Diary
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Sun 3rd August 2025
Eighteenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Diary for the Week
Masses Kilaveney
Mon 10.00am Bank Holiday
Tues & Weds 9.30am
Thurs&Fri Communion service
Sat Vigil 6.00pm
Sun 11amAdoration Weds 10.00am –8pm
Crossbridge Mass
Sun 9.am
Adoration Tues 11.30 am-3pm
Feast Days
Mon St John Vianney
Tues Dedication of Basilica of St Mary MajorWeds The Transfiguration of Our Lord
Thurs St Cajetan, St Sixtus II, Pope
Fri St Dominic
Sat St Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein), St Nathy, St Felim
Mass Intentions Kilaveney
Tues Thomas & Margaret Kenny, & deceased family members Whitefield
Sat Asheligh Byrne O’Brien, 1st Anniversary
Sun Matty Moran, Askakeagh, 1st Anniverary
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Today’s Gospel
Luke 12:13-21
What can I bring with me?
In todays gospel, Jesus take the opportunity to make some general remarks against all kinds of greed.
A man may be wealthy he says, but his possessions do not guarantee him life. Life comes with freedom, peace and
happiness. Money cannot buy these things.
There is no evidence that rich people
enjoy more freedom, peace or happiness, although many of us are inclined to think they do and envy them.
What is my attitude to money and wealth?
If I were to die now, what could I bring with me to present to God? And what will I leave behind, apart from cash and possessions? All of us can be rich in God’s sight, and it does not require any money. Someone has said that the really rich are not those who have the most, but those whose needs are the least.
And what we need most is the ability to reach out in love, the love that builds and makes life better for others. Think of what good parents leave behind in
children, whose lives are dedicated to making this world a better place.
We need to live in communities where people look after each other.
Our Lady’s Island
Pilgrimage
We are hoping to run a bus to Our Lady’s Island on Friday 15thAugust, the opening day of the pilgrimage, if we have enough
people interested in attending.
This year, 2025 is a special year of hope and on 15th August in Our Lady’s Island, the day has been
designated a special day for the faithful to celebrate the year of hope.
If you are interested in going, please text Fiona on
086 815 7065 by 9th August
Thank you
.”The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived – not always looked forward to as though the “real” living were around the next corner.
It is today for which we are responsible.
God still owns tomorrow.”
Elisabeth Elliot
“A good friend of mine once told me that each morning when you wake up, think about winning the day.
Don’t worry about a week from now or a month from now – just think about one day at a time.
If you are worried about the mountain in the distance, you might trip over the molehill right in front of you.
Win the day!”
~ Drew Brees
“If you’re feeling alone, and your weariness has grown,
look up above, and thank God for His love.
There’s nothing you can do, to change His love for you;
hold on friend, it’s not the end.
Something beautiful will come, the clouds will part for the sun,
the skies will break for the Son, and the Father will say ‘Well done.’
But until then, until then, you’re not alone.
He can make bread from stone.
Hold on to Him, and He’ll hold on to you.
Take one day at a time, pray for faith and be kind,
and when forgetful becomes your mind, remember what He said,
‘You are mine.'”
~ Nick Vujicic
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AS YOU LEAVE THE HILL
The cloud lifts. The sky revealed
again is the usual blue.
Your eyes blink against the sun,
but the vision is gone and
all is as before it was
to the dullness of everyday sight.
The figure that shone
is Jesus again: the sun-browned skin
and the carpenter hands
and the feet, like yours, grimed with earth.
Gone the others you thought you saw.
Silent now the voice, the words
a memory like the calm
that follows strong wind.
And already Jesus has turned
and is leading back down the hill,
down to the stone and the dust
and the sorrow and sighs
of the needy and ordinary world.
But you turn once more
as you leave the hill
because you know
that something is different,
that nothing can be quite the same,
for your eyes remember
and your ears recall
and your knees will never forget
the kneeling in awe
and the lift of your heart
and the flight of something within you
whose wings this once unfolded
will never rest the same again.
The Transfiguration
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Our mission as a parish is to foster a welcoming community of faith and love, by worshiping together, receiving the sacraments and practicing charity to all. Sun 30th March 2025
Todays Gospel:
Luke 10: 38-42
Prayer and action
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things, there is need of only one thing”.
What do Jesus’ words mean to us?
Jesus’ words relating to the two
attitudes of Martha and Mary are not contradictory: listening to the word of the Lord and practical service to our neighbour. They are essential aspects of Christian life both lived out in unity and harmony.
Why then was Martha scolded in a kindly way by Jesus?
It was because she considered only what she was doing to be essential; she was too absorbed and worried by the things “to do”. She had prioritised work over listening to the Word of the Lord, like Mary was doing-at the feet of
Jesus, with the attitude of a disciple.
In our Christian life, may our prayer and action always be deeply united. A prayer that does not lead us to practical action for our brothers and sisters-the poor, the sick, those in difficulty and need– is a sterile and incomplete
prayer. St Benedict called it “ora et labora”, pray and work. Our friendship with the Lord teaches us to live and to bring God’s love and mercy to others.
A new commandment I give you.
Todays Gospel: John 13:31-35
To love as Christ Loved
The 3 main characteristics of Christ’s love were:
1. Love is sacrificial
There was no limit to Jesus’ sacrifice because there was no limit to his love for us.If we follow Jesus model of sacrificial love, we will love one another sacrificially.
2. Love is unconditional
Jesus didn’t die for us because we deserved it. Jesus’ love was absolutely unconditional. So despite our weaknesses and failings, we are called to love others unconditionally too. We need to be gentle with each other. Society is becoming so harsh and judgemental; we immediately think the worse of others, we judge, we blame, we accuse. We need to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and treat others with the same gentleness, patience and kindness that God shows us.
3. Love is practical
Love is intensely practical. Think of the hospice nurse caring for the dying patient, the mother clearing up her child’s sick in the middle of the night, the parents who sacrifice their own dreams for the sake of their children. Its all about love, sacrificial, unconditional and practical…worked out in kindness, patience, gentleness and hospitality.
CONFESSIONS
I shall hear confessions after the six pm mass on Saturday evenings
Sin exists, as is evident at every level, from individual human relationships to international wars. We all sin and, therefore, we all need forgiveness. We are not yet the saints that we are called to become through our Baptism. To ignore the reality of sin in our lives, or minimise it, can limit our ability to be in relationship with God. Servant of God, Archbishop Martinez, who was from Mexico said:
“For all sin, grave or light, large or small, wounds God’s divine heart and, since we love him, naturally we should feel great sorrow for having offended him.”
Trocaire
Trocaire
This year, Trocaire’s Lenten campaign focuses our attention on helping people whose lives are being effected negatively by climate change. Children all over the world are being denied an education because of the effects of the climate crisis says Trócaire ,as it launched its annual Trócaire Box appeal for Lent today Ash Wednesday (5th March).
More than 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024. These events included heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning challenge in developing countries where children already face barriers to education.
This year, the family featured on the Trocaire box is one from the La Paz community in Guatemala in South America. Guatemala is one of many examples of countries who have contributed least to the climate change crisis and yet who have suffered most. This is a profound injustice that Trocaire seeks our help to address this Lent.
Please support Trocaire’s Lenten campaign by clicking on the link below:
Trócaire – Together for a Just World
