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-Sat 10am; Sat 7pm. Sun 8am, 10am.11.30am
| Masses for the coming week | ||
| Day | Date | Time |
| Patricia Drew (A) | Mon. 15th | 10am |
| Margaret Mifsud, Month’s Mind | Thurs. 18th | 7.30pm |
| Baby Riadh Whelan (1st A) | Thurs. 18th | 7.30pm |
| Paul Brennan (A) and remembering his dad Michael | Sat. 20th | 6pm |
| Elizabeth Bolger (1st A) | Sat. 20th | 6pm |
| First Communions North Bay and Scoil Eoin | Sun. 21st | 12pm |
Four Seasons Collection
The next Four Seasons Collection will take place after all Masses next weekend. Since February a lot of work has been done including replacement of the heating system. There is still more repair and maintenance work to be done and we ask you to give generously.
Reflections on the Scriptures
We invite you to join us on Zoom for reflections on the scriptures online Mondays 7.30-8.30pm to gain understanding of the liturgy at Mass. All welcome. Contact Phyllis 086 890 9488 or
email info@kilbarrackfoxfieldparish.ie or use link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83192042777?pwd=aDVyTk50M0JzWDRvWFZ1eGJjLzBPdz09
Masses in our Parish Partnership Group At Present
| Church | Sat
Vigil |
Sunday | Weekdays |
| Baldoyle
St Laurence O Toole |
7pm | 11.30am | 10am
Mon & Wed |
| Baldoyle
St Peter & Paul |
10am (Irish)
|
10am
Tues & Thurs |
|
| Bayside | 7pm | 8am.10am.
11.30am |
10am
Mon-Sat. |
| Foxfield/
Kilbarrack |
6pm | 9.30am.
12pm. |
10am,
Mon., Tues, Wed, Fri. 7.30pm Thurs. |
| Howth | 5.30pm | 8.30am. 11.30am | 10am:
Mon., Tues, Wed, Fri. Sat. |
| Sutton | 6.30pm | 10am, 12.30pm | 10am
Mon., Tues, Thurs, & Fri |
Reflection on Sunday’s Readings
The readings this week seek to reassure us, we will not be left without comforting support.
In the First Reading, we see how active the Apostles are in spreading the Good News. They are welcomed even in Samaria and the people receive the Holy Spirit.
But all was not plain sailing for these new communities. They often encountered persecution (Second Reading). Peter tries to encourage them, reminding them of the sufferings of the innocent Jesus. They are to answer their accusers with courtesy and respect. In the Gospel, Jesus reassures his friends. He will not leave them without support, as ‘orphans’, but will ask his Father to send them help after he has left. The Spirit of truth will be with them.
This week we reflect on Jesus’s promises and draw strength from them, so that we can speak to others about our beliefs with greater confidence. We ask Father, Son and Spirit to inspire all peoples to work for peace.
Eucharistic Adoration – Changes This Week
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place Tues 11am-2pm, Wed 11am-3pm, Thurs & Fri from 1pm – 3pm. Changes to facilitate practices for the sacraments.
Golden Opportunity for Readers of the Word
Ministers of the Word – readers – play a very important and essential role during each Mass. Our attendance at Mass is very much enhanced when the readings are proclaimed in a meaningful way. To help all readers do this, Rosemary Lavelle, Pastoral Co-ordinator in the Dublin Diocese and a leading lecturer in liturgy, will facilitate a training night to enhance even more the proclamation of God’s word. Rosemary will attend on Wednesday 24th May, 7.30-9.30pm in our Church.
In addition, this night will be an encouragement for new readers to become part of this essential group – you will be most welcome.
We invite everyone to commit to this evening and to contact Fr Séamus as soon as possible, to confirm your attendance – 087-702-5120 or the Parish Office 018390433.
‘One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from mouth of God’ (Matt. 4:4-10)
- Easter Dues Envelopes
Easter Dues Envelopes may be returned to the Sacristy.
Pope Francis
Pope Francis warned against the danger of living life without a sense of purpose or a destination to set our course by, reminding the faithful that Jesus is “our compass for reaching heaven,” our true home. He said that keeping in mind “where life is headed” is the way to get through the experiences of “fatigue, bewilderment, and even failure.”
New Pilgrim Path – Gerard Manley Hopkins
“The world is charged with the grandeur of God.” Raised in a Church of England family, Gerard Manley Hopkins was received into the Catholic Church by John Henry Newman and entered a Jesuit novitiate. Watch a terrific 1986 BBC documentary on the short life, vocation and poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins Visit www.newpilgrimpath.ie.
‘Bumper Book and Bun Fest!’
Our Church needs urgent help to fund vital maintenance work – some completed and some on-going. The completed work could not have happened without your generous donations.
In an effort to ‘do our bit’ to help, we will have a “Bumper Book and Bun Fest” – 4pm- 7.30pm Saturday 27th; 10am-3pm Sunday 28th May in the Parish Centre. All are invited to come along to browse the books, donate and enjoy a delicious cream tea.
What’s On!
- Chairobics on Tuesdays from 11.30am-12.30pm.
- ARA Events: Chairobics 2pm 17th, 24th and 31stMay; AGM Thursday 1st June 8pm Parish Centre. Talk on ‘Managing Your Medication’ 17th May 2.45pm.
- Afternoon of Prayer with Music; Deacon Don Devaney (Divine Mercy Apostolate) today Sunday May 14th30-5pm, in our Church; refreshments Parish Centre; Inquiries welcome: Paul 0872999241. Bring a friend or two!
- Spring Serenade –Enchiriadis Choir. 7.30pm Friday 26th May; Church of the Sacred Heart, Malahide. Tickets €20 from eventbrite.ie. Evening of music – Sharon Lyons and Continuum Youth Choir; 27th May 7–8.30pm; All Hallows Chapel, DCU. All proceeds to Raheny Rotary charities and causes. Tickets €30 and €20 (children, students, OAPs) from www.eventbrite.ie.
- Anam Cara Free Bereaved Parent Evening, 7.15pm, 24th May, Hilton Hotel Malahide Road – for all bereaved parents, regardless of the age of child, circumstances of death, or when it happened. Queries to info@anamcara.ieor 085 288 8888.
- Annual Evening of Reflection for Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, Monday, 29th May 8pm Our Lady of Victories Church, Ballymun Road.
- MRCI – Migrants rights Centre Ireland – Challenge for Change in July – for people to take up an activity that challenges -swimming 50km over the month? walking 1 to 5km per day?, starting and finishing a knitting project? etc, etc – and asking friends, family for sponsorship and donate to MRCI. Contact Niamh – niamh@mrci.ie for more information.
- Annual World Day for Grandparents and Elderly Sunday 23rd July, Sunday before feast of Anne and Joachim, grandparents of Jesus, – theme, selected by the Pope “His mercy is from age to age” (Lk 1:50).
Queen of the May
Bring flowers of the rarest
Bring blossoms the fairest,
From garden and woodland and hillside and dale;
Our full hearts are swelling,
Our glad voices telling
The praise of the loveliest flower of the vale!
Chorus:
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today!
Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.
Their lady they name thee,
Their mistress proclaim thee,
Ah, grant that thy children on earth be as true.
As long as the bowers
Are radiant with flowers,
As long as the azure shall keep its bright hue.
Excerpt from ‘When You Look Back’
When you look back,
may you vividly recall the moments of joy, as the light shone your way, when the sun came out and the world opened its beauteous gates to let you wander through its very heart.
When you look back,
may you see that love was enough, love was always the goal, peace was its chariot and hope the warm wind to speed it along, and may you share that wisdom with others who so desperately need it.
When you look back,
may you breathe easily, safe in the knowledge you blazed a bright path whilst on this planet, spreading love, spreading light, breaking and rebuilding and giving of your beautiful self freely.
For that is all you are really here to do.
Donna Ashworth
Simplicity in Prayer
In my spiritual life, I try to seek simplicity. When I recognise that I’ve lost simplicity in prayer, I turn to a meditation that many spiritual teachers recommend. In rhythm with my breathing, I start with, “Be still and know that I am God”. Then I drop words off at the end to “Be still and know that I am.” I slowly let go more to “Be still and know” and finally the words I whisper are “Be still”. One can then add the last words back on again until you arrive at where you started, “Be still and know that I am God”. One can do it once, twice or a few times. If you get stuck in prayer, why not give it a try.
Aileen O’Donoghue
Thought for the Week
‘It doesn’t matter how you pray – with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or dancing. Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors
