SUNDAY 24th JULY 2022
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C)
In St Luke’s Gospel today, we hear the disciples asking Jesus to teach them how to pray. At times we may all wonder about ‘how, when and where’ to pray, to try and get it right! Scripture provides us with many references to the Prayer Life of Jesus. We can see from these that there are no hard and fast rules about how, when or where to pray; most of all, we can see the ‘simplicity’ of Jesus’ prayer life. We do not have to be on our knees to pray – prayer can be while driving the car, lying in bed, walking, at the dinner table, while we work, etc. It can be alone or it can be with others. While there are no rights and wrongs about the circumstances of prayer, we are asked to pray with trust in God and with submission to His will. We pray today the prayer Jesus left with us:
Our Father, who art in heaven……
MASS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK:
Monday: 10.00am (50th Wedding Anniv Mass) and 11.00am (Funeral Mass for the late Eddie O’Kane)
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 10.00am. Tuesday: 9.30am.
The Rosary will commence twenty minutes before our weekday Mass.
Saturday: Vigil Mass, 6.30pm. Sunday morning: Mass at 9.00am and 11.00am
For those who are unable to come out to church, all our Masses continue to be available on our parish webcam:
and our 11.00am Mass is also broadcast live each Sunday on Finn Valley Radio, 95.8FM
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Edward (Eddie) O’Kane, late of Cavanacor House, Ballindrait
As a parish faith community, we offer our sympathy and our prayerful support to Joanna, to Eamon, Marianne, Matthew, David, Esther and Catherine, to the grandchildren and wider family circle and friends of Eddie, whose Funeral Mass will take place in St Patrick’s on Monday at 11.00am May he rest in peace.
Fr Hugh Behan, late of Butcher Street, Lifford
As a parish faith community, we offer our sympathy and our prayerful support to Seamus and to the wider family circle and friends of Fr Hugh, whose Funeral took place in St Patrick’s on Saturday. May he rest in peace.
MASS INTENTIONS:
Monday 25 July, 10.00am: 50th Wedding Anniversary Mass for Patrick and Kathleen Colhoun
Saturday 30 July, 6.30pm: Paddy Chaney, Gortin North
Sunday 31 July, 11.00am: Emmet McGhee, Gortin North.
ANNIVERSARIES:
We pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time. May they rest in peace:
Willie Curran, Ballindrait; Susan Lafferty, Ballindrait; Paul Harte, Ballyduff; Kevin Porter, Tober
Maurice Brennan, Coneyburrow Road; John Barron, Ballyshannon; Bertie McCosker, Ballyduff
Bobby McCrory, Porthall; Tommy Campbell, Coneyburrow.
COLLECTION:
THANK YOU for your generosity in last week’s collection, which amounted to €1,797.00
WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY: is celebrated today, the Sunday closest to the Feast Day of Sts Joachim and Anne (26 July), parents of Mary and grandparents of Jesus. Complementing the theme of Prayer in today’s Gospel, Pope Francis speaks the following uplifting challenge in his Message:
“Let us become, as it were, poets of prayer: let us develop a taste for finding our own words, let us once again take up those taught by the Word of God. Our trustful prayer can do a great deal: it can accompany the cry of pain of those who suffer, and it can help change hearts.” The full text of the Pope’s Message is on our parish Facebook page and on www.catholicbishops.ie Sts Joachim and Anne, pray for us.
PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK: SATURDAY 6th AUGUST 2022:
A bus will leave the church at 8.15am. Mass, with Anointing of the Sick, at 3.00pm. Please contact James on 085 8767999 or Louise on 086 0567455, who will provide you with full details of the itinerary. Bookings should be made by next Sunday, 31 July. Everyone welcome to join in our parish pilgrimage. Our Lady of Knock, pray for us.
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The Daily Mass Readings are also on our website: https://clonleighparish.com/todays-mass-readings/ . Alternatively, just google Clonleigh Parish readings.
Parish Contact Details:
Parish Priest: Fr Colm O’Doherty Parochial House: 074-9142022
Mobile: 0833665530
Parish Office – Secretary: Lorna Porter @ 074-9142001
Email: clonleighparish@derrydiocese.org
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