Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
WEEKEND MASSES
Ovens:
Vigil: 7.30pm.
Sunday: 11.30am.
Farran:
Vigil: 6pm. Sunday: 9.30am.
MASSES THIS WEEK
Ovens:
9.30am: Mon Weds & Friday
Farran:
9.30am: Tuesday & Thursday.
CONFESSIONS
Saturdays in Ovens, 11am to 11.30am.
Parish Phone Nos. (021) 4871180.
Emergency No: 087 0956190
Monsignor Kevin O’Callaghan: (021) 7336053
Parish Centre/Sacristy: (021) 4289768
Ring for bookings: Baptisms & Marriages etc
OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK
Tuesday: 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
Thursday: 9.30am to 10.30am.
If you need to contact the office outside of office hours, you may ring 021 4289768 and we will return your call as soon as possible.
SECOND COLLECTION
The Special Quarterly Collection for Diocesan Needs will be taken up at all Masses this weekend, 15th/16th January.
For this collection, baskets will be placed on the tables near the Offertory Collection Boxes in both Ovens & Farran Churches.
ANNIVERSARIES NEXT WEEKEND, 22ND/23RD JANUARY.
Ovens:
7.30pm: Conn O’Brien, Currabeg 3rd Anniversary
11.30am: Colm O’Sullivan, Ballygroman 7th Anniversary
Farran:
6pm: John & Margaret Brady, Ballineadig
9.30am: Eileen Stack, Currahaly.
ORDINARY TIME IN THE CHURCH CALENDAR
Ordinary Time is the part of the Church year which falls between Christmas and Lent and Easter and Advent. The last Sunday of Ordinary Time is the Feast of Christ the King.
The word “Ordinary” as used here, comes from the ordinal numerals by which the weeks are counted, from the 1st week of Ordinary Time in January to the 34th week that begins towards the end of November.
The celebration of the Ordinary Time Weekday Masses gives way to that of any Feast Day that falls on the same day, for example, in February we celebrate the Feast of St. Brigid, Candlemas day & the Feast of St. Blaise.
The Priest wears green vestments in Ordinary Time except on Feast Days.
PRAYING THE PSALMS
PSALM NO. 118
“Give thanks to the Lord who is good, for God’s love endures forever”.
Giving thanks
An invitation to stop, to listen to the quiet voices around.
Teaching us, reminding us who it is we are.
Where it is we are going.
Reminding us that we are loved.
MY MOBILE PHONE
In Ireland, we send millions of text messages per day. Not alone is a mobile a phone, but it is also a computer, a camera and a mini television. Thanks to the marvels of science, we have got the world in our hands and our memories in our pockets.
Lord Jesus, you moved from place to place to give your message. You taught your disciples as you walked along the roads of the Holy Land.
In the Gospels they passed on your key words:
“I call you friends”.
“Love God, love your neighbour as you love yourself”,
“Do not be afraid”.
“Come to me”.
“I am the Good Shepherd”.
“Do this in memory of me”.
These are your text messages, Lord. They last forever.
Let me not delete them from my life.
MINISTERS OF THE WORD (OVENS) 22ND JANUARY TO 13TH FEBRUARY
7.30pm 11.30am
22nd Jan: Jerry Kelleher 23rd Jan: David Barry
29th Jan: Colette Harris 30th Jan: Proinnseas O’Keeffe
5th Feb: Mary O’Donovan 6th Feb: Rita O’Sullivan
12th Feb: Dan Cronin 13th Feb: Avril McSweeney
IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND
A woman from Arizona whose husband had died, felt overpowered by loneliness. She decided to go to live to New York, where she felt she would find companionship. But she found that in the presence of millions she was still alone.
One day when reading through scripture she came across a phrase: ‘God in whom we live and move and have our being’. (Acts 17:26). That consoling thought settled her down. God, holding her in the Palm of His hand, gave her an overpowering sense of his protective presence. From then on, she would never be less alone than when alone.
There are many people in the world like her.
Stay by my side, O Lord, for I’m alone.
I need your presence with me, night and day, to share my home.
To guide me on my way.
Keep me safe from danger, fill my heart with joy.
Give me your peace, your gift, to share with those whose hearts are troubled or in despair.
And even when the shadow of the cross falls on my path I see your Easter sunlight through the dark.
I live alone, dear lord, but I am sure your gaze is ever on me, as on an only child.
Abide in me, dear Lord,
That I may live in you. Amen.
I am with you always. (Mt. 28:20).
Ár dTeanga Féin
Is Maith an tIománaí an Té a Bhíonn ar an gClaí.
The hurler on the ditch knows best. The person who is not involved in the contest thinks he knows best. We have all met the hurler on the ditch, the one who has a remedy for all ills.
Bain Triail As:
An t-iománaí is fearr sa tír. The best hurler in the country.
RECENT BAPTISMS
A.J. Patrick O’Herlihy, Walshestown
Theo Denis Power, Dublin
Robyn O’Halloran, Ballincollig
Hannah Margaret O’Connor, Currahaly
Conail Jeremiah & Clodagh Mary Deeny, Ballincollig
Welcome to the Parish Family.