June 19th 2022

Clonmacnois Parish

June 19th 2022

Corpus Christi Sunday (C)

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

Email: clonmacnoiseparish@gmail.com

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 NOVENA PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART (June 16th-24th)

Lord Jesus, you have said, ‘Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you’. I come to you in faith and trust, in love and hope. Let me know your closeness to me and your care for me and all who are dear to me. My intention for this Novena is dear to me and I know that what is important to me is important to you. Hear my prayer (mention your intention); grant what I ask, and may I al- ways trust that in all that happens in life, you will be close to me as my friend, guide and saviour. And so, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

Friday 24th June - Feast of the Sacred Heart and World Day of Prayer for Priest

SATURDAY 18th JUNE - 7pm (with

some of First Communion Group present)

Monday 20th to be announced Tuesday 21st to be announced Wednesday 22nd 10am if Covid clear! Thursday 23rd 10am

Friday 24th 10am Saturday 25th 7pm

• Jimmy, Lizzie, James Joseph &

baby Joseph McManus

• Kieran Hanniffy (3rd A 28/6/19)

CLONFANLOUGH SUNDAY 19th JUNE

10:30am Mass Parish Mass (with some of the First Communion Group present)

- 3pm Funeral of Concepta Guinan Ballyhearth

SUNDAY 26th JUNE 10:30am CLUAIN CHIARAIN

Mass Wednesday, June 22nd @

7:30pm

OFFERTORY June 12th € 515 RECENT DEATHS Your prayers are requested for the soul of Michael Browne Cloughatanny, Clara (brother of Mary Devery, Clonlyon) Concepta Guinan (Ballyhearth)

Feast Days

June 23rd The Nativity of John the Baptist

June 20 th The Irish Martyrs Seven- teen Irish Martyrs, men and women,

cleric and lay, were put to death for the faith between 1579- 1654. They were beatified by Pope John Paul 11 in 1992. June 24th The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ‘Understood in the light of the scriptures, the term ‘Sacred Heart of Jesus’ denotes the entire mystery od Christ, infinite charity’

June 25th The Immaculate Heart of Mary This feast day is celebrated a day after the feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Prayer for the appointment of a new Bishop God, shepherd and guide, in your mercy, give your Church in our diocese a shepherd after your own heart who will walk in your ways, and with loving care watch over your people. Give us a leader of vision and a teacher of your truth. So may your Church be built up and your name glorified,

through Jesus Christ our Lord

er’s Day Prayer Lord, thank you for all fathers. For the new ones, who endure sleepless nights with infants in arms. For the busy ones, who juggle the pressures of home and family life. For the steadfast ones, who nurture and care for our special vulnerable children. For the patient ones, who always seek to forgive and engage with their pre-teens. For the persistent ones, who clev- erly find new ways to connect with their mini- adults. For the father uncles, who step in to cra- dle and care for nieces and nephews. For all granddads, who love and support their precious grandchildren. For the foster dads that are called to gather and cover the fragile ones. For the Sun- day dads who care for our children and lead them in faith. For the dads who give far beyond their own resources, who overcome disability to cher- ish and love. Thank you Lord for all our beautiful fathers. Help us to support them and keep them in our prayers. May you bless them now on this their special day. Amen.

THE RALLY FOR LIFE IS BACK - Assemble 1.30pm at Parnell Square, Dublin 1 on Saturday 2nd July. We really need all the help in getting the message out. Bus to Rally for Life, Saturday 2nd July, from Roscommon via Athlone and Kilbeggan. Fare €20. Contact Siobhan 083 0254 809.

Knock Pilgrimage - takes place in Knock Shrine on Sunday Sept 4th at 2.30 p.m. Clonmacnois Pattern Day - takes place on Sunday Sept 11t h

COVID Well Covid got me (Tom Cox)!. Thanks to Frs PJ Fitzpatrick & Pat Brown for Covering Masses for me. 

CORPUS CHRISTI

‘I am the living bread which has come down from heaven’ ‘Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the Living Heart of each of our par- ishes’ (St. Paul VI). This is a wonder- filled feast charged with warm memo- ries of colourful processions through streets festooned with papal flags, tri- colours, and all manner of bunting, and lined with little altars, laden with holy pictures, statues and candles in salute to the Sacrament Most Holy. Let us remember with gratitude on this day all those who have preserved this treasure for us through days of persecution and days of prosperity. They have left us a monument more lasting than bronze. Pope Benedict made this appeal to parents on this feast a few years ago: ‘Please go with your children to Church. This is not time lost. Sunday becomes more beautiful, the whole week becomes more beautiful when you go to Sunday Mass together.’ ‘The moment we separate our lives from the Eucharist something breaks’. (Mother Teresa).

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The feast of Corpus Christi originated in Belgium in the year 1246 when Robert of Torote, bishop of Liége cele- brated it in his diocese. In 1264 Pope Urban IV decreed that the feast be cel- ebrated in the Church worldwide

DOON/SHANNONBRIDGE GAA LOTTERY Draw 13/6/22 Numbers drawn 18-24-29-31 No winner. No Match 3. €400 added. Jackpot now €7,800

BIG LINE UP FOR CONCERT IN MOORE HALL Eleanor Shanley, John Feeley, Mike Hanrahan (Stocktons Wing) & Garadice will perform in concert in Moore Hall on Saturday, June 25th at 8:30pm. Tickets for the con- cert @ €12 can be purchased online via: https:// buytickets.at/moorecommunityhall and from Moore Com- munity Office 090-9673538; tickets will, also, be available at the door on the night. A great night's entertainment is promised.

Are you living in Ireland undocumented? Undocument- ed people can apply for a legal status now. Applications for the new government undocumented scheme are open until 31 July. To check your eligibility and get support to apply, visit the Migrants Rights Centre Ireland website: www.mrci.ie or contact 083-0755387.

LOUGH DERG welcomes Pilgrims again with a full Pil- grimage programme this summer. Three Day Pilgrimages continues until 15th August. Booking advised. Concessions available for students, seniors and groups. One Day Re- treats and guided Pilgrim Path experience: dates in May and late August through September. Booking essential. All booking information at www.loughderg.org, email in- fo@loughderg.org or telephone 071 9861518. Lough Derg, Pettigo, Co Donegal, F94 N289

A PRAYER FOR UKRAINE O Lord, God of life, as you care for all creation, give us your peace. May our secu- rity come not from weapons, but from respect. May our strength come not from violence, but from love. May our own wealth come not from money, but from sharing. May our path be not one of ambition, but of justice. May our victory not be one of revenge, but of forgiveness. Unarmed and confident, help us to defend the dignity of all creation. Sharing today and always the bread of solidarity and peace. Amen.

BIRR THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE: Thursday 23 June @ 3pm sees Birr Theatre & Arts Centre press play on the comedy film THE DUKE! Based on a true story starring Jim Broadbent & Helen Mirren- a theft of a painting, de- manding better care for elderly and keeping together a marriage! One not to be missed. www.birrtheatre.com

MINISTRIES

Readers: 25/6/22 @7pm Kieran O'Connor(SB)/ 26/6/22 Declan McEvoy (Cf) Communion Martha Murphy 25/6/22 (7pm SB) Mary Kelly 26/6/22 (10:30am Clon- fanlough) Church Care Marian McManus, Catherina Slattery, Ann CorbettSB:LeanneQuinn/Breda Maleney(CF)

AD MULTOS ANNOS (literally “for many more years”) is the traditional Latin greeting often extended to priests on their Jubilee. All the more so to our former PP Fr. O’Hanlon on 60years of priesthood, 20 of them in our par- ish. Congratulations to Fr. O’Hanlon and thank you