DOORA BAREFIELD PARISH NEWSLETTER Easter Sunday - 4th April, 2021 Mass Times ANNIVERSARY MASSES PRIESTS EASTER COLLECTION Remembered in Masses at Church of Our Lady Church of Our Lady, Roslevan: Envelopes for Priests Easter Saturday 6pm Holy Saturday Vigil at 8pm: Collection will be Daily Mass: Maureen O’Donoghue, Ballaghboy. MM. available in porch- Monday to Friday 9.30am Donnaca Hassett, Moyriesk. es of churches or you can use —————————————————————————————————————————————— your own envelope marked -CONTACTS Mary Vaughan, Knockanean. ‘Easter Collection’. You can Fr. Joy Njarakattuvely Vincent Canny, Barefield. also donate on line via Tel. 089 418 6777 www.doorabarefieldparish.ie Doora Barefield Parish Office, 10th April: We thank you for your 3 The Woods,Cappahard, Rd., Brendan Burke. Ballymacahill. continued support of our parish at all times but particularly Tel: Cora: Parish Office Mike Ryan, Ballymacahill. Margaret & Sinéad Duggan, Ballymacuiggin. during the pandemic. 065 6822225; Envelopes can be left into Mon & Tues: 9am-5pm; Martin Heaney, Corrovorrin Drive. Parish office. Wed 9am-12.30 Maureen Hallinan, Doora Email: [email protected] May they rest in peace Mile Buiochas. www.doorabarefieldparish.ie Deadline for Newsletter Holy Saturday Tuesday @ 3pm Easter Vigil at 8pm. Send items to Readers: Maeve Fox & Aisling Fox & Nuala Molan [email protected] Music: Sarah Ferrigan & Gillian Moore Current newsletter on parish web site at 1.00pm each Easter Sunday Wednesday —————————————————————————————————————————————— Mass at 11am. Barefield GAA Lotto: Reader: Claire Cremin Next weeks Jackpot: €13,000 Music: Monica Morgan Kearney & Felim Collins. Venue: Clubhouse Winners of €50.00 Sheena Twist, Tubber Amy Duggan, Easter water blessed at Vigil Mass Ennis, Michael McNamara, Ballyhee will be available in our three churches on Easter Sunday Owen O’Connor, Gaurus

Let Hope Shape our Future - This is an Easter Pastoral Letter by Bishop Fintan. In this letter Bishop Fintan reflects on Covid 19 changing our lives and the church. Familiar faith practices have been greatly disrupted. We look forward to returning to a more acceptable form of normal. Our church is in a time of profound changes. The church to which we will return will be very different. What sort of church do you want that to be? How will the church be resourced? Do you want to be part of shaping the new reality? I invite you to join me in the Diocese of Killaloe on that new RIP journey. As Easter people we are people of joy and this gives us hope to live and share the joy with future generations. Link to the full letter is Ann O’Sullivan on www.killaloediocese.ie ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Celebrate Our Saviour Almost 3,000 people (nee Howard), attended the First Holy Swords, Co. Dublin On Easter morn, we celebrate our Saviour; Communion & & St. Michael’s Villas, Ennis, Whatever people seek in Him, they find. sister of Eileen Crowe, Hillcrest. Confirmation talks In history, there has never been another webinars over the two So holy, sacrificial, good and kind. Michael Garry, evenings.

Cappahard, Tulla Rd., See links to the talks His resurrection makes us all immortal; & .

In heaven, we’ll be together with our King. Noreen Malone First Holy Communion Talk Eternally we’ll share in all His blessings; https://www.killaloedioc |ese.ie/first-holy- Rd. & , Happy Easter! Jesus Christ is everything! communion-talk-by-dr-dan-oconnell/ wife of the late Mike Joe Malone

Confirmation Talk Joanna Fuchs Rory Dowling, https://www.killaloediocese.ie/confirmation-talk- & Drumcliffe Road, for-parents-and-guardians-dr-dan-oconnell/ Ennis, son of Maura Dowling, Aughanteeroe. Thanks to all involved in setting up these projects. May they rest in peace Today’s Scripture Readings

Entrance Antiphon has appointed him to judge everyone, alive ‘we don't know where they have put him.' I have risen, and I am with you still, alleluia. or dead. It is to him that all the prophets So Peter set out with the other You have laid your hand upon me, alleluia. bear this witness: that all who believe in disciple to go to the tomb. They ran Too wonderful for me, this knowledge, Jesus will have their sins forgiven through together, but the other disciple, running alleluia, alleluia. his name.' faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths PENITENTIAL RITE The word of the Lord lying on the ground, but did not go in. P. Have mercy on us, O Lord Simon Peter who was following now came C. For we have sinned against you. Responsorial Psalm up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen P. Show us, O Lord, your mercy. Response: cloths on the ground, and also the cloth C. And grant us your salvation. This day was made by the Lord; that had been over his head; this was not P. May almighty God have mercy on us, We rejoice and are glad. with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place forgive us our sins, and bring us to by itself. Then the other disciple who had everlasting life. Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, reached the tomb first also went in; he saw C. Amen. For His love has no end. and he believed. Till this moment they had

GLORIA Let the sons of Israel say: failed to understand the teaching of Glory to God in the highest, and on earth “His love has no end.” R. scripture, that he must rise from the dead. peace to people of good will. We praise The Gospel of the Lord you, we bless you, we adore you, we The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; glorify you, we give you thanks for your His right hand raised me up. PROFESSION OF FAITH great glory, I shall not die, I shall live I believe in one God, the Father almighty, Lord God, heavenly King, God, almighty And recount His deeds. R. maker of heaven and earth, of all things Father.Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten visible and invisible. Son,Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the The stone which the builders rejected I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, Father,you take away the sins of the world, has become the corner stone. the Only Begotten Son of God, have mercy on us; this is the work of the Lord, born of the Father before all ages. you take away the sins of the world, a marvel in our eyes. R. God from God, Light from Light, receive our prayer; true God from true God, begotten, not you are seated at the right hand of the A reading from the letter of St. Paul to made, consubstantial with the Father; Father, have mercy on us. the Colossians Col 3:1-4 through him all things were made. For you alone are the Holy One, Since you have been brought back to true For us men and for our salvation you alone are the Lord, life with Christ, you must look for the things he came down from heaven, and by the you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the God's right hand. Let your thoughts be on Mary, and became man. For our sake he Father. Amen. heavenly things, not on the things that are was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he on the earth, because you have died, and suffered death and was buried, and rose A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. now the life you have is hidden with Christ in again on the third day In accordance with Acts 10:34.37-43 God. But when Christ is revealed - and he is the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven Peter addressed Cornelius and his your life - you too will be revealed in all your and is seated at the right hand of the household: 'You must have heard about glory with him. Father. He will come again in glory to the recent happenings in Judaea; about judge the living and the dead and his Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in The word of the Lord kingdom will have no end. Galilee, after John had been preaching I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the baptism. God had anointed him with the Gospel Acclamation giver of life, who proceeds from the Father Holy Spirit and with power, and because Alleluia, alleluia! and the Son, who with the Father and the God was with him, Jesus went about doing Christ, our Passover, has been Son is adored and glorified, who has good and curing all who had fallen into the sacrificed; spoken through the prophets. power of the devil. Let us celebrate the feast then, in the I believe in one, holy, catholic and Now I, and those with me, can witness to Lord. apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism everything he did throughout the country- Alleluia! for the forgiveness of sins and I look side of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and forward to the resurrection of the dead and also to the fact that they killed him by hang- A reading from the holy Gospel the life of the world to come. ing him on a tree, yet three days afterwards according to John Amen. God raised him to life and allowed him to Jn 20:1-9 be seen, not by the whole people but only It was very early on the first day of the week Communion Antiphon by certain witnesses God had chosen be- and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came Christ our Passover has been forehand. Now we are those witnesses - to the tomb. She saw that the stone had sacrificed, alleluia; we have eaten and drunk with him after his been moved away from the tomb and came Therefore let us keep the feast with the resurrection from the dead - running to Simon Peter and the other unleavened bread and he has ordered us to proclaim disciple, the one Jesus loved. 'They have of purity and truth, alleluia, alleluia this to his people and to tell them that God taken the Lord out of the tomb' she said 'and