laura 087-7489694 or Bernie 087-6404664
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SOCIAL IS ON FRIDAY 26TH OF NOVEMBER IN THE AMBER HOUSE HOTEL. TICKETS AVAILABLE (€10) FROM THE PARISH OFFICE OR FROM ANY SOCIAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
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