15-06-2008 Newsletter

BUNCLODY MASS INTENTIONS     

Eucharistic Adoration

..takes place in The Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Bunclody every Monday from 9.30am. to 8.00pm.

Prayer for Exams

"O God of Wisdom, I thank you for the knowledge gained and the learning experiences I have received these past number of years. I come to you this day and I ask you to illuminate my mind and heart. Let your Holy Spirit be with me as I prepare for exams, guiding my studies, and giving me insight so that I can perform to the best of my ability. Please grant me the strength to handle the pressure of these final days, the confidence to feel secure in my knowledge, and the ability to keep an appropriate perspective through it all. Help me to keep in mind what is truly important, even as I focus my time and energy on these tests in the immediate future.

Bunclody Library presents

..Tradition with a twist St. John’s Eve Festivities. You are invited to an evening of celebration on Thursday19th June 2008 at 7pm. Music, Storytelling, Refreshments.

This evening will include participants from all walks of Bunclody, giving a flavour of the international community living here.

Kilmyshall Church Notes

• Saturday 14th 8pm. Nancy Murphy.
• Sunday 15th 10.30am James Farrell.
• Monday 16th No Mass In Kilmyshall
• Tuesday 17th Mass at 7.30am
• Saturday 21st 8pm. Hugh & Mary Byrne and deceased members of the Byrne family .in Kilmyshall.

THANK YOU

..to Patrick Murphy & Jim Murphy for their work in preparing and fixing the Plaque in memory of Fr, Quiegly & Fr. Kelly.

First Mass in Kilmyshall

On Sunday July 13th, Fr. Harold Bumann, will celebrate his first Mass in Kilmyshall Church, at 7.30pm. The church choir are preparing for this, and will hold several nights of practice shortly. If you have been a member of the choir over the years or would like to join the choir to sing the mass hymns Fr. Has chosen, please join us at these practises . First practise on Friday night 20th at 7.30pm. Watch this space for further information about times.

Kilmyshall National School

Track suits are now available in Matt Mernagh’s Price €39.99.

Kilmyshall Parents Council

..are holding an Ice Cream Sunday in aid of Downs Syndrome Ireland in St. Aidan’s Hall, Irish Street, Bunclody on Monday 16th. June from 10.00am. to 12.00 noon. Please come along and support this worthy cause.

Please Note:

..the Parents Council are holding a road awareness day at Kilmyshall N/S on Monday 30th June at 10am.

St. Vincent de Paul

(St Theresa’s Conference) will take place on Thursday 19th., in the Parish Office at 8.30pm.

Carrigduff Residents association

The A.G.M. of the Carrigduff Residents association will be held in the Millrace Hotel on Tuesday 17th June, at 8pm. All residents are invited to attend.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Mobile Unit

will visit the Millrace Hotel in Bunclody on Wednesday 18th June, 2008. From 4.30pm to 9pm. We would like to encourage people to donate blood especially young people who have not considered doing so before.

Whist Drive

In St. Aidan’s Hall every Monday night at 8.30pm. Sponsorship Welcome.

A House/apartment needed

..with at least two bedrooms to rent for a month 21st. July to 14th. August incl. Locals home from Australia. Contact No: 087 9457387 or 053 - 9377786.

Dog Grooming Bunclody

Ring Trish @ 087 6629901

Coiste na nóg

A reminder to parents for the Summer Camps in July, for hurling and Soccer. For Applications contact the National Schools & the G.A.A. Office.

Rehab Foundation

The Annual church Gate Collection in aid of the Rehab Foundation take place on Sat/Sun 14/15th June. Rehab are providing training for people with special needs through our many services being provided throughout County Wexford. The Church Gate Collection is one of our principal means of raising

Prayer for Priests

"You came from among us to be, for us, one who serves. We thank you for ministering Christ to us and helping us minister Christ to each other. We are grateful for the many gifts you bring to our community: for drawing us together in worship, for visiting us in our homes, for comforting us in sickness, for showing us compassion, for blessing our marriage, for baptising our children, for confirming us in our calling, for supporting us in bereavement, for helping us to grow in faith, for encouraging us to take the initiative, for helping the whole community realise God’s presence among us.

For our part, we pray that we may always be attentive to your needs and never take you or others for granted. You, like us, need friendship and love, welcome and a sense of belonging, kind words and acts of thoughtfulness. We pray, also, for the priests who have wounded priesthood. May we be willing to forgive and may they be open to healing. Let us support one another during times of crisis.

God our Father, we ask you to bless our Priests and to confirm them in their calling. Give them the gifts they need to respond with generosity and a joyful heart. We offer this prayer for our priest, Who is our brother and friend, Amen.

The Deep end • Lost in Translation

Today's Second Reading (Rom 5:6-11) carries three terrible words, at least in the NRSV Catholic Edition. They are:'wrath of God' (v.9). what image of God do those words conjure up: the Fuming Father, the Dour Deity, or the Spiteful Spirit? It may be just a human way of speaking about God, yet it refers to something real that we need to be saved from - or so it seems. And we need God's Son to save us from it. Are we to believe then that an angry God demands the agonizing death of his beloved Son to quench his anger? I hope not.

So what of the wrath that Paul speaks of? An interesting little footnote in the NRSV about these three woeful words tells us that the Greek has 'the wrath'. The 'of God' bit is not there. For me, that puts quite a different complexion on Rom 5:9.

The wrath now is the built-in consequence of greed, violence, corruption and godlessness. It is humanity's self-inflicted wrath - avoidable if we but acknowledge the light of Christ and live in it. It's not the wrath of an irate God blasting humankind into oblivion. It's the disaster people bring on themselves by their godlessness.

A loving Father sent his Son into this godlessness in spite of what would happen to him, not so that it would happen. His blood justifies us; that symbol of his loving faithfulness to his Father. Only a similar faithfulness in ourselves will save us from 'the wrath'. Or, should the be 'our wrath'?

Please Note:

All items for the Newsletter must be in before Lunchtime on Wednesday.

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