Gospel 09/09/2018
Mark 7: 31-37Read More →
Then he left the region of Tyre, went through Sidon back to Galilee Lake and over to the district of the Ten Towns.
Some people brought a man who could neither hear nor speak and asked Jesus to lay a healing hand on him. He took the man off by himself, put his fingers in the man’s ears and some spit on the man’s tongue. Then Jesus looked up in prayer, groaned mightily, and commanded, “Ephphatha! – Open up!” And it happened. The man’s hearing was clear and his speech plain – just like that.
Jesus urged them to keep it quiet, but they talked it up all the more, beside themselves with excitement. “He’s done it all and done it well. He gives hearing to the deaf, speech to the speechless.”
Jesus avoids attention after his work of healing the deaf man. He’s not a quarter hour celebrity. Jesus didn’t want admiration, he wanted love to flow into and out of ourselves – doing good quietly. The best of things are ordinary. In the ordinary Jesus worked the miracle and in the ordinary we will hear new things.
The theologian Karl Rahner SJ was once asked whether he believed in miracles. His answer: “I don’t believe in them, I rely on them to get through each day!” Indeed, miracles are always present within our lives. Of birth, of love, of hope. The ways people get over hurts and they forgive. Someone giving a lot from the little they have. It is the world of mystery – of little miracles. A miracle is not against nature – it is something that causes faith and love.
Can we recover the simplicity of life with the small miracles that get us through every day? All of us have something new to say of God and of life. And we get more than we knew out of the simplicity of life.
Mark 7: 31-37Read More →
THIS WEEK: Parish Fair Stall holder meeting – Wednesday 7.00pm. *** PARISH FAIR – Saturday 12:30pm ***Read More →
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MASS & SERVICE TIMES Saturday 25th August 4:45pm – Sacrament of Reconciliation 5:15pm – Roni Bishop RIP Sunday 26th August – 21st SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME (CYCLE B) 9:30am – Marie Todd sick 11:00am – People of the Parish Monday 27th August 9:30am – Service of Word and Communion Tuesday 28th August 9:30am – Service of Word andRead More →
John 6 60 – 69 Many among his disciples heard this and said, “This is tough teaching, too tough to swallow.” Jesus sensed that his disciples were having a hard time with this and said, “Does this throw you completely? What would happen if you saw the Son of Man ascendingRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Saturday 18th August 4:45pm – Sacrament of Reconciliation 5:15pm – Hugh Duffy RIP Wedding Anniversary 62 years Sunday 19th August – 20th SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME (CYCLE B) 9:30am – Pat Reid RIP 11:00am – People of the Parish Monday 20th August 9:30am – Betty O’Grady RIP Tuesday 21st August 9:30am – Marshall JenningRead More →
John 6:51-58 Jesus said to the crowd: “I am the Bread—living Bread!—who came down out of heaven. Anyone who eats this Bread will live—and forever! The Bread that I present to the world so that it can eat and live is myself, this flesh-and-blood self.” At this, the Jews started fighting amongRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Saturday 11th August 4:45pm – Sacrament of Reconciliation 5:15pm – Rob Doherty Birthday Sunday 12th August – 19th SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME (CYCLE B) 9:30am – Jimmy O’Mara RIP 11:00am – People of the Parish Monday 13th August 9:30am – Betty O’Grady RIP Tuesday 14th August 10:30am – Requiem Mass – Elizabeth (Betty) O’Grady RIPRead More →
John 6 41-51 At this, because he said, “I am the Bread that came down from heaven,” the Jews started arguing over him: “Isn’t this the son of Joseph? Don’t we know his father? Don’t we know his mother? How can he now say, ‘I came down out of heaven’ and expect anyoneRead More →
MASS & SERVICE TIMES Saturday 4th August 4:45pm – Sacrament of Reconciliation 5:15pm – Pat Rolfe RIP Sunday 5th August – 18th SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME (CYCLE B) 9:30am – Katie Laffey 11:00am – People of the Parish Monday 6th August 9:30am – Edmund Cambridge RIP Tuesday 7th August 9:30am – Winefride Cannon RIP Birthday Wednesday 8th AugustRead More →
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