The Eclipse of God Leads to a Loss of the Sense of Sin.

The Eclipse of God Leads to a Loss of the Sense of Sin.

 

The word “sin” is not accepted by many, for it presupposes a religious vision of the world and of man. In effect this is correct: If we eliminate God from the horizon of the world, we cannot speak of sin. Just as when the sun is hidden the shadows disappear and the shadows appear only if the sun is there, so too the eclipse of God necessarily brings the eclipse of sin.

God’s response to moral evil is to oppose sin and save the sinner. God does not tolerate evil because he is Love, Justice, Fidelity; and it is precisely because of this that he does not wish the death of the sinner, but desires that the sinner convert and live. God intervenes to save humanity,this is why God sent his Son into the world: to free men from the rule of Satan, “origin and cause of every sin.”

 

Pope Benedict 1st Sunday of Lent 2011

OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH NOTES 31st JULY 2011

18^th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 

 

TROCAIRE’S

EAST AFRICAN APPEAL

THANK YOU  FOR      

€4,018.00

PROLIFE CROSSROADS WALKERS

TO VISIT THE PARISH

THIS WEEKEND

AT ALL MASSES

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Friday next 9.00 a.m.

to before Mass at 10.00 a.m.

PARISH MONTH’S MIND

Next Friday at 7.00 p.m. the Parish request your presence at the Parish Month’s Mind. If you have a relative or friend who has died anywhere in the last month and you would like them to be included in the Parish Month’s Mind, please give in their name in the Sacristy after this Mass and we will be glad to include them in our Parish Month’s Mind’s prayers.

BACKING A LOSER!

An archaeologist was digging in the Negev Desert in Israel and came upon a casket containing a mummy, a rather rare occurrence in Israel, to say the least. After examining it, he called Abe, the curator of the Israel museum in Jerusalem.

“I’ve just discovered a 3,000 year old mummy of a man who died of heart failure!” the excited scientist exclaimed. Abe replied, “Bring him in. We’ll check it out.

A week later, the amazed Abe called the archaeologist. “You were right about both the mummy’s age and cause of death. How in the world did you know?”

“Easy. There was a piece of paper in his hand that said, ‘100,000 Shekels on Goliath’.”

INKLINGS

The Hunger for Love is much more difficult to satisfy than the hunger for bread.

(Mother Teresa)

He who is dying of hunger must be loved and fed, not taught.

(St. Thomas Aquinas)

What’s in a person’s heart, good or evil, with the passage of time will appear on their face. (D. Ryan)

Belief is a truth held in the mind. Faith is a fire in the heart. (Joseph Newton)

Comfort comes as a guest, Lingers to become a host. Then stays to enslave. (Lee Bickmore)

Some men have their first pound The man who is really rich is the one who still has his first friend! (Anon)

The formula for contentment is: be the first to give a friendly sign, nod first, smile first, speak first, and if such a thing is necessary forgive first. (D. J. M. Ryan)

The works of God is love made visible. (Anon)

 

BRAINBOX’S PERFECT QUIZ

1. How many times did Sean Connery play James Bond?

2. Name two of the Sorrowful Mysteries in the Rosary?

3. What Chinese dish literally means “bit and pieces”?

4. What are the essential words pronounced over the one being baptised?

5. Roughly what percentage of the population is left-handed: 4% 9%, 14%, 19%, 24%?

BRAINWAVE FOR

THIS WEEK

 “LISTEN,

THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIFE”

 

 

ON THIS DAY 31^st JULY

 

On this day in 1498 Christopher Columbus discovered an island which he called “La Isla de la Trinidad” (“The Island of the Trinity”), fulfilling a vow he had made before setting out on his third voyage of exploration. This island is known as Trinidad to this day.

 

 

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

 (1) Seven times (2) The agony in the garden, the scourging at

the pillar, the crowning with thorns, the carrying of the cross and

the Crucifixion. (3) Chop suey (4)  “I baptize you in the name of

the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” (5) 9%.

 

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

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CONFESSIONS

Confessions are available on

Saturday evenings of the Second and Fourth Sunday of the Month

after the 6.00 p.m. Mass.

MASSES FROM THE 30th JULY TO THE 15th AUGUST 2011

Saturday 30^th July

6.00:  Baby Rhianna

 

Sunday 31^st  July

18^th Sunday of the Year.

10.30: Mass for the People

12.00: Patrick & Josephine Fitzgerald.

 

Monday 1^st August

St. Alphonsus Liguori

10.00: Purgatorial Society

 

Tuesday 2^nd August

10.00: Kathleen Koyce

 

Wednesday 3^rd August

10.00: Baby Helen Douglas

 

Thursday 4^th August

St. John Vianney

10.00: Olive & Christy Noonan

 

Friday 5^th August.

Dedication of St. Mary Major.

10.00: Phonsie & Michael Lysaght.

 7.00: PARISH MONTH’S MIND

 

 

 

 

Saturday 6^th August

Transfiguration of  the Lord.

6.00:  Mary Kenny

 

Sunday 7^th August.

19^th Sunday of the Year.

10.30: Patrick & Margaret Stephenson.

12.00: Mass for the People

 

Monday 8^th August

St. Dominic

10.00: Purgatorial Society

 

Tuesday 9^th August

St. Teresa Benedicta of the cross (Edit Stein).

10.00: Sean Colbert.

 

Wednesday 10^th August

St. Lawrence

10.00: Helen Page.

 

Thursday 11^th August

St. Claire

10.00: Mary Tenie Frahill.

 

Friday 12^th August.

10.00: Tommy & Freda Allen.

 

Saturday 13^th August

6.00:  Thomas McNamara.

 

Sunday 14^th August.

20^th Sunday of the Year.

10.30: Mass for the People

12.00: Peggy & Michael O’Sullivan.

 

THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BVM

Vigil Mass Sunday 14th

 6.00 p.m. The Hourigan Family.

 

Monday 15^th August

10.30 a.m. : Mass for the People

 

Crossroads: Pro-Life Walks Across America (Part 1)

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Ireland Pro-Life Walk July 16th – Aug 13th 2011

Crossroads at a Glance:

• Who: Young people, men and women, who are between 18-30, from all over Ireland are welcome to participate.
• What: An annual pro-life walk around Ireland lasting four weeks and over 1,000 km. Taking place each summer from mid-July to mid-August.
• When: The 2011 “All Ireland Pro-Life Walk” starts on July 16th and ends August 13th.
• Where: The walk begins in Dublin and does a circuitous route around Ireland (including Northern Ireland), passing through major cities and towns along the way and ends in Dublin.
• Why: We walk to witness to the dignity and sanctity of every human life, especially the unborn. Crossroads is a peaceful, prayerful organization dedicated to helping bring about a “Culture of Life.”

WITH PRIDE

WITH PRIDE

WE REMEMBER 2011

AND

WE LOOK TO

THE FUTURE

WITH EXPECTATION 

THANK YOU BOYS!

OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH NOTES 24th JULY 2011

17^th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

“C A M Á N 

L I M E R I C K”

OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU BOYS!

TROCAIRE’S  

EMERGENCY APPEAL

There will be envelopes available at all Masses this weekend if you would like to make a donation to help the famine victims.

All envelopes to be returned by Tuesday 26th at 10.00a.m.

WEST END

Summer Showcase- Youth Got Talent!

Pictures at https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=8347F0050C4FAC46&id=8347F0050C4FAC46%21149

 

GARDA COMMUNITY POLICING CLINIC

Our Lady Of Lourdes Action Centre

  Mon    25^th July

11 – 12 noon Garda Niamh Briggs

Thurs 28^th July

11 – 12 noon Garda Niall Murphy

CRIME PREVENTION

TALK FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

Roxboro Garda Community  Policing Unit have organised a Crime Prevention talk for the Senior Citizens attending  Bingo in the Action Centre at 8.30 p.m. on Monday 25^th July. The talk will be given by crime Prevention officer, Sergeant Brian Broderick. It will be of a relatively short duration and will not interfere with the participation in the Bingo.

INKLINGS

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions. (Anthony J. D’Angelo)

A nations treasure is in its wise men.  (Chinese proverb)

All the treasures of the earth cannot bring back one lost moment. (French Proverb.

Good listeners, like precious gems are to be treasured. (Walter Anderson)

‘It’s not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear it. (Found scratched on a wall at the Tower of London by prisoners)  

Patience is the companion of wisdom. (St. Augustine)

Be obedient to your Bishop and welcome him as the parent of your soul. (St. Jerome)

A mountain and a molehill are both humbled by the stars. (Anon)

A Christian, like a candle, must try to keep cool and burn at the same time. (M. Rosell)

I divide the world into three classes. The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who has no notion of what happens. (Nicholas M. Butler)  

All people are equal in the presence of death. (Publius Syrus    

BRAINBOX’S PERFECT QUIZ

1. How did Queen Elizabeth II describe the year 1992?

2. What is the meaning of the words ‘Veni Creator Spiritus’?

3. Who said ‘I have nothing to declare but my genius’?

4. What is the Marian feast which is celebrated every year on the first of January?

5. In which American state is the presidential ‘retreat’ of Camp David?

 

 

BRAINWAVE FOR

THIS WEEK

“A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE”

 

 

ON THIS DAY 24^th JULY

On this day in 1950, Cape Canaveral Air Force station began to operate with the launch of a bumper rocket. Amazingly then, it was on this same date in 1969 that Apollo 11 splashed down after landing on the moon

 

 

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

 (1) As an ‘Annus Horribilis.’ (2) Come Creative Spirit. (3) Oscar Wilde.

(4)  Mary, Mother of God. (5) Maryland.

  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

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CONFESSIONS

Confessions are available on Saturday evenings of the Second and Fourth Sunday of the Month after the 6.00 p.m. Mass.

MASSES FROM 23rd JULY TO 7th AUGUST 2011

Saturday 23^rd July

6.00: Ellen & Thomas Kiely

 

Sunday 24^th July

17^th Sunday of the Year.

10.30: Paddy & May McMahon.

12.00: Mass for the People

 

Monday 25^th June

St. James

10.00: Purgatorial Society

 

Tuesday 26^th July

Ss Joachim & Anne

10.00: Mary Healy

 

Wednesday 27^th July

10.00: Denis Cosgrave & Family.

 

Thursday 28^th July.

10.00: Catherine Stapleton.

 

Friday 29^th July

St. Martha

10.00: Leo O’Connell

 

Saturday 30^th July

6.00:  Baby Rhianna

 

Sunday 31^st  July

18^th Sunday of the Year.

10.30: Mass for the People

12.00: Patrick & Josephine Fitzgerald.

 

Monday 1^st August

St. Alphonsus Liguori

10.00: Purgatorial Society

 

Tuesday 2^nd August

10.00: Kathleen Koyce

 

Wednesday 3^rd August

10.00: Baby Helen Douglas

 

Thursday 4^th August

St. John Vianney

10.00: Olive & Christy Noonan

 

Friday 5^th August.

Dedication of St. Mary Major.

10.00: Phonsie & Michael Lysaght.

 7.00:  PARISH MONTH’S MIND

 

Saturday 6^th August

Transfiguration of  the Lord.

6.00:  Mary Kenny

 

Sunday 7^th August.

19^th Sunday of the Year.

10.30: Patrick & Margaret Stephenson.

12.00: Mass for the People

JOHN HANLON RIP

Please pray for

John Hanlon

Late of Raheen Square.

Whose death has taken place.

Funeral Arrangements

Arriving at Our Lady of Lourdes Church

from Cross’s Funeral Directors

At 8.15 p.m. on Sunday 24^th July 2011.

Burial after Mass at

11.30 a.m. on Monday 25^th July 2011,

In Mt. St. Oliver Cemetery.

10.00a.m. MASS

There will be no 10.00 a.m. Mass on the day

because of the Funeral.

 

JAMES MARTIN RIP

Please pray for

James Martin

Late of Bristol UK & Clarina Ave., Limerick.

Whose death has taken place.

Deeply regretted by his brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.

Funeral Arrangements

Arriving at Our Lady of Lourdes Church

from Cross’s Funeral Directors

At 7.45 p.m. on Saturday 22^nd July 2011.

Burial after Mass at

10.00 a.m. on Saturday 23^rd July 2011,

In Mt. St. Oliver Cemetery.