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Cappagh
Parish News
(Vol.32 No 20) - 18th May 2008
Trinity Sunday
Our
God of Love
“God loved
the world so much that he gave his
only Son”. Isn’t it amazing
how easily we settle for less than
is possible? We settle for the fact
that there is a God in terms of faith.
Jesus tells us that God is not just
in existence but is alive and in love
and passionate about us – that
God is Three in One. Our faith is
a call into a deep personal love of
God so that we can come to know the
wonder and the fullness of life. However,
we also settle for life as being just
all right. Jesus tells us that we
are wonderful; we are the beloved
of God. We are called into a deep
personal love for one another in marriage,
in family life and in our faith community
so that we can engage with the adventure
of life that leads us into eternal
life. The challenge of this week is
to open ourselves to the wonder and
excitement of life and love.
Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.
Trinity Sunday,
18th May 2008
Parish Missal
Readings (Year 1) p 282 & Proper
p 1052
First Reading
Exodus 34: 4-6.8-9
God reveals himself to Moses on Mount
Sinai as a God who is faithful to
his promises and rich in tenderness
and compassion.
Second Reading
2Corinthians 13: 11-13
Paul encourages the Corinthians to
live in peace with love. The reading
contains a Trinitarian blessing which
is used as a greeting at Mass.
Gospel John
3: 16-18
God has shown his love for us by sending
his Son to save all of us. All who
believe in him will be saved.
NOVENA
PROGRAMME
Saturday
& Sunday ............. Novena
Prayers at all Weekend Masses
Sunday
25th May 2008
7.30 pm .....Evening Service: “The
Compassionate Heart”
Guest Speaker: Fr Peter McVerry SJ
Monday
26th 7.30 am ..... Mass
7.30 pm .....Evening Service: “The
Healing Heart”
Guest Speaker: Sr Consilio Fitzgerald
RSM
Tuesday
27th 7.30 am ..... Mass
7.30 pm .....Evening Service: “The
Reconciling Heart”
Guest Speaker: Fr Paul Symonds
Wednesday
28th 7.30 am ..... Mass
7.30 pm .....Evening Service: “The
Merciful Heart”
Guest Speaker: Fr Aidan Troy CP
Thursday
29th 7.30 am ..... Mass
7.30 pm .....Evening Service: “The
Loving & Life-Giving Heart”
Guest Speaker: Fr Paschal McDonnell
OFM
Friday
30th 7.30 am ..... Mass
7.30 pm .....Evening Service: “The
Suffering Heart”
Guest Speaker: Dr Frances Robinson
Saturday & Sunday
Novena Prayers at all Weekend Masses
Questions people ask
Q. Is it true that the 2000
years from Abraham to Christ was the
era of God the Father, then we had
2000 years of God the Son and now
we have entered the era of the Holy
Spirit?
A. This notion has
no biblical or theological foundation.
It was popularised a thousand years
ago at the beginning of the second
millennium. The idea is promoted by
people who want to dispense with the
role of the Church in favour of making
religion solely a matter of private
hotline with the Holy Spirit. History
shows that this notion leads to crazy
preachers and breakaway groups. Let
us not seek to divide the unity of
the three persons in the Blessed Trinity.
Fr Silvester O’Flynn
OFM Cap
The
Deep End - God by Any Other Name
‘Trinity’, a cold, abstract
word is all head and no heart. Putting
‘holy’ before it, even
‘most holy’, doesn’t
do much for it. ‘Holy’
is a little on the remote side too.
Listen to today’s first reading
(Exod 34: 4-6, 8-9) and see if calling
the God we meet there ‘Trinity’
does God justice.
Putting names on God (we have to
use at least one to know whom we’re
talking about) does God no favours
– nor us either. It can give
the illusion of comprehending God
to a degree that may not be true.
It takes mystery from God. It seems
to make God more approachable –
or should that be manageable? But
removing God’s mystery removes
God’s challenge.
We call God, ‘Father’.
We call God, ‘Love’. These
are the closest approximations of
human language to what God is. But
even these fail to do God justice.
God is everything good that these
words could ever imply, and much,
much more besides. ‘Father’
and ‘Love’ are but tips
of icebergs in a sea of mystery.
Today we celebrate God as is: Father,
Son, and Spirit. We celebrate God’s
mystery and unknowability. For, if
God could be ‘known’,
God would not be God. Our journey
to the ‘God in a cloud’
of Exodus peaks when we meet the God
in our heart of today. Breathtaking!
The Annual Lourdes Hospitalite
Collection takes place at
all Masses this weekend. This fund
is used solely for the purpose of
providing medical care and support
to people of the Diocese who are sick
and wish to go to Lourdes.
Omagh Floral Art Society
- demonstration “Darling
Buds of May” by Mary McGrenahan
in Trinity Hall, John Street on Tuesday
20th May at 7.30 p.m.
Bus will leave Gortin at 8 am via
Greencastle and Mountfield for
Knock on Sunday 1st June.
Book with Pat McSwiggan 8164 7099
or Bridget Carlin 8077 1357.
Alzheimer's Society Omagh
Branch are holding a carer
training programme. The first session
takes place on 21st May 2008 from
7 pm-8 pm in the Seminar Room, Post
Graduate Centre, Tyrone County Hospital.
The speaker is Dr Flynn – Consultant
Psycho geriatrician and the topic
is ‘Dementia – its Causes
and Effects’. Everyone is welcome
to attend and light refreshments will
be provided.
CAPPAGH PILGRIMAGE TO ROME
AND ASSISI August 29th -
September 5th 2008: There are still
a few places left on the above pilgrimage.
If you are interested, please collect
a booking form the parish office as
we want to make the final arrangements.
The pilgrimage will be led by Fr Eugene
Boland and Fr Francis Bradley. Price:
£700 (B&B).
Last Week’s
Collection £3,731
Weekly Bingo: Each
Monday evening in Cappagh Parish Hall
at 9pm
GAA - Weekly Lotto
Numbers: 3, 10, 21, 22 and 30. Twelnty
winners each received £5. The
jackpot has been capped at £5,000
and the new jackpot now stands at
£3,700.
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PRAY FOR PRIESTS
Last year the diocese published a
prayer card with the names of all
the Derry diocesan priests. Many of
you have these cards and every day
a specific priest is named. This week
we ask you to pray for the following
priests:
Fr Bernard Bryson - Monday 19th May
Fr. Thomas Canning - Tuesday 20th
May
Fr. Michael Canny - Wednesday 21st
May
Fr. John Cargan - Thursday 22nd May
Fr. Neal Carlin - Friday 23rd May
Fr. Walter Carolan - Saturday 24th
May
Fr. Colum Clerkin - Sunday 25th May
Baptism
We welcome into the Parish Community
through the Sacrament of Baptism
Killian Joseph Mullan, 2467 Springforest
Drive, Oakville, Ontaria. Toronto.
Yasmin Ellie O’Donnell, 86,
Meelmore Drive, Strathroy.
Requiescat In Pace:
We extend our sympathy to the family
and relatives of
Francie Colgan, 23,
Circular Road. May in
rest in peace.
Anniversary Masses for the
week
Monday 19th Charlie McCausland,
Killyclogher - CTK 7.30 pm)
Wednesday 21st Leo Divine,
Gleannan Brae - (CTK 7.30 pm)
Saturday 24th Fr. Sean Buckley
& Denis & Margaret
Buckley - (CPC 10.00 am).
Saturday 24th Catherine McCrory,
Maine Road - (CPC 8.30 pm)
Other Anniversaries
James McCallion, Buchanan Villas
Frank McGillion, Slievecoole Park
May Starrs, Knocknamoe Road
Del McCullagh, St Julian’s Court
Thomas Curran, Arvalee
Patrick Brown, Lisanelly Heights
Mary Kelly, Knocknamoe Bungalows
Joseph Ferris, Old Mountfield Road
Molly McBride, Tirquinn Road
Mary Mellon, George’s Street
Cappagh Badoney CCE will
host our weekly Traditional Music
Seisiún; on Saturday night
with the best in local Music, Song
& Dance from around the region
in our front bar. Music starts at
9 pm.
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