Clonmacnois Parish Newsletter Sunday 3rd April 2011 – 4 Lent A Tel (090) 9674125 Fax (090) 9674267 Mass times: Shannonbridge: Weekend, 8pm (Sat), & 12 noon, Sun; Weekdays, 10am. Clonfanlough – Sunday, 10.30am Shannonbridge Masses: Each day @ 10am Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €364. Many Thanks Church Cleaners: M.Darcy, M.Murphy, M.McManus Eucharistic ministers: Group 1 Readers for next Weekend: Group 3, M.Killeen, O.Costello Altar Servers for this week: Athene, Saul, Jack Mass on next Sat eve for the late Paddy Duffy

Mass on next Sun for the late Andrew Lestrange ¨¨¨¨ Clonfanlough Mass for Lent on Thurs @ 7pm Last Sunday's Offertory collection: €213. Many Thanks Church Cleaners: M.Devery, A.Kelly Readers for next Sunday: A.Coughlan Altar Servers for next Sunday: Group 3 Eucharistic minister for next Sunday: N.Egan Mass on next Sun for Michael J. Molloy & family deceased Many thanks for your contributions to St Mel’s Cathedral Restoration Fund, which realised €730.00 Questions people ask (Fr O’Flynn-Intercom) Q. Somebody at a prayer meeting said that a person who lives a sinful life will be punished by God with all sorts of bad luck. Is that correct? A. That idea is there in the early Old Testament but it is certainly not the mind of Jesus Christ. There had been a development of doctrine in the meantime. In today’s Gospel Jesus dismissed the claim that a man’s blindness was because of sin on his own part or by his parents. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus spoke of God’s love for all people, sinner as well as saint, causing his rain to fall and sun to shine on all, without discrimination. God’s love for all his creatures is never vindictive, even when people live sinful lives. ¨¨¨¨ Scripture Reading & Prayer for Lent You are invited to join the Ursulines & other Christians @ Ard Chiaráin, Rachrabeg on Mondays during Lent, from 8-8.45pm. ¨¨¨¨ Offaly Holy Land Pilgrimage: 19 – 28th Oct 2011. Direct from Dublin, 10 days - €1,145 P.P.S. half board, including all taxes. For further info contact Fr Tom Cox, Ferbane, 090-6454309 ¨¨¨¨ Inspiring Quotes “The best inheritance parents can give their children is a few minutes of their time each day.” (Orlando A.Battista) “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have enough; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” ( F.D. Roosevelt) ¨¨¨¨ Many thanks to all who supported our Collection for ‘Daffodil Day’, which realised €1080.14. Also a big ‘thank you’ to Killeens for their hospitality in hosting the ‘Coffee Morning’. ¨¨¨¨ Ferbane GAA in association with Gallen Community School present An Evening of Fashion, in Gallen Community School, Ferbane Tuesday 12th April @ 8pm Tickets: €10.00 from committee members & various local outlets.