Fr Peter Finnerty, PP, Ph: 01-832-3150.
Fr Séamus Connell, Ph: 087-702-5120.
Fr Cathal Price, Ph: 01-832-3683.
Janice Dornan, Parish Sec, Parish Office, Ph 01-839-0433.
Email info@kilbarrackfoxfieldparish.ie
www.kilbarrackfoxfieldparish.ie
Weekday Mass times – Mon-Wed 10am; Thurs, 7.30pm; Fri 10am. Bayside– Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri &-Sat 10am; Sat 7pm. Sun 8am and 11.00am
Our parish is part of the partnership in the Howth Deanery as follows – Baldoyle, Bayside, Howth, Kilbarrack/Foxfield, Sutton. Registered Charity Number 20016166.
| Masses for the coming week | ||
| Day | Date | Time |
| Catherine & Denis Keyes (A) | Tues. 7th Nov | 10am |
| Michael Brennan (A) and remember his son Paul Brennan | Tues. 7th Nov | 10am |
| Anthony (Tony) Reid (A) | Sat. 11th Nov | 6pm |
| Enda Griffin (A) | Sat. 11th Nov | 6pm |
| Alice Downes (6th A) | Sat. 11th | 6pm |
| Terry Connealy (A) | Sun. 12th Nov | 9.30am |
| Annie, Patrick, Mary & Patrick Jnr Kavanagh (A) | Sun. 12th Nov | 9.30am |
| Dermot Moran (A) | Sun. 12th Nov | 12pm |
| Seán Savage (A) | Sun. 12th Nov | 12pm |
| William & Josephine Goff (A) | Sun. 12th Nov | 12pm |
Dear Heavenly Father, We bring this situation before you and ask for a swift end to violence. Our hearts are breaking for the children and families in Gaza and Israel who have and continue to experience the unspeakable horror of attacks and war all around them. We pray for peace and ask that you will guide the hearts and minds of those in leadership. We especially pray for those children who have been physically and emotionally injured, and for those who have lost loved ones, that you will provide the right people with the right resources to help them, and that you will protect each person. Lord, we ask for your wisdom for all those involved and for the wider international community. Amen
Baptism News
Baptisms will now be held on the Second Saturday of each month.
- Baptismal Registration Forms are available from the Parish Office.
- Completed Registration Forms to be returned with your child’s Birth Certificate and the Baptismal Fee.
- Enquiries contact Janice in the Parish Office on 018390433.
Reflection on Sunday’s Readings‘
In our readings today, we hear how easy it is for human pride and laxity to diminish or even falsify God’s message. Instead, let us follow the invitation to honour God in humility, sincerity and truth.
In the First Reading, the message of prophet Malachi is hard-hitting: the priests are reproached for their spiritual negligence and failure to instruct the people properly, and for their half-hearted service of God.
Religious leaders are also criticised in the Gospel. Jesus castigates their hypocrisy: they are more concerned with drawing attention to themselves and exploiting their social position, rather than committing themselves to the message they preach. This is the exact opposite of what the followers of Jesus should aspire to. Jesus himself is our role model: he teaches us that the route to leadership is through service of God in all things. In contrast, the Second Reading presents Paul as a truly devoted pastor: enthusiastic, hard-working, full of love for his people; endlessly sharing the living word of God with this community.
Let us pray this week: Lord God, you are both Father and Mother to us. We beg you: help us to be sincere and joyful in our practice of faith and prayer; to serve you in our daily lives; and to be more alert and awake to your presence in nature all around us and pray with all our hearts for that peace which this world cannot give.
Annual Mass for the Dead 2023
Our Annual Mass for the Dead for those who died since October 2022 is on this Saturday 4th November at 6pm. We extend a special welcome to all the bereaved families and hope that the ceremony will provide some comfort at this very sad time in your lives.
Parish Christmas Cards
Pack of 5 for €5 on sale now in the Repository.
New Pilgrim Path – On Grief
“When you lose someone you love,/ Your life becomes strange,/The ground beneath you gets fragile”. November, with its shortening days, is a month when we often remember our dead. A short, guided reflection on “Grief” presented by the superb Pray-As-You-Go team, drawing on John O’Donohue’s haunting poem, “For Grief”. Access this, and other rich spiritual online resources at www.newpilgrimpath.ie.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place from 11am-3pm, Tuesday to Friday.
What’s On
- Chairobics every Tuesday 11.30am to 12.30pm. All are welcome.
- Reflections on the scriptures online Mondays 7.30pm to gain understanding of the liturgy. Contact Phyllis at 086 890 9488 with email address.
- Afternoon of Mercy Prayer for the Holy Souls In our Church. 2.30pm this Sunday 5th Deacon Don Devaney. Refreshments 4.30pm. All welcome. Inquiries to Paul 085 2548244.
- SJYPS Holy Hour for Priests and Religious, Tuesday 7th November 2-3pm. On Church webcam.
- Gardiner Street Parish Talks on the Mystics. Fr Brendan Comerford SJ. Saturday mornings from 4th November – 16th December 10am-12.15pm.
- Grandparents Online Faith Café30pm 14th Nov. Guest speaker David Quinn. Theme ‘Catholics in the Modern Sexual Minefield’. Register online. See: www.catholicgrandparentsassociation.org.
- Anam Cara Free Bereaved Parents evening, 7.15pm Wednesday 15th November, Hilton Hotel, Malahide Road; all bereaved parents, regardless of age of child, circumstances of deat
- h; when it happened. Queries to info@anamcara.ie or 085 288 8888.
- Say Goodnight but not Goodbye– 20th November 8pm. Annual Service of Remembrance. Monastery of St Alphonsus Drumcondra.
- Marriage Encounter Weekend – 50th anniversary of Catholic Marriage Encounter: 10th -12th November; Focolare Centre, Prosperous, Co. Kildare. Register online https://www.marriageencounter.ie.
AWARE – support and Self-Care Groups
If you wish to connect with people about your mental wellbeing, consider using Aware’s various supports – See www.aware.ie.
All Soul’s Day
Today we remember with love all those who have died whether recently or going back over the years. It is not a strange or a morbid thing to do. It beautifully connects us with them in some way and most important, it is our way of saying we haven’t forgotten them. They will always be remembered with love.
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord. May they rest in peace. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy and love of God, rest in peace. Amen. . Today’s is my Gift to You
Give Me Peace of Mind
Loving God, please grant me peace of mind and calm my troubled heart. My soul is like a turbulent sea. I can’t seem to find my balance, so I stumble and worry constantly. Give me the strength and clarity of mind to find my purpose and walk the path you’ve laid for me.
I Never Left You John F Connor
I watch you every day
I’m always very near
I know deep in your heart
You realize I am here
I watch you while you sleep
In your bed at home
I hear you when you speak to me
When you’re on your own.
You cannot understand
The reason why I have gone
But I will never leave you
I’m always there to keep you strong.
Talk to me I hear you
Though you may not see
We share an unbroken bond
That will always be.
Death won’t keep us apart
For our love is forever
Just remember me in your heart
And one day we will be together.
Live your life and live it full
Don’t waste a single day
Remember I’m always with you
Every step of the way.
Things I’ve Never Seen Before
“I asked an elderly woman once what it was like to be old and to know that the majority of her life was now behind her.
She told me that she has been the same age her entire life. She said the voice inside of her head had never aged. She has always just been the same girl. Her mother’s daughter. She had always wondered when she would grow up and be an old woman.
She said she watched her body age and her faculties dull but the person she is inside never got tired. She never aged. She never changed.
Remember, our spirits are eternal. Our souls are forever. The next time you encounter an elderly person, look at them and know they are still a child, just as you are still a child and children will always need love, attention and purpose.”
~ Author Unknown
Thought for the Week
“We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate among us. How we look after each other, not how we look after ourselves. That’s all that really matters.” Tommy Douglas.
