Rest in Peace / Requiescat in Pace
Your prayers are requested for the repose of the souls of the following parishioners
whose anniversaries are being remembered on the following dates.
Day
10.00 a.m.
7.00 p.m.
Monday
18.07.2011
Christina & Matthew Morley (AR)
No Evening Mass
Tuesday
19.07.2011
No Evening Mass
Wednesday
20.07.2011
No Evening Mass
Weekly Bulletin
Issue No. 28 / 2011 (034)
St Patrick’s Parish, Ringsend & Irishtown
Saturday 16th July / Sunday 17th July 2011
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Year A
Thursday
21.07.2011
Annie O’Brien (AR)
Anne Shiels (AR)
No Evening Mass
Friday
22.07.2011
Tommy O’Neill (AR)
No Evening Mass
Parish Office: 01 6697429 - Opening Hours: 9.30 to 13.30 – Monday to Wednesday
Website: www.stpatrickschurchringsend.com
Abbey Kemple (AR)
Elizabeth & Edward Nolan (AR)
Dan Heany (AR)
Saturday
23.07.2011
Day
9.00 a.m.
Sunday –
24.07.2011
(MM) = Months Mind
10.30 p.m.
12.00 p.m.
Mary Rositer (AR)
Eugune O’Brien (AR)
(AR) = Annual Remembrances
(BR) = Birthday Remembrance
Please remember, in your prayers, the following parishioner whose funeral was held
recently:
Christopher Rutter
May his soul and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in
peace,
Amen.
There is one thing I ask of the Lord, for this I long,
to live in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life,
to savour the sweetness of the Lord, to behold his temple.
Psalm 26 v4
Please note that due to the amount of time required to produce the
the bulletin we
cannot guarantee that mass intentions, submitted to the sacristy a week before the
publishing date of the bulletin, will be included.
The Lord, Our Merciful Judge
If one’s reflection through
self examination is,
“Where is Christ in what I
do, where is Christ In
what I say, where is
Christ in me”, then the
question would have been
answered immediately
and this would not have
happened. Have we lost
our ability for self
examination. Have we lost
sight of the Kingdom of
God and replaced it with a
Kingdom of Man. Our
hearts and prayer go out
to those who have been
so badly hurt by the
failure of our shepherds.
During this time when evil
is sitting among us we
must remember that our
Lord foretold that it would
happen. He told us that
evil will be among us, that
it will slow our growth as
Christians. But we must
not let it succeed. We
must not lose heart. We
must be strong and stick to
what Jesus teaches us,
even if those around us
and those guiding us do
not. It is difficult. We feel
betrayed by the failure of
those who are tasked to
guide and lead us by the
example of Christ.
Theme for this Sunday
The Lord, Our Merciful Judge - We stand in continual need of the mercy and forgiveness
of God; and we are assured of his forgiveness when we repent, because he has sent us
the Spirit to help us and to plead for us in our weakness.
Please remember to take a bulletin for your neighbour who, for whatever
whatever reason, is
unable to join us today.
Minister of the Eucharist and Minister of the Word
Community Notice Board
7.00 p.m. Mass in July
Fr. Ivan would like both the Ministers of the Eucharist & Ministers of the Word (readers),
who are attending a mass which he is celebrating to please drop into the sacristy as he
would like to take your photograph. The photograph will be put on the parish website.
A table quiz is being held on Tuesday 19th July
in Clanna Gael at 8.30p.m. Cost is €20 per table
and proceed are in aid of the Summer Project.
As is the usual custom in Ringsend
there will be no evening mass
Monday to Friday, during the month
of July. Evening mass will recommence on Monday 1st August.
To Sing for God
To be given the gift of being able to sing or play a musical instrument is a wonderful thing.
To use these gifts and to thank the Lord for these gifts by singing and lifting the liturgy for
our parishioners is also a wonderful thing.
Each Sunday from October to June our folk group lift our liturgy at the 12.00 mass. But
like all musicians they need to take a well deserved break. It is a great complement to the
folk group, and to the parish, when we are asked if we can continue to provide music
while the folk group are on their summer break as “we all miss the music at the 12.00
mass”.
Our new liturgy group discussed this recently and two current members of the folk group
will, with a little help from some old friends, begin singing at 12.00 mass on Sunday 24th
July.
We wish them all the best.
Aisling Keogh would like to thank everyone who
contributed to the church gate collection last
weekend. The fantastic sum of €1,206 was
collected for Aisling Keogh’s trip as a volunteer
teacher in India. We would like to wish Aisling
all the best and we will keep Aisling, and the
children she is helping, in our prayers.
Missallettes
Please help us keep the church tidy by
returning the missallettes to the back
of the church after mass. Thank You
Saint (Padre) Pio
Divine Mercy
There will be no monthly Saint Pio
Mass during the month of July.
The Divine Mercy Group meet every Tuesday
at 3.00p.m. in the church.
All are welcome.
Church Gate Collection
The monthly church gate collection
for St Vincent de Paul will take place
this weekend, 16th & 17th June.
Please give generously.
Weekly Parish Draw
The Weekly Parish draw takes place every
Monday @ 7.30 p.m. in the CY hall. Please
check the results sheet on the notice board at
the bottom of the church.
Child Protection Policy
Feasts Days
• Wednesday - 20.07.2011
St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr
Optional Memorial
• Thursday – 21.07.2011
St Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and
doctor of the Church
Optional Memorial
• Friday – 22.07.2011
St Mary Magdalene
Memorial
• Saturday – 23.07.2011
St Bridget of Sweden, religious,
patron of Europe
Feast
Bingo
Bingo is held
every Monday
night in the
CMWS hall at
8.45.
Please note that a copy of our Parish Child Protection policy is
displayed in the church. A copy may be obtained from the parish office.
Parish office opening hours are 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Monday to
Wednesday.
Church Collections
We thank you for your contributions to the church collections. The amounts collected for
the last three weeks were:
First
Basket
Second
Basket
Other Collections
25th June / 26th June 2011
€ 678
€
€ 624 – IEC 2012
2nd July / 3rd July 2011
€ 735
€
€ 734 – Peter’s Pence
9th July / 10th July 2011
€ 659
€ 545
€
Saying from a Saint
Date
St. Ambrose of Milan (339 - 397) – bishop, Confessor and doctor of the Church
“When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking of Christ. When we speak about
virtue, we are speaking of Christ. When we speak about justice, we are speaking of
Christ, When we speak about peace, we are speaking of Christ. When we speak about
truth and life and redemption, we are speaking of Christ”
The first basket is a collection for the support of priests of the parish and the
Diocese. The second basket is for the Share collection.
The Book of Psalms
The book of Psalms is the hymn book and prayer book of the Bible. Composed by different authors
over a long period of time, these hymns and prayers were collected and used by the people of Israel
in their worship, and eventually this collection of 150 Psalms was included in their scriptures. These
religious poems are of many kinds: there are hymns of praise and worship of God; prayers for help,
protection and salvation; pleas for forgiveness: songs of thanksgiving for God’s blessing; and
petitions for the punishment of enemies. These prayers are both personal and national; some
portray the most intimate feelings of one person, while others represent the needs and feelings of all
the people of God.
The Book of Exodus
The name Exodus means ‘departure’, and refers to the central event in Israel’s history, which is
described in this book – the departure of the people of Israel from Egypt, where they had been
slaves. The book has three main parts: (1) the freeing of the Hebrews from slavery and their
journey to Mount Sinai. (2) God’s covenant with his holy people at Sinai, which gave them moral,
civil and religious law to live by. (3) The building and furnishing of a place of worship for Israel, and
the laws regarding the priests and the worship of God. Above all, this book describes what God did,
as he liberated his enslaved people and formed them into a nation with hope for the future.
The Wisdom of Solomon
The book describes the part that Wisdom plays in the life and destiny of men and how we should
acquire it, says much about the divine Wisdom and, in the latter part of the book, relates how the
chosen people were guided thereby throughout their history. At times the book proclaims truths not
exactly in harmony with beliefs then current, e.g., that suffering is not necessarily the consequence
of sin. The book was written in Greek, probably in the first century B.C. Its author is unknown. It is
ascribed to Solomon according to a widespread practice of the time of adopting the name of a
famous man in antiquity to "father" one's work. Thus David was known to have written psalms and
hence many subsequent psalms were ascribed to him. Moses enacted laws and thus many
subsequent laws were ascribed to him which at best could be said to be only indirectly connected
with the great lawgiver. So here, Solomon was the "wise man"-and hence it was natural to attribute
the book to him.
The Song of Songs / The Songs of Solomon
Song of Songs is a collection of love poems, for the most part in the form of songs addressed by a
man to a woman, and by the woman to the man. In some translations, the book is called The Song
of Solomon, because it is attributed to Solomon in the Hebrew. Although this is the one book of the
Bible where God is never mentioned by name, its presence in the Bible indicates the sanctity of
human love. These songs have often been interpreted by Jews as a picture of the relationship
between God and his people, and by Christians as a picture of relationship between Christ and the
Church.
Paul‘s Letter to the Galatians
As the good news about Jesus began to be preached and welcomed among people who were not
Jews, the question arose as to whether a person must obey the Law of Moses in order to be a true
Christian. Paul had argued this was not necessary-that in fact, the only sound basis for life in Christ
was faith, by which all are put right with God. But among the churches of Galatia, a Roman province
in Asia Minor, there had come people who opposed Paul and claimed that one must also observe
the Law of Moses in order to be right with God. Paul's Letter to the Galatians was written in order to
bring back to true faith and practice those people who were being misled by this false teaching.
Paul begins by defending his right to be called an apostle of Jesus Christ. He insists that his call to
be an apostle came from God, not from any human authority, and that his mission was especially to
the non-Jews. Then he develops the argument that it is by faith alone that people are put right with
God. In the concluding chapters Paul shows that Christian conduct flows naturally from the love that
results from faith in Christ.
Daily readings for the week :
Although the Mass is made up of the liturgy of the Word and the liturgy of the Eucharist,
the two parts are so closely connected as to form one act of worship. In the Mass the table
of God’s word and of Christ’s body is prepared and from it the faithful are instructed and
nourished. When the scriptures are read in the Church, God himself speaks.
Sunday 17.07.2011
Sixteenth week in ordinary time
•First Reading
•Psalm
•Second Reading
•Gospel
The Book of Wisdom - ch.12 v.13, 16-19
Psalm – 85 v. 5-6, 9-10, 15-16
Letter of St. Paul to the Romans - ch.8 v.26-27
Gospel of Matthew - ch.13 v.24-43
For those who cannot join us for daily mass here are the readings for the week (18.07 - 23.07.2011):
Day
First Reading
Gospel
Monday
18.07.2011
The Book of Exodus - ch.14 v.5-18
Gospel of Matthew - ch.12 v.38-42
Tuesday
19.07.2011
The Book of Exodus - ch.14 v.21-30:
ch.15 v.1
Gospel of Matthew - ch.12 v.46-50
Wednesday
20.07.2011
The Book of Exodus - ch.16 v.1-5, 915
Gospel of Matthew - ch.13 v.1-9
Thursday
21.07.2011
The Book of Exodus - ch.19 v.1-2, 911
Gospel of Matthew - ch.13 v.10-17
Friday
22.07.2011
The Song of Songs (Song of Solomon)
- ch.3 v.1-4
Gospel of John - ch.20 v.1-2, 11-18
Saturday
23.07.2011
Paul Letter to Galatians - ch.2 v.19-20
Gospel of John - ch.15 v.1-8
Sunday 24.07.2011
Seventeenth week in ordinary time
•First Reading
•Psalm
•Second Reading
•Gospel
The First Book of Kings - ch.3 v.5, 7-12
Psalm – 118 v. 57, 72, 76-77, 127-130
Letter of St. Paul to the Romans - ch.8 v.28-30
Gospel of Matthew - ch.13 v.44-52
Our Liturgy
Liturgical Section:
In preparation for the new missal, which is being introduced at the beginning of advent, we will be
explaining the order of the liturgy that is used during each Sunday Mass. The Sunday Liturgy
consists of five different sections. These section are:
Weekday Morning Mass:
10.00 a.m.:- Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri, Sat
Weekday Evening Mass:
7.00 p.m.:- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri
The Introduction Rites / The Gathering Rites
The Liturgy of the Word
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
Communion Rites
The Concluding Rite
This week we will look at “The Liturgy of the Word”. We must always remember that the Lord is
present to His Church in His Word. The Liturgy of the Word is as follows:
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel Acclamation:
Gospel:
Homily:
Creed:
Intercessions:
Normally from the Old Testament
A song to be sung
Taken from the New Testament
Joyfully acclaiming what is to come
Christ is present and speaks to his people
Develops the readings or a text from the Mass
Community gives assent to the Word of God
The faithful intercede for humankind
On Sundays and solemnities, three Scripture readings are given. On other days there are only two.
If there are three readings, the first is from the Old Testament (a term wider than Hebrew Scriptures,
since it includes the Deuterocanonical Books – books and passages that appear in the Christian old
Testament but not in the Hebrew Bible e.g. Book of Wisdom ), or the Acts of the Apostles during
Eastertide. The first reading is followed by a Responsorial Psalm, a complete Psalm or a sizeable
portion of one. A cantor, choir or lector leads, and the congregation sings or recites a refrain (the
response). The second reading is from the New Testament, typically from one of the Pauline
epistles. The reader typically concludes each reading by proclaiming that the reading is "the word of
the Lord," and congregation responds by saying "Thanks be to God“. If a deacon participates, he
reads the Gospel. A priest, bishop, or even the Pope should not proclaim the Gospel if a deacon is
participating.
The final reading and high point of the Liturgy of the Word is the proclamation of the Gospel. This is
preceded by the singing or recitation of the Gospel Acclamation, typically an Alleluia with a verse of
Scripture, which may be omitted if not sung. Alleluia is replaced during Lent by a different
acclamation of praise. All stand while the Gospel is chanted or read by a deacon or, if none is
available, by a priest. To conclude the Gospel reading, the priest or deacon proclaims: "This is the
Gospel of the Lord" and the people respond, "Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ." The priest or
deacon then kisses the book.
At least on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, a homily, a sermon that draws upon some aspect
of the readings or the liturgy of the day, is then given. Ordinarily the priest celebrant himself gives
the homily, but he may entrust it to a concelebrating priest or, occasionally, to the deacon, but never
to a lay person. In particular cases and for a just cause, a bishop or priest who is present but unable
to concelebrate may give the homily. On days other than Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, the
homily, though not obligatory, is recommended.
On Sundays and solemnities, all gathered profess their Christian faith by reciting or singing the
Nicene Creed or, especially from Easter to Pentecost, the Apostles' Creed, which is particularly
associated with baptism and often used with Masses for children.
The Liturgy of the Word concludes with the General Intercessions or "Prayers of the Faithful." The
priest speaks a general introduction, then a deacon or lay person addresses the congregation,
presenting some intentions for prayer, to which the congregation responds with a short response
such as: "Lord graciously hear us". The priest may conclude with a supplication( a petition to God).
(except Bank Holidays) – No Evening Mass in July
Sabbath Masses:
Sat:- 7.00 p.m. Vigil
Sun:- 9.00 a.m., 10.30 a.m. Choir, 12.00p.m.
Eucharistic Service:
10.00 a.m.:- Wednesday (unless there is a funeral)
Benediction:
Every Monday after 7.00 p.m. Mass (except Bank Holidays)
First Friday of each month.
Rosary:
Monday to Saturday after 10.00 a.m. Mass
Mon to Friday after
7.00 p.m. Mass
Baptisms:
Please enquire in the sacristy for available dates. Baptisms
are held on Sunday after 12.00 Mass. One months notice is
required.
Reflection on today’s readings
In today’s first reading we hear that a just man does not judge others, it is God who judges us.
We must treat one another with kindness as this is what God does when we sinners stand before
him hoping for forgiveness.
In today’s second reading St. Paul tells us that we should be open to the help of the Spirit. We, at
times, can find it difficult to express in prayer our sorrow and our plea to God for his forgiveness. If
we accept the help of the Holy Spirit He will intercede to God for us.
In today’s Gospel reading we hear about the final harvest. The parable which Jesus tells us
comes with a stark warning and we are told “Listen, then, if you have ears!”. This is not the first
time Jesus tells us to pay attention to what he says. In the parable Jesus talks about the people of
God, the community of Christians. Jesus explains that in the community there are two kinds of
people, those who choose to live as Jesus instructs them, which he calls the “subjects of the
Kingdom”, and among them there are those who do not live as Jesus directs, those who belong to
the evil one, the devil. The servants judge that the darnel are evil and want to remove them but
Jesus says “No”, leave them until the end of time as Judgement belongs to the Son of Man, He is
the only judge. There is a warning here for those who are churchgoers but do not actually follow
Jesus. We must not judge others for it is for Jesus alone to judge everybody. We must all be alert
and live our lives in obedience to Jesus, as we will have to give an account of our lives on
judgement day.
In this parable the weeds do not choke the wheat, it does however make it difficult to grow to
maturity and this is what life is like for Christians. No one can take your faith from you, but living up
to your faith can be difficult with all the evil influence and the bad examples of sinners around us. If
one succumbs to the evil influence, and gives up the practice of their faith, the fault is theirs. God
can not force you to serve him. But God is patient and by letting the wheat in his field mature, God
affords us every chance to change, to repent, even until the last moment of our life.
The decisions we make every day will either draw us closer to God or drive us away from Him. But
we must never lose heart. Jesus understands that our journey through life can be difficult. Trust in
God’s Love and forgiveness and follow in his ways and we will be gathered into his Kingdom.