FEAST OF THE
ASCENSION.
MORNING OF HEALING PRAYER
2nd THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
Next Thursday is the 2ND Thursday of the Month and on that day we will have a morning of healing Prayer..
This time of prayer will commence at 9.00 a.m. with a period of Eucharistic Adoration including an opportunity to receive a personal blessing.
It will conclude with Mass commencing at 10.00 a.m. The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick will be celebrated during this Mass.
‘ALL WEATHER PLAYING PITCH
This project is one of the jewels in the crown for the present phase of the renewal of the area.
Limerick Regeneration Agencies are now looking to put in place a strong and committed management group to support this new project, through this important phase. 4/6 places on this Committee will be reserved for local residents and LRA the Residents forum are anxious to have a representative spread throughout the entire parish community of Our Lady of Lourdes.
A meeting will be held on Monday, 20th June, 2011 @ 4.30 p.m., in Our Lady of Lourdes Community Centre, to discuss this further. If you have an interest in coming onto the Committee, please come along.
INKLINGS
Those who worship God from fear, would worship the devil too if he appear. (English proverb)
Those who live in the love of the Lord never see each other for the last time. (German proverb)
To weep is to make less the depth of grief. (William Shakespear)
You can’t be the salt of the earth without smarting someone. (Anon)
When a man has compassion for others, God has compassion for him. (Talmud)
Every man should keep a fair sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. (Henry Ward Beecher)
Friendship is the marriage of the soul. (French proverb)
Riches are not forbidden but pride in them is. (St. John Chrysostom)
BRAINBOX’S PERFECT QUIZ
1. In what year and by who was the Free Presbyterian Church formed?
2. How many mysteries are remembered in the prayer of the total rosary?
3. How many pairs of ribs do humans have?
4. How did Jesus address his Father in Prayer, was it (a) Abba. (b) Yahweh. (c) Lord?
5. Name the Japanese art of miniature plant cultivation?
BRAINWAVE FOR THIS WEEK
“I am with You”
POPE JOHN XXIII: ON THIS DAY 3rd June
Pope John XXIII’s personal warmth, good humour and kindness captured the world’s affections. He was born ‘Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli’ in Sotto il Monte, Province of Bergamo, Italy. His family were poor sharecroppers. He was ordained in 1904. In 1953, he was appointed as the Patriarch of Venice. After the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, he was elected Pope, to his great surprise. He had arrived in the Vatican with a return train ticket to Venice. He summoned the Second Vatican Council. At the age of 81 he died at 7:49 p.m. on this day in 1963. He was Pope for four years and seven months.
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
(1). In 1951 by Ian Paisley. (2) 20. (3) 12: 7 pairs attached to the sternum and 5 false pairs. (4) Abba. (5) Bonsai.
PARISH CLERGY
Rev. Damian Ryan P.P.
‘Lourdes House’, Childers’ Road, Limerick.
Phone/fax: 061-301047,
Mobile 087-2274412.
Email: 4dlord@eircom.net
CURA 318207
CONFESSIONS
Confessions are available on
Saturday evenings of the Second and Fourth Sunday of the Month
after the 6.00 p.m. Mass.
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