Church of St John the Evangelist, Kilbarrack-Foxfield
Parish Newsletter – Sunday, 21st March 2021.
Fifth Sunday in Lent Volume 24 Issue 12
| Anniversary Masses for the coming week | ||
| Name | Date | Time |
| Johnny Dowd, Month’s Mind | Mon. 22nd | 10am |
| Cecelia Brown (A) | Mon. 22nd | 10am |
| Nora Barry, RD | Wed. 24th | 10am |
| Christopher O’Reilly (A) | Sun. 28th | 12pm |
| Elizabeth Geoghegan (21st A) | Sun. 28th | 12pm |
| Lorna Donagher, (A) | Sun. 28th | 12pm |
Masses Online
Masses in our Church are all on Webcam only – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10am; Thursday 7.30pm (and Divine Mercy Hour). Sunday 12noon. See www.kilbarrackfoxfieldparish.ie. Details of other Churches also on our website. Every second Sunday RTE1 Mass at 11am and on the alternate weeks, Mass is celebrated on RTE Now at 2.15pm. Weekday Masses from RTE News Now at 10.30am. Those without internet can hear 10am Mass Monday-Friday on Radio Maria by phoning 01-437-3277 from a landline, then press the speaker symbol on your phone.
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We encourage all to pray as set out below –
Act of Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
Manresa
See www.manresa.ie for a number of interesting events 01-833-1352. Mass is celebrated each day on Zoom at 12.15pm. To register for this go to manresa.today/mass.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Tuesday-Friday from 11am-3pm.
Mass Cards
Signed Mass Cards are available from the Parish Office.
Pope Francis
This week the Holy Father focused on the role of the Holy Spirit. “The first gift of every Christian existence is the Holy Spirit,” he said. The Holy Spirit opens our hearts to Christ, and allows us to invoke God as “Abba,” that is, “Father.”
Holy Week Timetable
Palm Sunday 28th March Blessing of the Palms and Mass 12 noon.
Monday, 29th, Tuesday 30th,Wednesday 31st, Mass 10am and Sacrament of Reconciliation Rite III **each day.
Thursday, 1stApril; Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd
Morning Prayer at 10am. No Morning Mass.
Holy Thursday, 1st April
Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7.30pm.
Good Friday, 2nd April A Day of Fast and Abstinence
Stations of the Cross at 12noon.
Solemn Celebration of Our Lord’s Passion at 3pm.
Holy Saturday, 3rd April
Solemn Mass of the Easter Vigil 9pm.
Easter Sunday, 4th April
Mass 12noon.
** We are aware that many people are anxious about the difficulty of not having Confession available because of Covid. We wish to assure everyone that the ceremony of Reconciliation Rite III gives a general absolution to each participant who is sorry for any sins and is determined to avoid such sins in the future.
Each week our Lenten garden in front of the altar will reflect the message of the Sunday Gospel.
We call Jesus to be our friend in this time of trial and adversity. Jesus is with us. He’s always near. There’s no quarantine or lockdown that can keep Him away from us. We may have a difficult time believing that. – Cardinal Timothy M Dolan.
Weekly Reflection on the Scriptures
Contact Sr Phyllis at 086-890-9488 with your email address and join us on Zoom any Monday night 7.30-8.30pm to reflect on the liturgy for the following Sunday. It is so rewarding and enhances participation at Mass on the day.
Reflection on Today’s Gospel
‘I will draw all people to myself’
As we journey through Lent to Holy Week, our Sunday readings draw us deeper into contemplating Jesus fulfilling the new Covenant by his sacrifice and death. In the Gospel Jesus spells out the necessity for the grain of wheat to die. His soul is troubled, but he is One with the Father. Through the cross will come glory. As His disciples we must follow Him and, like Jesus, may we turn to the Father in all our troubles, striving to draw others with us.
Service of the Healing of the Generations
The Service of the Healing of the Generations (Family Tree) will take place next Sunday, 28th March, in our Church, led by Fr Cathal and team, commencing with Holy Mass at 7pm and concluding at 8pm. Access on the webcam.
Dublin Diocesan Liturgical Resource Centre
Let’s Live Lent: Bringing The Gospel to Life. Pastoral Conversations on Zoom. March 23rd Seeds of Hope.
Email lisia.cashen @dublin diocese.ie
New Pilgrim Path Website of the Week
Self-awareness is necessary to see differently. In five short reflections entitled “Learning How to See”, Richard Rohr identifies 13 different types of bias which we can possess without knowing it. ‘Confirmation bias’, is one in which “we judge new ideas based on how they fit in with and confirm the only standard we have.” We can exclude anything that “doesn’t fit”. Another bias is ‘complexity bias’ in which “our brains prefer a simple lie to a complex truth”. Another is ‘contact bias’, “a lack of personal and ongoing contact with people who are different from us. We fail to see them for who they truly are”. The reflections conclude with an exercise by Anthony de Mello to expand our self-awareness and to see in a new way. See www.newpilgrimpath.ie.
An Excerpt from Statement from the Irish Bishops
At its Spring General Meeting the Irish Bishops’ Conference decided to embark on a synodal pathway for the Catholic Church in Ireland, leading to the holding of a National Synodal Assembly within the next five years. A number of issues are being considered while endeavouring to discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to Ireland at the moment. We see the next two years as a time of prayer, listening and discernment, involving a nationwide consultative conversation on this theme and will allow individuals, parishes, religious orders, associations, groups, movements and organisations both within the Church and in Irish society at large, to share their insights into the Church in Ireland – past, present and future.
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Trócaire
To join in Lent webinars/workshops link to –
https://docs.google.com/forms . See www.trocaire.org to follow the story of Ajak and Awut in Sudan as they try to rebuild their lives. Your donations will go towards food, water, sanitation, seeds, tools, agricultural training and counselling support. Trócaire Boxes are available at the back of the Church and in all post offices.
Living In Unsettling Times – Reflections
The last online reflection by Fr Paddy Sweeney is at 7:30pm on webcam, Thurs, 25th March: I haven’t much to offer! – www.corpuschristidrumcondra.ie
Legion of Mary Youth Conference
The Catholic Young Adult Conference on 27th March, 5:30-7:30pm is for young adults (18-40) to join online. The theme “Hope Springs Eternal” will be discussed in short talks and testimonies with music and prayer. It is free so log in to Zoom: ID 847 1984 5205 Passcode: 771328 .
St Patrick
Captured by pirates and enslaved,
Six years a prisoner he fasted and prayed.
Escaped his captors and began his Ministry
To the people of Ireland in the fifth Century.
In his dream he heard the Irish implore
Their hunger for God he did not ignore.
He returned to Ireland with
zeal and determination
To bring the Good News to the Irish Nation.
Travelled the four provinces to teach his new flock
The Mystery of the Trinity with a simple shamrock.
Baptised nobles, druids and pagans
God’s Word echoed over fields and bog lands.
We celebrate his Feast on the seventeenth of March
Ireland’s great Saint and Patriarch
We seek his intercession for Ireland today
From Christ and his ways we don’t drift away
Ordained a Priest he took the name Patricius
Our great Saint that brought Christ’s Message to us
Gave us the prayer ‘St Patrick’s Breastplate’
St Patrick, pray for us, and our Faith rejuvenate.
Paddy O’ Keeffe (bog theologian)
Cardinal Rules for Life Everyone Should Know
Make peace with your past, so it doesn’t spoil your present. Your past does not define your future – your actions and beliefs do.
What others think of you is none of your business. It’s how much you value yourself and how important you think you are.
Time heals almost everything, give time, time. The pain will be less hurting. Scars make us who we are; they explain our life and why we are the way we are. They challenge us and force us to be stronger.
No one is the reason for your own happiness, except you yourself. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.
Don’t compare your life with others’, you have no idea what their journey is all about. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we would grab ours back as fast as we could.
Stop thinking too much, it’s alright not to know all the answers. Sometimes there is no answer, not going to be any answer, never has been an answer. That’s the answer! Just accept it, move on, NEXT!
Smile, you don’t own all the problems in the world. A smile can brighten the darkest day and make life more beautiful. It is a potential curve to turn a life around and set everything straight.
Thought for the Week“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall. |
