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Carmelite Pilgrimage to

Knock

Sunday 20th July2008 Coach leaves Termonbacca 7.30pm with pick up point at The Melmount Centre Strabane at 8.15am. Returning to Derry at approx 11pm. Return Coach, snack on the way down and evening meal. Fare £35.or 45 Euro. For futher information, Tel. Termonbacca 71262512. during office hours only.

 

Sunday 13th July 2008

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parish Missal Readings (Year 1) p 315 & Proper p 1070

First Reading Isaiah 55: 10 - 11
The word that comes from my mouth, says the Lord, does not return to me empty.

Second Reading Romans 8: 18 - 23
What we suffer in this life can never be compared to the glory which is waiting for us.

Gospel Matthew 13: 1 - 23
Some seed fell on rich soil and produced a rich crop.

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Sunday 13th July 2008

What kind of people are we?

“Other (seed) fell on rich soil and produced their crop”. We have all kinds of choices to make in the course of a lifetime. Probably the most significant one is the kind of person we want to be in relation to God and to one another. This is not predetermined as we can let ourselves be changed through the way we listen to God’s Word and how we listen and are transformed by those close to us. We are shaped right through life by what/who we are listening to. If we listen to the world around us we will put ourselves at the centre of our own world. If we listen to God’s Word we will put God and those we love at the centre. The first way leads to loneliness and isolation. The second way leads to fulfilment. Each of us can produce a lot of good for our world but only if we are living a life of love of God and love of one another in our homes and families and in our community of faith.

Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.

 

Sunday Masses:

Vigil Saturday: 6pm

Sunday: 9am 11am

Masses during the Week

Monday - Friday 9.30am Saturday: 10am.

Confessions: Saturday 10.30 -11am and after the 6pm Vigil Mass

Baptism: 12noon Sunday. Contact Parochial House.

 

Recent Weddings.

Congratulations to Michelle Doherty and Jonathan Dougherty who were married in St Mary’s on 28th June.

Congratulations to Laura Coyle and Karl O Doherty who were married in St Mary’s on 4th July.