ST MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Chapel Lane, Belfast BT1 1JJ
Tel: 028 90 32 04 82: Registered Charity N0: NO: 103983
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Priests: Fr James Boyle MHM; Fr. John Nevin MHM; Fr Gerald Doyle MHM
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B) 1th JULY 2018
MASSES FOR THE WEEK:
Sat : 6pm 30/6: Wellbeing of Kevin Kearney, pray for Jacqueline O’Neill
Sun :10am 1/7: Wellbeing of Johnny McGreevy
Mon: 9am 2/7: Wellbeing of Brigid Beggan (Sick)
Mon:1pm 2/7: Imelda McKnight RIP
Tues: 9am 3/7: Wellbeing of Johnny McGreevy
Tues: 1pm 3/7: Joe Donnelly, Martin O’Cleary and Michael Donaghy RIP
Wed: 9am 4/7: James and Ellen Daly RIP
Wed: 1pm 4/7: Patricia Harbinson RIP (Memorial Mass)
Thurs: 9am 5/7: Wellbeing of Annie Dempsey (Sick)
Thurs: 1pm 5/5: Wellbeing of Johnny McGreevy
Fri: 9am 6/7: Johanna O Connor RIP
Fri 1pm 6/7: Intentions of the Dougal Family
Fri: 6pm 6/7: Joseph McNeil
Sat: 9am 7/7: Wellbeing of Johnny McGreevy
Sat: 1pm 7/7: Patrick McDermot RIP
Sat: 6pm 7/7: Dominic Burns RIP
Let us remember the SICK in our Prayers: Paddy Gilliland, Michael Ryan, Peter Monaghan, Joe Faszcza & Betty, Jan & Malachy, Martin Donaghy, James, Clare, Terry Fullerton, Elsie Cooney, Eileen Delaney, Anne Lambe, Donna Carey, , Danny Mc Kee, David, Dolores Kelly, Dinny Murphy, Sinead Ward, Colette Kearney, Sarah Keyland, Cian Travers, P McCloskey, Mary O’ Neill, Maria Antonia Peres, Shannah Smyth, Pat Carville, Sheila Smith, Barry Mulholland, Paul Connolly, Joan Smith, Briege, Kumacho, Nora Mc Mahon, Marie Mc Guigan, Annie Crawford, Nuala Mailey, Paul Mc Larnon, Larry Mc Gurk, Bernadette Boswell, Seán & Phyliss Smyth, , Linda McDonald, Christopher Browne, Kevin Heaney, Louise Green, Marian Hunter, Colm Gallagher, Margaret Mc Cafferty, Anna, Kohl Thelis, Deirdre O'Neill, Bridie Mc Crossan, Brenda McKervey, Margaret McCriskin, Margaret Mc Kenna, Jean Kelly, Joseph Duffy, Elizabeth Magee, Joel Rivera, Nora McDonagh, Maire Mc Kenna, Eddie & Pat O' Neill, Billy Houston, Mick Hughes, Annie Mc Nally.Patrick McAnulty; Tony Lindsay, Pdddy McGeogh; Alex Vernon, Kathleen McMullan, Sean Mc Donnell, Eadie Staton, Gretta Whyte, Eileen Foley, Michael O' Neill (Canada).Irene Lee, Philomena Lee; Anne Marie, Martin Jones;Jeannette Lee, Jim McAnespy, Charlotte Miskelly, Christopher Brown, Ann Hanna, Nell Mathews, Gary White, Brendan Mc Cormick.
LAST WEEK COLLECTIONS: 1. Running expenses of the church £266
2. World Meeting of Families £435 THIS WEEKONE COLLECTION: 1. Heating and Electricity
NEXT WEEK TWO COLLECTIONS: 1. Running expenses of church
2 Diocesan collection: Pastoral Services
SILVER CIRCLE: Tommy Thomason, Sarah Harvey
FRIDAY BUILDING FUND COLLECTION: £230
Lough Derg 2018:The Three Day Pilgrimage is currently open. You may begin on any day until Monday 13thAugust. Advance booking is not necessary. The Lough Derg team can help you to co-ordinate public transport or link up with Pilgrimage Organisers in your locality, phone Lorraine on 071 9861518 (from NI +353) email:
SUNDAY READINGS
First Reading
Wisdom 1:13-15;2:23-24
Death entered the world through the work of the devil.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 30:2,4,5-6,11,12,13
A prayer of thanksgiving to God for having rescued us
Second Reading
2 Corinthians 8:7,9,13-15
As Christ became poor for our sake, so must we share with those in need from our abundance.
Gospel Reading
Mark 5:21-43 ( shorter form, Mark 5:21-24,35b-43)
Jesus heals a woman afflicted with a haemorrhage and raises Jairus’s daughter from death.
For today’s Gospel, we continue to read from the Gospel of Mark. Today’s Gospel reports two stories of healing. One story tells us about a father’s great love for his dying daughter. The other story tells us about a desperate woman who risks much as she seeks healing from Jesus. In each story, the request for healing is itself a courageous act of faith, and yet very different circumstances are represented by the lives of each suffering person.
Jairus is described as a synagogue official, a man of considerable standing in the Jewish community. Distraught over his daughter’s poor health, he approaches Jesus and asks him to heal her.
As Jesus leaves with Jairus, Mark describes a second person who seeks healing from Jesus, a woman with a haemorrhage. This woman secretly touches Jesus from behind and is immediately cured. In response, Jesus turns and asks who touched him. Jesus’ disciples, always a little clueless in Mark’s Gospel, help us envision the scene. The crowds are pushing in on Jesus, and yet he, knowing that power has gone out of him, asks who touched him. The woman could have remained anonymous, yet at Jesus’ question she steps forward and acknowledges what she has done. Jesus responds by acknowledging her as a model of faith and sends her away in peace.
At this point, we can imagine Jairus’s impatience with Jesus; his daughter is dying and Jesus hasn’t helped him yet. As if to build a sense of urgency, messengers suddenly arrive and confirm Jairus’s worst fear: his daughter has died. Jesus curiously ignores their message and reassures Jairus. When they arrive at Jairus’s home, they find family and friends mourning the girl’s death. Jesus enters the room of the dead girl, takes her by the hand, and instructs her to arise. Jairus’s faith in Jesus has not been in vain; his daughter is restored to life.
The contrasts between Jairus and the woman with the haemorrhage are stark and revealing. One is a man, the other is a woman. One is a public official, an important person in the community. The other is a woman who has lost everything to find a cure to a condition that separated her from the community. One approaches Jesus publicly. The other approaches Jesus secretly. Yet in each case, faith leads them to seek out Jesus in their time of need.
The Gospel concludes with Jesus’ instructions to remain silent about this miracle. Repeatedly, those who witness Jesus’ power and authority are instructed to not speak of what they have witnessed. These instructions appear impossible to obey, and it is difficult to understand the purpose of these instructions..Each individual must make his or her own act of faith in affirming Jesus as God’s Son.
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NORTH and SOUTH Together for LifeAll Ireland Rally or Life on Saturday 7th July in Belfast. It is vitally important that we all stand TOGETHER FOR LIFE and show the world that the pro-life movement in Ireland – NORTH and SOUTH – Remains strong and undefeated. We are still pro-life and proud!
First Saturdays Devotion of Reparationas requested by Our Lady of Fatima will take place in the Church of Christ the Redeemer, Lagmore, Belfast, BT17 0TG on Saturday 7th July: Sacrament of Reconciliation from 8.30am; Rosary at 9.00am; Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 9.30am; Meditation on the Mysteries of the Rosary at 10.00am (for fifteen minutes).
GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONS:The Parish of St Mary’s is part of the Diocese of Down and Connor and operates in accordance with the diocesan privacy notice - a copy of which is available from the parish office, if needed.
NORTH and SOUTH Together for Life All Ireland Rally or Life on Saturday 7th July in Belfast. It is vitally important that we all stand TOGETHER FOR LIFE and show the world that the pro-life movement in Ireland – NORTH and SOUTH – Remains strong and undefeated. We are still pro-life and proud!
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
Come and See!
- if you feel you would like to explore and enquire into the catholic faith with a view possibly of baptism…
- if you feel you would like to explore and enquire into what it is Catholics believe...
- if you feel you need to get a deeper understanding of your catholic faith
- if you feel a need to return to celebrating your faith…
Encounter the presence of the Spirit of God in our weekly meetings
How?
Spend a hour and half each week exploring the Catholic Faith
When?
Programme commences October 18th 2018 at 7.30
Where
St Marys Chapel Lane, Belfast
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Contact Anne McCrossan Tel: 02890 320482 Fionnuala Email Fr Brain McCann Email:
RCIA A JOURNEY IN FAITH