26Th November, 2017 in Ancient Israel People Believed That God Alone Where Do We Find the Presence of Jesus Today
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Mass Times Sundays: Cathedral:- Sat. Vigil: 6.30pm; Sunday: 9am, 10.30am & 12 noon Ennis St. Joseph’s:- Sat. Vigil: 7pm; Sunday: 8, 10, 11.30am Cloughleigh Church:- 9.30am, 11am Friary:- Sat. Vigil: 7.30pm; Sunday: 9.30, 10.30, 12.00 noon Poor Clare Monastery:- 7.45 a.m. Parish Weekdays: Cathedral: Mon. – Fri: 7.45am; 10am & 7.30pm; 10am on Saturday St. Joseph’s:- Monday – Saturday: 11am Cloughleigh Church:- Monday – Friday: 9.30am Friary:- Daily: 10am & 1.05pm; 10am on Saturday News Poor Clare Monastery:- Daily at 7.45 am; Daily Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament from 4-6pm in the Chapel. Phone Numbers: Cathedral:- 6824043; Email: [email protected] Confessions in Cathedral Saturday After 10am Mass & before and Confessions in Cathedral every Saturday: St. Joseph’s:- 6822166; Cloughleigh: 6840715; Friary: 6828751 after 6.30pm Mass 12 to 1pm & also before and after 6.30pm Mass St Joseph’s Saturday After 11am Mass Ennis Parish Web Site: http://www.ennisparish.com Parish Office open Mon to Fri 9.30-1pm & 2-5pm Sat 10.30-12noon Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ennis.parish Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Year A) 26th November, 2017 In ancient Israel people believed that God alone Where do we find the presence of Jesus today. was their king. Later when Israel got a human king Before he ascended into heaven Jesus promised to he was appointed as the representative of God and be with us until the end of time. We believe that he is was committed to caring for his people. The exercise present in us and with us. Wherever human needs of leadership was laid down in the covenant to care are responded to there is the kingdom of God and for the weak and the downtrodden, the widow and Christ is present. God blesses those who respond the orphan. The model was one of a good shepherd. to human need, caring, listening, feeding, visiting, welcoming. But the kings failed in their commitment to their people. They We are all called to live by the were more concerned for themselves example of Jesus. We can all live and their conquests. They were little acts of kindness and condemned by the prophets who graciousness wherever we are. We proclaimed that God was their real see examples of it every day in our king who would care for His people. own neighbourhood. There are people This gave hope to the people who visit the sick, the elderly and the especially to those who were housebound. There are many quite suffering. unseen little acts of kindness that happen every day. Keep in mind that In the Gospel stories Jesus gave the Jesus looks upon every act of example of living by the model laid kindness done for a person in need as down in the covenant. He was done to himself and is what will give concerned for those who were weak us a place in the kingdom. As the and broken. His presence was to be gospel story reminds us that is what found among the poor and the vulnerable, the sick Christ will judge us on. and the despised. He was present wherever there was a human need and he responded to every cry Christ has no body now but yours for help. He preached the message of hope and new No hands, no feet but yours life and this was good news for all the people. Yours are the hands by which he is to bless us now. St. Teresa of Avila Fáilte-Bienvenue-Willkomen-Benvenuto-Bi-Bienvenue-Willkomen-Benvenuto-Bienvenidoenvenido-Witajc-Witajcieie-Bemvindo--Bemvindo- Welkom-Velkomin-Vitejte-Karibu-Croeso-Valkommen-Tervetuloa-Welkom-Velkomin-Vitejte-Karibu-Croeso-Valkommen-Tervetuloa-Welcome Cathedral Hospital & Sick Calls St. Joseph’s Remembered in Masses this Week: 26th November, 2017 Mass intentions for scheduled Masses in St. Sat 6.30pm: Buddy Dinan, Waterpark Hts. 1st Anniv Priest on Duty: Joseph’s Church should be booked through the Parish Office. For all other events call Fr John 0656822166. Sun: 9am: John Davoren, Kilfenora. Fr. Ger Fitzgerald Martin Browne, Gallows Hill. Wednesday: Remembered in Masses this Week: Gemma Curtin & Connolly family. Fr. Brendan Quinlivan 7pm: Patrick (Pat) Woods, Circular Rd.MM Donagh & Elaine Lempriere, O’Connell St. Duty Phone: 065 6869098 Sun 8am: Sean & Vera Moloney, Tulla Rd. Frank, Merty & Joan Culligan, Clonroad. 10am: Hugh, Frances & Mary Gilmore, Drumcliffe. 10.30am: Kitty, Michael & Matthew Mc Enery, Gort Rd 11.30am: Edward Ryan, Clancy Pk. Marie & Michael Kelly, College Green. Ennis Parish Mon 11am: Margaret Twomey, Mellor, Blackburn. Mary & Cronin Griffin, Kildysart Cross. Tues 11am: Josephine O’Halloran, Limerick Rd. Christmas Project Wed 11am: Josephine Kelly, Fergus Pk. Lena & Packie Mangan, Brookville. White family, Hermitage. Thu 11am: Eileen Queally. 1st Anniv Fri 11am: John Behan, Kilkee. Frank Dinan, Cahercalla Heights. 7.30pm: Peter & Paulette Cosgrove, Castlewood Pk. Kathleen O’Halloran. Sat 11am: Patrick Kearney, Kincora Pk.1st Anniv Tommy & Alice Fitzpatrick, Larchill. 12noon: Jack Dinan, Considine’s Rd. MM Salvador Coote, late Causeway. 7pm: Thomas Keating, Inagh. 12noon: Josie Garry, Sandfield. 1st Anniv Sun 10am: Martin & Paul Byrnes, Gort Rd. Mon: 7.45am: Donor’s Intention. 11.45am: Ellen Lyons, Mountain View. MM 10am: Joseph & Bridget Dilger & family, Kilrush Rd. 7.30pm: Commane family, Rockmount. Rest in Peace Tues:7.45am Book of Intentions. Triduum Mass Cards (Triduum Joe O’Connor, Oak Park & Rice College. Eddie 10am: Kelly family, Limerick Rd. of Masses offered on Christmas Morris, Tuam, brother of Jackie Morris, Roslevan; Sr. 7.30pm: Eily & Mick Keane, Mc Namara Pk. Day) and Parish Christmas Annunciata Clune, Presentation Convent, Limerick Wed:7.45am: Donor’s Intention. Cards are now available from and formerly of Barefield; Sheila Moore, Killaloe, 10am: Barney Garvey, Leitrim & Kildimo, Co. Limerick. Parish Office. Proceeds from mother of Anthony, TM Parnell St.; 7.30pm:Frank, Josephine & Mary McInerney, Hermitage. cards towards: Cathedral Organ Thurs:7.45am: Donor’s Intention. Restoration Fund. 10am: Ann Mangan, Turnpike Rd. Those we love don't go away, 7.30pm: Noel Ryan, Summerhill. Newly Baptised they walk beside us every day. Fri:7.45am Mass for the People. We welcome into the Unseen, unheard, but always near; 10am: Ned Monahan, Bramble Lane. Christian Community still loved, still missed and very dear. 7.30pm: Jimmy Cronin, Clonroad. 1st Anniv through the Sacrament Sat:10am: Delia & Gerry Mc Mahon, Mullagh. Next Mass in the extraordinary form (the of Baptism: Ayla Grace Decd. Memb. Clancy & Desmond Families. Tridentine or ‘Latin’ rite); Sunday 3rd Franks; Maximilian Iniesta Maura Mallaghan, Considine Rd. December; 5.30pm; St. Joseph’s Church. O’Brien; Cathal James Barry 6.30pm: Mary Corbett, Limerick Rd. All are welcome. Margaret Counihan, Fergus Lawn. 1st Anniv Abbey Cluster Christmas Sun: 9.30am: Tim Flanagan, Rockmount House. Reconciliation Service Cloughleigh Anne Kelly, Kilcock, Co. Kildare. Monday 18th December Donor’s Intention. Ennis Cathedral Remembered in Masses this Week: Kitty Hanrahan & Dan Herbert, Dalcassian Drive. Sun9.30am:Leydon family, Carmody St & Cloughleigh Rd. Mass for deceased members 11am: John, Peg & Peter Moloney, Cloughleigh. John Daly, Clare Rd. of the Defence Forces in Co. Paddy Casey, College Pk. Mon 9.30am: Nell Egan, late Cusack Rd & Castlebar. Clare will take place in the Tue 9.30am: Book of Intentions. Lorraine Dunleavy, Hermitage. st Franciscan Friary; Friday next 1 Wed 9.30am: Paddy Tubridy, Cree. Stephen Kenny, Cornmarket. December; 7.30pm Christopher, Patricia & Robert Grormley, Dalcassian Pk. Thurs 9.30am: Gerard Tubridy, Cree. 11.30am:Kay & Nora Hanberry, Roslevan& Warrington. MM Ennis Parish Fri 9.30am: Kathleen Fallon, Roscommon. Development Fund Sun 8am: Humphrey & Mamie Murphy, Cloughleigh. Roster for Cathedral: Sun 19th Nov, €7,537.00 11am: Mary & Thomas Darcy, Castlerock, Tulla Rd. Sunday 3rd December, 2017 Martin Shanahan will be ordained as a deacon for the Readers: Group 2 Diocese of Killaloe by Bishop Fintan Monahan in the Eucharistic Ministers Weekday: Group 4 th Eucharistic Ministers Sunday: Group 3 Cathedral, on this Sunday 26 November during 12noon Mass. Martin is a native of Quilty in the parish New rotas available in the Sacristy. of Kilmurry Ibrickane and worked for over thirty years with the ESB. His wife, Margaret Mary died in 2011 Matt Talbot Novena, Shannon: 7pm Tuesday in SS John & Paul Church, Shannon. Our speaker and he has one son Eoin who is currently a post this week will be Fr. Paschal McDonnell, OFM, graduate student. He entered Maynooth to study for Franciscan Friary, Ennis. Petitions/Prayers of the priesthood in the Diocese of Killaloe in 2015. As thanksgiving can be left at the shrine or sent to Martin is ordained a deacon, he enters into the final the special petition email on shannonparish.ie where the stage in his preparations for his Priestly Ordination Novena can also be watched live each week. Please come along and bring a friend to the final session of a next summer. Please keep him and his family in your very special Novena. A warm welcome awaits! prayers this weekend. An Advent Giving Tree is situated in the Cathedral at Fr. Francis Meehan Sollúntas Chríost Rí na nUile the side of the Altar. Any of Táimid lúcháireach ar an bhféile seo agus sinn the following can be donated: ag glacadh le hÍosa Críost mar Rí ar gach uile. Tea, coffee, sugar, Tayto, Tá dílseacht againn dó nach bhfuil againn do selection boxes, minerals, biscuits, soup, dhuine nó deoraí eile ar dhroim na cruinne. Tá jam, baked beans, cornflakes, custard, sé de dhualgas orainn a bheith inár bhfianaisí ar Riocht Dé. Cuirtear ag machnamh sinn inniu ar peas, crackers, shampoo, toilet rolls, na nithe a bhaineann le deireadh ama toisc gur tinned food.