SUNDAY 23rd July 2023:
SUNDAY 23 JULY 2023
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jesus uses several images to explain the kingdom of God, to help us to grasp that which is really beyond complete human comprehension. Jesus inaugurated God’s kingdom, the reign of God, on earth. The kingdom could be described as the kind of world that God, through Jesus, wants to see realised among us here on earth, where His values prevail. God’s values include truth, love, peace, compassion, justice, solidarity with each other and a deep respect for the dignity of every other person. A particular plea from today’s Gospel is to be non-judgemental in our encounters with others.
MASS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: Mass at 10.00am and Friday: 10.00am & 7.00pm (Month’s Mind, Maurice Foley)
Tuesday: Mass at 9.30am
(The Rosary is normally recited by the congregation 20 minutes prior to the midweek morning Mass).
Saturday: Vigil Mass, 6.30pm. Sunday: Mass at 10.00am
All Masses are livestreamed on our webcam; 10.00am Mass on Sunday is broadcast by Finn Valley Radio, 95.8FM
MASS INTENTIONS:
Thursday 27 July, 10.00am: Tommy Campbell, Coneyburrow
Friday 28 July, 7.00pm: Maurice Foley, Rossgier: Month’s Mind Mass
Saturday 29 July, 6.30pm: Roger (Rory) Connolly, Coneyburrow: Month’s Mind Mass
Sunday 30 July, 10.00am: Emmett McGhee, Gortin North.
ANNIVERSARIES:
We pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time. May they rest in peace:
Eddie O’Kane, Cavanacor; Bertie McCosker, Main Street; Maurice Brennan, Coneyburrow Road
John Barron, Ballyshannon; Charles Gallagher, Drumleen; Fergal McDonald, Coneyburrow.
THANK YOU for your generosity in last week’s collection, which amounted to €1968.00
VISITATION OF THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND will take place this week, starting each day at 11.00am:
Monday – Ballindrait, Tober & Cloughfin; Wednesday – Rossgier, Coolatee, Porthall & Cavan Hill;
Thursday – Murlog, Lifford & Coneyburrow; Friday – Letterkenny Road, Croaghan Heights & Drumboy.
RINKA KIDS Fitness Summer Camp in the Parish Community Centre, 8 – 10 August, 9am to 12noon. Suitable for both boys and girls aged 3 to 10. For bookings, contact RINKA Kids Fitness with Eibhlin on Facebook or tel 086 8473188.
PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK:
Sat 12 August: Bus will leave church car park at 7.30am. To book, please contact James on 085 8767999 or Louise on 086 0567455. Cost: €25 per person, covering bus and evening meal.
Sunday 23 July – Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly:
Pope Francis chose as this year’s theme, “His mercy is from age to age” (Lk 1:50) which, he recalled in his Message, takes us back to the joyful meeting between the young Mary and her elderly cousin, Elizabeth (Lk 1:39-56). The Holy Spirit had descended upon Elizabeth and had, earlier, descended upon Mary, prompting her to respond with the Magnificat, in which she proclaimed that the Lord’s mercy is from generation to generation. That same Spirit, the Pope observes in the Message, “blesses and accompanies every fruitful encounter between different generations: between grandparents and grandchildren, between young and old.” The Pope expressed the delight that young people can offer older generations: “God wants young people to bring joy to the hearts of the elderly, as Mary did to Elizabeth, and gain wisdom from their experiences.” Friendship with an older person, he said, can help the young “to see life not only in terms of the present and realise that not everything depends on them and their abilities.” For the elderly, on the other hand, he noted, the presence of a young person in their lives “can give them hope that their experience will not be lost and that their dreams can find fulfilment.”
The Feast Day of Sts Joachim and Anne, parents of Mary and grandparents of Jesus, is celebrated this Wednesday (26 July). We pray for the intentions of all grandparents: Sts Joachim & Anne, pray for them.
Access the Readings on our parish website:
The Daily Mass Readings are also on our website: https://clonleighparish.com/todays-mass-readings/ . Alternatively, just google Clonleigh Parish readings.
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
Parish website: www.clonleighparish.com
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SAFEGUARDING NOTICE:
If you have any concerns about safeguarding children or adults in need of protection within the Church, please contact Marie Gormley, the Diocesan Designated Liaison Person, on 07596 500793 or by email on marie.gormley@derrydiocese.org