Good Shepherd Parish Newsletter

The Good Shepherd Parish

 Mass Times

Sunday - 11am, Monday to Thursday - 9.30am
First Friday - 9.30am

 Week of

 December 18th, 2011

Fourth Sunday of

Advent

Christmas Message

It must have been a daunting task for Mary and Joseph searching for a room and accommodation for the birth of Jesus.  Mary about to give birth to the son of God and no room in the inn.  A humble stable was the only option and a welcome option it was in the end.

 Our Good Shepherd Parish has offered the hand of friendship and a generous welcome to our brothers and sisters, from the east, the west, the north and the south - from every Continent under the sun and in turn our faith has been renewed and strengthened by the commitment to Christ and his Gospel as we gather together this Christmas to acknowledge the birth of our Saviour - may this Christmas season and New Year be filled with God's peace, His blessing and may the Good Shepherd be our leader, our guide and our protector for 2012

The Gift Christmas Concerts will take place in the Jesuit church starting next Tuesday December 20th at 8:00pm. Tickets are just €10 and the proceeds from the first concert are going to Ability West. Tickets available from the Jesuit Community Office 091 523707, Keara Sheeran 087 9007003 and Cathal Ryan 087 6820265.

Sunday, DECEMBER 18TH

Hospitality:  Marge Hennelly, Yemisi Olayiwola

Servers; Helpers - Iryna, Stella
TEAM 5 - Victoria, Markian, Sharon

Readers; Elodie Kiki, Nuala Keady, Maura Leonard

Christmas Eve

Eucharistic Ministers; Celia Keane, Kevin McPartland, Patricia Long, Margaret Carr

Readers: Stella Ugbade, Brid Moran, David O’Donohue

 Christmas Day

Readers; Maureen Cox, Josephine Okuguni, Marita Hurley

JANUARY ROTAS

Eucharistic Ministers: Celia Keane, Margaret Carr, Padraic Kyne, Kevin McPartland

Collectors: Peter Brennan, Alan / Nuala Keady, Vinny Hennelly

Mass Intentions for the Week:

Sunday 18th: Leo & Bernadette McDermott

Monday 19th: Patrick Earner Anniversary

Tuesday 20th;  Special Intentions
Wednesday 21st: Special Intentions
Thursday 22nd: Thursday 27th: Pro-Popula (Mass for the People)

Christmas Eve; Mass 7pm

THERE WILL BE NO MASS ON MONDAY 26TH, TUESDAY 27TH, WEDNESDAY 28TH,THRUSDAY 29TH

 SEEING YOUR LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE GOSPELS

Lukw1:26-38

We are all favoured ones and God is with us.  Sometimes we are more aware of this than others.  How have you experienced being a favoured person, one blessed by God? How have you experienced God’s presence?  Who has been Gabriel to you—a messenger of good news?
‘Do not be afraid,’ Mary was perplexed by the words of the angel.  Perhaps you too have sometimes been perplexed by life’s path and wondered what it all meant.  Perhaps at times you have doubted if God was really with you?
Mary was taken by surprise by the invitation, but she did not tell the angel she was not ready, nor ask him to return later.  She was prepared to go with the invitation even though it was not the ‘right moment’.  ‘Here I am Lord.’ What invitations have come to you at the ‘wrong time’ and how have you responded?

Mary’s response serves as a model for us—as one saying ‘yes’ to what life offers.  What is it like for you to say ‘yes’ to life? Perhaps at this moment in your life you are being invited to say ‘Here I am, Lord’?

Penitential Services

Tuesday 20th, December in the Holy Family Church, Mervue at 8pm

Collections:

Sunday 11th: €

Rev. Fr. Martin Glynn - P.P.

Phone Mobile - 087-2527124

Parish Office - 091-756823

Web Address

Www.goodshepherdgalway.com

Email addresses

goodshepherdgalway@gmail.com

Community Web Address

www.oscail.org

CALENDARS  FOR SALE

Calendars - €5

CHRISTMAS  FAIR & TURKEY TROT

In aid of

Merlin Woods Primary School

The Good Shepherd Parish Building Fund, Galway 

Hospice

Today December 18th

At 12pm

In Merlin Woods Primary School

Phone 091-761676