SHANNONBRIDGE
Sat 4th Jan 7:00p.m. Paul Kelly (6th A)
Monday, 6th January - Epiphany of the Lord
11:30a.m. Requiem Mass for Christeen Reynolds
Tuesday, 7th January - St Raymond of Penyafort 10a.m. Mass
Wednesday 8th January 10a.m. Mass
Thursday, 9th January 10a.m. Mass
Friday, 10th January 10a.m. Mass
Saturday, 11th January 7:00p.m.
Michael & Stephen Shrahan (Anniv)
CLONFANLOUGH.
Sun 5th Jan 10:30a.m. Mass for Peoples Intentions (Missa Pro Populo)
Sunday, 12th January - Baptism of the Lord 10:30a.m.
Earl & Peetie Kelly & Dec’d members of the Earls and Kelly families
RECENT DEAT HS Please pray for the soul of Christeen Reynolds 3 Hopson Lane, Ballinasloe & Shannonbridge and Josie Molloy (Cloghan) and Mike Yates (Clononey) who died recently. May they rest in peace
CLUAIN CHIARAIN Jan 8th 7.30pm
COLLECTIONS: Offertory Dec 28/29th €452 Shrine €33
CHRISTMAS DUES: The dues collection that support priest incomes are taken up 6 times a year. We use the striped envelope in the box of envelopes for the Dues and we encourage people who are not using their Parish envelopes to put their contribution in an ordinary envelope and to please put your name and address on the outside, so that we can record your contribution, and return it to the Church as your earliest convenience. Some people choose to pay their contribution on a yearly basis, or by Direct Debit. If you have any queries, please contact me or via the Parish Office on (090) 9674125
Hymns Hark, The Herald Angels Sing Hark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled. Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With the angels host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem Hark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King.
Silent Night Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and Child. Holy Infant, so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.
Adeste Fideles Adeste fideles, laeti triumphantes; Venite, venite in Bethlehem; Natum videte regem Angelorum; Venite adoremus, venite adoremus‟ Venite adoremus Dominum!
SECOND SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS Today we hear the beautiful prologue to John’s Gospel. It would be worth finding the time to meditate on these verses during the week. We read in this prologue that not one thing came to be without God. Do we really see God at the centre of all things? If we truly believe in the incarnation, let us be alert and awake to the incarnation of God every day in our lives; Christ present in all people, in every created thing, for God is fully at work in creation at every stage, then, now and forever. For creation and incarnation are not different events, but the same event, the same process.
‘God is always incarnate, always bound to the world as its lover, as close to it, as we are to our own bodies, and concerned before all else to see that the body, God’s world, flourishes.’
OFFERTORY ENVELOPES Planned Giving Envelopes Currently new boxes of envelopes for 2020 are available to those who use them. We thank our Parish Representatives who distribute these New boxes become effective on 5th January 2020.
PARISH CALENDARS at Church porches and you are welcome to take a copy home
DOON / SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTO - The winning numbers in last week’s lotto draw were 1, 3, 13, 14. No jackpot winner. Four match 3 winners. This week’s jackpot is DOON / SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTO - The winning numbers in last week’s lotto draw were 1, 3, 13, 14. No jackpot winner. Four match 3 winners. This week’s jackpot is €12,400 and the draw will be held in Doon on Monday 6th January.
SHANNONBRIDGE VIGIL MASS - Moves to 7pm from Saturday 4th January 2020 onwards.
SHANNONBRIDGE FITNESS CLASSES classes will be starting back on Tuesday the 7th of January at 8.15pm classes will run for 45 mins and cost €5, hoping to see you all back after the festive season to give it a good run until the summer!!
LOURDES COLLECTION As before our annual Collection for our May Diocesan pilgrimage to help assisted pilgrims will be taken up as a second collection after Communion in both Churches on Jan 11/12th 2020
A WAY FORWARD! I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year ‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’ And he replied, ‘Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way!’ So I went forth &finding the Hand of God Trod gladly into the night.He led me towards the hills And the breaking of day in the east. [Minnie Louise Haskins 1875-1957]
MINISTRIES
Shanonbridge:Sat 11th January @7:00 p.m.
Server Grp 4 Charlotte C, Isobel C, Rian C, Shane K. Reader: Dympna O’Carroll
E.M. Dympna Fitzpatrick
Ch Care Martha Murphy, Marie McManus
Clonfanlough:Sun 12th Jan @10:30am
Server Grp 1 Rory D, Grace D, Kate McC
Reader: Maura Molloy
Euch Min.:Bridie Coughlan
Church Care– Jan Mary Guinan/ Anne Guinan
The Work of Christmas. When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and the princess are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the bridges, To bring peace among brothers and sisters , To make music in the heart. The music of hope and healing and happiness.
A Prayer for Faith in the New Year. Lord, even though I woke up with the same troubles I had yesterday, I know there is great power in my choices. So today, dear God, once again, I choose to listen for your voice above everything else. Forgive me for not trusting you enough. Forgive me for spinning my wheels and trying to work everything out all on my own. Help me to truly let go of what you have asked me to release to you and to believe that you’re at work in ways I can’t fully see.
NEW YEAR To leave the old with a burst of song; To recall the right and forgive the wrong; To forget the things that bind you fast To the vain regrets of the year that’s past; To have the strength to let go your hold Of the not worth while of the days grown old; To dare go forth with a purpose true, To the unknown task of the year that’s new; To help your brother along the road, To do his work and lift his load; To add your gift to the world’s good cheer, Is to have and to give a Happy New Year. ~ Author Unknown
BAPTISM OF THE LORD Next Sunday is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. All babies who were baptised over the past year along with their parents are invited to join us for the Masses in Shannonbridge (Sat 7pm) and Clonfanlough(Sunday 10:30am) next weekend to receive a special blessing in thanksgiving for the gift of new life and the enrichment of family life. If you know of families that were so blessed, please inform them of this invitation for next Sunday
The Year Ahead
May God make your year a happy one!
Not by shielding us from all sorrows and pain
But by strengthening us to bear it, as it comes;
Not by making our path easy,
But by making us sturdy to travel any path;
Not by taking hardships from us,
But by taking fear from our heart;
Not by granting us unbroken sunshine,
But by keeping our face bright, even in the shadows;
Not by making our life always pleasant,
But by showing us when people and their causes need us most,
and by making us anxious to be there to help.
God's love, peace, hope and joy to us for the year ahead.
Not by shielding us from all sorrows and pain
But by strengthening us to bear it, as it comes;
Not by making our path easy,
But by making us sturdy to travel any path;
Not by taking hardships from us,
But by taking fear from our heart;
Not by granting us unbroken sunshine,
But by keeping our face bright, even in the shadows;
Not by making our life always pleasant,
But by showing us when people and their causes need us most,
and by making us anxious to be there to help.
God's love, peace, hope and joy to us for the year ahead.
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