Clonmacnois Parish

February 14th 2021

Day of Prayer for Temperance

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fr. Tom Cox (Adm) Tel. 090 9674125/  0868319500 

Email: clonmacnoiseparish@gmail.com

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ALL MASSES ONLINE—LEVEL 5
Saturday 13th February 7p.m. Joan Farrelly (Months Memory)
Sunday 14th February 10:30a.m. Mass Joe (25/12/76)  & Kathleen Mahon (16/2/76) & Gregg
Mon 15th Feb 10am Mass Emma Martin 39th Anniv. (Mass of the Angels)
Tues 16th Feb 10am Mass & 8p.m. Stations of the Cross/ Ash Wed Vigil Service
Wed 17th Feb 10am MassAsh Wed
Day of Fast & Abstinence
Thurs 18th Feb 10am Mass
Fri 19th Feb 10am  Mass Worldwide Day of Prayer for Survivors & Victims of Sexual Abuse
Sat. 20th Feb. 7pm. Vigil 1st Sun. of Lent
Sun. 21st Feb 10:30am 1st Sun. of Lent
ADORATION Shannonbridge 12-6p.m.
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FATHER MATTHEWS’ PRAYER
Apostle of Temperance Father Mathew (1790-1856) was a Capuchin friar from Tipperary whose 19thcentury crusade against the abuse of alcohol gained him the title of “Apostle of Temperance”. Father Mathew’s call to sobriety has relevance to modern Ireland. The cost to
the nation by way of, human suffering, abstention from work, criminality and social upheaval is inestimable. Compassionate  Lord and Saviour, you inspired the Capuchin Friar Theobald Mathew to show your compassionate face to those addicted and burdened by the abuse of alcohol or addicted behaviour, and to promote temperance. May we today, continue to serve our brothers and sisters with love and joy, And to foster balance, and moderation in our life styles with the help of God. So, we pray, “here goes in the name of God.” Amen
 
SIXTH  SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
‘Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him’
A recent television documentary on the heroic men and women who are working on the front line in our hospitals in the battle against Covid-19 revealed in a striking way that compassion costs. It always does. In today’s Gospel Jesus reaches out in tender compassion to touch a leper. In doing what He did, He was crossing a significant boundary and breaking every law, taboo and convention of His day. The leper was the most miserable outcast in  Jewish society. He/she had to live away from the community, wear a bell and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean’. To touch a leper made oneself unclean. The judgement of Jesus does not follow society’s standards, however. He understood how it felt to be rejected, to feel unwanted, to find no room at the inn and so, an untouchable one is touched, an outsider is brought in, an excluded one is made to feel welcome, a suffering human being is healed in body and spirit. No life, however broken or rejected is beyond God’s reach. Today, as in every generation, there are ‘untouchables’ in our world, people on the edge, the least, the lost, the last. The leper represents those whom society considers to be flawed. Our challenge is to do as Jesus did; to notice and be courageous enough to step out to bring inclusion where there is exclusion so that no brother or sister has to carry the cross alone. Jesus’ ministry of compassion cost Him. It will cost us too.
 
 ASH WEDNESDAY PRAYER  Dearest Lord, help me to honour this day with the ashes on my forehead. They help me remember where I have come from and where I am going. May I acknowledge to you my sins & my deep need for your loving forgiveness & grace. I pray that this Lenten season will make me so much more aware of how much I need your healing in my life. I know how much you love me. It’s hard for me to feel it sometimes, but I know your love is always with me. Help me to use your love as a way to persevere in my Lenten intentions. I am weak, but I know with your help, I can use these small sacrifices in my life to draw closer to you
 LIVING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH- Lenten Conversations’. Knock Shrine, Thursdays of Lent, chaired by Fr. Eamonn Conway, DD, Professor of Theology at Mary Immaculate College. Topic for Thursday 18th February: ‘Living Christian Faith in the Family’.
www.knockshrine.ie/watch-live or on
Facebook @knockshrine.
SHANNONBRIDGE GAA  Lotto Results 8th Feb 2021  9-11-14-29. Two match three and no jackpot winner  Next weeks jackpot is a whopping €8,000!
Mobile Foot Health Practitioner Service - House Calls Available Daytime and Evening. Contact Maura at 086-8053671 to arrange an appointment.                                                  CLONMACNOIS NS ENROLMENT  2021/2022-we are now enrolling for September 2021.To request an enrolment form please email the school at  clonmacnoisns.ias@eircom.net with your details  
LENTEN THOUGHT: What to give up for Lent 2021 ? May Grumbling, Irritability, Cynicism, Apathy, Hostility and Negativity among other things we might consider giving up. There is room for taking up during Lent - Kindness, Encouragement, Graciousness, Patience, Tenderness, Selflessness-ah! There is so much we could take up that could make a real difference, lengthen our days & shorten the Lent.( Fr. Vincent Sherlock)
LENT TEXTS If you would like a  daily thought sent to you by text message. A little prompt on your phone to pause each day during this Lenten Journey. Text your number to me 086 8319500 to sign up. I formed a Bulletin Mailing List last March in early Pandemic & if anyone wants to be added or deleted let me know!! No hassle!
 ASH WEDNESDAY This coming week begins the Holy time of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Sadly there will be no public Mass or distribution of Ashes this year—another “Lenten Sacrifice” in this year of many sacrifices. It could be true to say we are all “doing Lent” since last St. Patrick’s Day. The Liturgy Committee for the Diocese have prepared a Lenten Pack  “Our Journey through Lent” for people to take home with them from Ash Wednesday. We ask you to place the ashes contained in a container and add some water (some recommend oil) before placing them with a sign of the cross on your forehead. Packets of ashes are limited so we ask you to take only one packet per household. 
Pack to include:
1 A small envelope with Blessed Ashes from the morning Mass on Ash Wednesday. On the Envelope will be printed a short ritual for the home.   2. A folded leaflet, with the Stations of the Cross, using images and short text   3. A Postcard with the Breastplate of St. Patrick, people would be invited to send this to neighbours in Nursing Homes, or Isolating at  home.  4. A ‘Journeying Through Lent’ Sheet: This would mention the elements of Lent, and give suggestions for prayer.  5. A card with prayers for Children preparing for the sacraments this year.   6. These would be placed in white envelopes, label on the outside: 'Our Journey Through Lent' These packs will be available from Ash Wednesday.
We always associate Lent with the Trocaire Box. Please take home your Trocaire box with your Lenten Pack also.
I hope to also provide a printable sheet for Lectio Divina (means  Prayerful Reading) for the Sundays of Lent
Prayer for Lent
Loving God, as the season of Lent unfolds, you call us to return again and again. As you invite us to reflect on your love made visible in the person of Jesus, align our lives more closely with you through prayer, fasting and generous giving. Bless our desire to accompany Jesus’ suffering here and now in the crucified people of our world. With your grace, may we live Lent fully and move with transformed hearts into the abundant life of Easter morning. Amen.
Prayer on St. Valentine’s Day
 Loving Father, I pray for an open heart and mind, so that I may recognise and be grateful for all the love in my life. I pray that I might find a new sense of wholeness, joy and peace in your love. Remove all obstacles so that I may grow in love throughout my life. Give me the grace to trust in your loving plan for me, so that whatever my circumstances over the course of my life, I may know that I am not alone, that I am loved by You, my Loving Father, who is full of tenderness, mercy and compassion. Amen.