This
was the last bulletin produced by Father
Michael Lynch before his death on 2 July 2004.
BULLETIN
27
JUNE 2004
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 3
SUNDAY
MASSES
The Saturday Vigil Mass is at 5.30 pm. Sunday Masses are at 10.00 am,
12.00 noon and 6.30 pm.
WEEKDAY MASSES
Masses during the week are
at 10.00 am and 7.00 pm on Monday and Tuesday. Thank you for your presence at
the Mass which you have requested.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday |
Joe Slavin
John Scollen Patrick Burns Collette McKibben Ella Nolan Special Intention |
Parish |
THIS WEEK'S FEASTS
Monday Tuesday Wednesday |
Saint
Irenaeus Saints Peter and Paul. This is a Holiday of Obligation. The Vigil Mass is on Monday at 7.00 pm. On Tuesday, Masses are at 10.00 am and 7.00 pm. Saint Thomas |
PARISH
CENTRE EVENTS
Sunday
27 June | 11.00
am |
Tea and Coffee after Mass |
Monday
28 June | 7.00
pm 7.00 to 8.00 pm |
Saint
Vincent de Paul Society
|
Tuesday
29 June |
2.00 pm |
Ignatian Prayer Group
|
EXPOSITION
OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
on Thursday from 10.45 am to 5.00 pm.
PETER'S PENCE
There will be
a special collection at all Masses this weekend for Peter's Pence.
FUNERALS
Families are reminded of the need to consult the Church before the funeral director.
CHILDREN'S
LITURGY
There will be no Children's Liturgy during the summer holiday. It
will resume in September. Many thanks to all those who helped with the children
over the past year.
PRO-LIFE
TIMES
Copies of Pro-Life Times will be available in the porch next weekend.
Please take on home with you.
SICK OR HOUSEBOUND
Please let me know if you or any of your family or friends are sick or housebound.
PARISH CENTRE
Saint Peter's Parish Centre is available for various functions including weddings,
christenings, funerals, coffee mornings, social evenings, birthdays, anniversavies,
engagements, conferences and so on. For further information, contact the Centre
Manager.
VOLUNTEERS
Saint Peter's Parish is very fortunate in the many fruitful ministries and activities
organised by its members, young and not so young. I would like to thank all those
who give of their time and talent on a regular basis building up our community.
Perhaps other parishioners might consider helping with their worthwhile talents,
for example, Sunday teas, Children's Liturgy, sacristan, reader, visiting the
sick or lonely, working with young people and so on.
IS
IT A SIN TO MISS MASS ON SUNDAY?
To miss Sunday Mass without a reasonable
excuse may reveal a disregard for the commandment to keep the Lord's day holy,
a lack of appreciation of the sacred Eucharist, disobedience to the law of the
Church or a failure to join with Christian community in worship. To fail in any
of these areas shows how one is falling short of a full response to God's majesty
and goodness. Any such failure should be regarded as sinful. Father
Silvester O'Flynn, OFM Cap
AS
OURSELVES
The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbour as ourselves
- we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves.
We are tolerant towards others when we tolerate ourselves.
We forgive
others when we forgive ourselves. It is not love of self but hatred of self which
is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.
Forgive
what others have done to you. |
Anything
is possible for someone who has faith. |
When
you do good deeds, don't try to show off. |
It
is better to trip over your feet than your tongue. |
Don't
just sit there - do something. |
READINGS
The readings for this weekend's Masses are shown below in English. They are available
in eleven other languages
including French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish by clicking on
this link.
A
Reading from the First Book of Kings
The
Lord said to Elijah: "Go, you are to anoint Elisha son of Shaphat as he was
ploughing behind twelve yoke of oxen, he himself being with the twelfth. Elijah
passed near to him and threw his cloak over him. Elisha left his oxen and ran
after Elijah. "Let me kiss my father and mother, then I will follow you"
he said. Elijah answered, "Go, go back; for have I done anything to you?"
Elisha turned away, took the pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He used the plough
for cooking the oxen, then gave to his men, who ate. He then rose, and followed
Elijah, and became his servant.
A
Reading from the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Galatians
When Christ freed
us, he meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again
to the yoke of slavery. My brothers, you were called, as you know, to liberty;
but be careful, or this liberty will provide an opening for self-indulgence. Serve
one another, rather, in works of love, since the whole of the Law is summarised
in a single command: Love your neighbour as yourself. If you go snapping at each
other and tearing each other to pieces, you had better watch or you will destroy
the whole community. Let me put it like this: if you are guided by the Spirit
you will be in no danger of yielding to self-indulgence, since self-indulgence
is the opposite of the Spirit; the Spirit is totally against such a thing, and
it is precisely because the two are so opposed that you do not always carry out
your good intentions. If you are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you.
A
Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke
As the time drew near for him
to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely took the road for Jerusalem and sent
messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village
to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive him because he
was making for Jerusalem. Seeing this, the disciples James and John said, "Lord,
do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?" But he turned
and rebuked them, and they went off to another village. As they travelled along
they met a man on the road who said to him, "I will follow you wherever you
go." Jesus answered, "Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have
nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." Another to whom he
said, "Follow me," replied, "Let me go and bury my father first."
But he answered "Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and
spread the new of the kingdom of God" Another said, "I will follow you,
sir, but first let me go and say goodbye to my people at home." Jesus said
to him, "Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit
for the kingdom of God.".