Parish Newsletter 27 August (21st Sunday in Ordinary Time)

St. Matthew’s Church Ballyfermot

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Mass Times

Saturday: Vigil Mass 6.30

Sunday: 9.00, 9.45 (Convent) 10.30,12.00

Weekdays: 10.00 Monday – Friday No Evening Masses

Divine Mercy Meeting Wed Evening @ 8.00 in the Prayer Room

Eucharistic Adoration Mon 10.30 – 4.00 Wed 10.30 – 9.00 Fri 10.30 – 9.00

Daughters of Charity — St. Vincent DePaul Celebrate with us 400 Years of Vincentian Charism

Pilgrimage to Knock — Sat Sept 9 2017 Bus leaves St. Matthew’s @ 8.00am sharp

Talk at Knock @ 12.00 “Together we can be stronger in welcoming the stranger”

Cost €15 (Fare only, food, tea or coffee not included) Led by Fr. Joe McDonald and the Daughters of Charity

Booking at Parish Centre: Phone 626 56 95 Early Booking Essential

Order of Malta and Palmersdtown Community Council

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WEEKLY COLLECTIONS 13/08 15/08

First Collection €690 €400 Share Collection €560 €200 Family Offering €830

Gospel Readings for the Week Ahead MON. 28/08 Mt 23: 13-22 ST. AUGUSTINE, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH ‘You blind guides! Straining out gnats and swallowing camels!’ TUE 29/08 Mk 6: 17-29 THE PASSION OF ST.JOHN THE BAPTIST ‘When he had heard him speak he was greatly perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.’ WED 30/08 Mt 23: 27-32 ‘In the same way you appear to people from the outside like good honest men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.’ THU 31/08 Mt 24: 42-51 ‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your Master is coming.’ FRI 01/09 Mt 25: 1-13 WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF CREATION. ‘Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall and the door was closed’. SAT 02/09 Mt 25: 14-30 ‘So now, take the talent from him and give to the man with five talents.’

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visceral love that is God’s mercy’.

FAITH MOMENT What we believe about the creation of the world and of humanity, and about our relationship with God, the Creator, is of vital importance. The creation of the world by a loving God is the foundation of all God’s saving plans. Creation begins the history of salvation that culminates in Jesus Christ.

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Mass Intentions 6.30 Saturday 26 August Kitty Duffy, Breda Delaney 9.00 Sunday 27 August Mark Keegan 12.00 Sunday 27 August Ellen, William Maguire Jimmy, Richard Doyle Marie Fagan, Kathleen Condon Marie, Karen Fitzsimons

SPECIAL DAY OF PRAYER FEAST OF ST. MATTHEW

21ST SEPTEMBER 2017 The Church will be open from 9am - 9pm on this our special feast day here in St. Matthew’s. During the course of the day,

�� the Eucharist (Mass) will be celebrated twice, �� there will be a special talk on St. Matthew by Fr Joe, �� there will be readings from St. Matthew’s Gospel �� the day will conclude with Benediction at 8.30 pm �� Precise schedule for the day to follow �� All welcome.

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And our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/st.matthews.ballyfermot/

Parish Centre or Sacristy: Phone: 626 56 95 Monday to Friday

10.00am to 1.00pm

St. Vincent De Paul Society

Monthly Church Gate Collection This Sunday

After all the Masses

Recent Funerals Betty Hanlon

May She Rest in Peace

Cemetery Mass Esker:

This Sunday 27th Aug @ 3pm

Our Lady of Knock

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CONCERT NOVEMBER 24TH In aid of the Parish

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This week in the ‘Rumblings’ I want to share with you a letter I wrote to the veteran broadcaster, Vincent Browne, on his retirement. It was published in The Examiner and featured on ‘It says in the papers’. I have added a few comments for your prayerful consideration at the end of the original letter.

MISSING YOU ALREADY VINCENT (A JOB OFFER)

Dear Vincent, You were hardly gone and I was missing you. Many a night I came in after a mad day, often from a

difficult wake house, grabbed an Erdinger alcohol free and a bag of nuts and sat down to see you in

combat. I loved watching you. ‘Does Fine Gael train you to come on here and not answer the question’, ‘the

same old Fianna Fáil guff’, the pained expression, the grumpiness and my favourite, the tired oh so fed up

deep sighs. I have no doubt there will be a replacement, perhaps a few, and I wish them well, but there is

only one Vincent. Yes I will surely miss our late night rendezvous. Of course I am thrilled to be able to say

that I was one of your guests, not once but on a number of occasions. The on screen boxing never diluted

your welcome and leave taking. I think you enjoyed our encounters, and if you enjoyed them a fraction as

much as I did, then they are small part of what I hope are trunks of good memories. You love argy-bargy,

as do I, though I have a particular penchant for holy argy-bargy.

Vincent, I have a proposal for you. I am thinking of writing to the Archbishop and asking him to

appoint you to a new role, that of Diocesan Inquisitor. This new role would be ideal for you. Essentially the

brief would be to undertake a thorough examination of the diocese, to seek out and remove the dead wood,

to identify dysfunctionality, especially with regard to the abusive sacramental conveyor belt, and in

particular to seek ways of resolving the present paralysis in the area of formation/vocations. I believe not

only would you be great in the role but you would enjoy it.

I appreciate some, perhaps yourself included, may perceive a problem with this. I can imagine this

perception is around faith. However it is just that, a perception, or more accurately a misperception. Can I

say whoever thought of the Welsh Male Voice Choir for your last night is a genius. What about the words of

the song, ‘Guide me, O thou great Redeemer, Pilgrim through this barren land’? Apt to say the least, and

who would have thought that your last words would be ‘Ah Jaysus!’, of course we forgive you for

pronunciation/spelling. Yes Vincent I firmly believe whilst you protest you do not have Jesus, make no

mistake he sure has you. I will miss watching you late at night and cherish our periodic jousts. Think about

the job, Yours affectionately,

Joe Mc Donald I have been wondering what will you make of the idea that whilst Vincent protests he does not have

Jesus my contention is that Jesus certainly has him. Is it possible that even though we may protest we do not believe in Jesus, that he continues to gently hold us? Recently I was talking to a group and sharing my belief that oftentimes the devil has us by the toe. It was interesting that most of them hung on to this bit but seemed to forget that I added that we should remember that when it appears that the devil has us by the toe, to remember that Jesus has the rest of us. Like Jacob in Genesis sometimes we are engaged in a lengthy strained wrestling match with God, even though we neither know nor acknowledge him. Now we have to be careful because if these thoughts are misunderstood they could give the impression of Jesus as a gate crasher who lacks respect for our free will. This is of course not the case but perhaps it is true that the Lord knows what is deepest in our hearts oftentimes better than we know it ourselves. With that in mind surely despite our protestations he may well have us in his tender embrace.

J MC DONALD. 20.08.17

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