Sunday 16th March 2008

Palm Sunday of The Lord's Passion

Prayer for Today
"Dear Lord, today we remember Your triumphant journey into Jerusalem, but let us not turn our backs on you in the coming days, weeks, months and years as the rejoicing crowd did after that day! Help us to stay on our journey with You day by day. Keep us ever faithful to our commitment to spend more time with you. To give just an hour a day in Your company through prayer and the scriptures, and perhaps even an hour a week keeping You company in front of Your Divine Presence in the Blessed Sacrament. Help us to forgo the temptation to return to our lazy ways when this Lenten Period is over. “
“Into Your hands O Lord I commend my spirit”

REFLECTION

The acclamation of Jesus by the crowds as he enters Jerusalem contrasts sharply with the humiliation and suffering he endures in his Passion and death. We know that neither of these is the true destiny of Christ. His true destiny is the triumph and glory of the Resurrection. In this is reflected our own destiny and should help us to remember that both worldly success and human pain are things that pass and that our real hope lies in the eternal life of God’s Kingdom.

PARISH NEWS, MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Penitential Service for Easter on Today Sun 16th March
Connons 4pm, Aghadrumsee 5pm, Clones 7pm

Deaths: Please pray for the dead, especially:
Donal O’Harte, Clonmaulin
Maggie Hillis, Rockcorry

Baptisms: We welcome into God’s community:
Adam Luszcz, Sadhbh Dianne Bonner

Chernobyl Children’s Project Church Gate Collection: On Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd March, please give generously to this worthy cause.

Come Celebrate Divine Mercy: The Divine Mercy Novena which begins on Friday 28th March will conclude in St Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan on Sun 30th @ 3pm. Everyone Welcome.

SACRED HEART CHURCH

Masses for the week

Sat 7pm Bernard & Joan Armstrong

Sun 9.30 Mass
11.30 People of the Parish

Mon 7.30 Mass
10.00 Eileen Rynne & Sherry Family, Clones

Tues 7.30 Special Intention
10.00 Arthur Tanney, NTB Rd

Wed 7.30 Mass
10.00 Teresa McCabe & Deceased Relatives, Legar Hill & Fermanagh St

Thurs No Morning Mass
Chrism Mass in St Macartan’s Cathedral @ 11am
7pm Mass of Holy Thursday

Fri No Morning Mass
3.00pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
8pm Stations of the Cross

Sat No Morning Mass
9pm (Vigil) Easter Vigil Mass Months Memory Mary Murray, Legnakelly

Sun 9.30 Easter Sunday Mass
11.30 People of the Parish

Altar Society: M Murray, C Toye, A Woods, I Gleeson, R Corr, B Hughes

AGHADRUMSEE

Sat 8pm Patrick & Roseann McAloon, Mullinvaum
Sun 10am Clare McCarron & Deceased Relatives, Killyliffer
Thurs 8pm Mass of Holy Thursday
Fri 8pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Sat 9pm Easter Vigil Mass
Sun 10am Easter Sunday Mass

Eucharistic Adoration: A Carey, E Lynch, M & N McCabe, C & P Higgins

Eucharistic Ministers: D Grew, L Lynch

Servers: Team E Ryan McMahon, Joseph McCabe

GFC. Lotto: No Winner. Winning No’s 9, 12, 13, 24, Jackpot now £1,100, thank you

CONNONS

Sun 11am. (16th March) Deceased Members McCaffrey Family, Drumgramp
Thurs 7pm Mass of Holy Thursday
Fri 7pm Celebration of our Lord’s Passion
Sun 11am Easter Sunday Mass John & Catherine McKernan, Cloniston

Altar Servers:
(Holy Thurs) Zoe Clarke, Rebecca Gavin
(Good Fri) Daniel Maguire, Rebecca Murphy
(Easter Sun) Jessica Gavin, Damien Connolly, Rebecca Gavin

Readers:
(Holy Thurs) Pat McAdam
(Good Fri) Patricia McCabe, Margaret Connolly
(Easter Sun) Sean McCabe

Gift Bearers:
(Holy Thurs) Sean & Vera McCaffrey
(Easter Sun) McKernan Family

Currin Lotto: No Winner. Winning No’s 7, 10, 21, 23, jackpot now €7,550, thank you

NOTES

Workshop on Marriage: Marriage Encounter is a weekend away (Fri 8pm to Sun 5pm) for married couples of all ages with a stable relationship. Couples explore, in complete privacy, how to come to a deeper mutual understanding of each other. The dates for the next Marriage Encounter weekends are: 28th—30th March, Dromantine Conference Centre, Newry, 18th—20th April, Emmaus conference Centre, Swords. Tel: 048 90 626503.
WWW.marriageencounterireland.ie

Citizens Information: Monaghan Citizens Information Centre continues to offer a free & confidential information service every Friday morning in the Diamond meeting rooms. All are very welcome to avail of this service.

Community Forum Drop-In Tea Morning: Continues every Wed morning in the Forum’s Diamond meeting rooms from 10.30am—12.30. Everyone welcome.

Horticulture Class: Co.Monaghan VEC is starting a Horticulture class in St Patrick’s College, Monaghan one morning per week. During this course, participants will develop the skills needed to grow and maintain a variety of plants, develop and appreciation of nature and the environment and develop safe working practices and ideas for developing their own gardens or those on their community. Start Date: Sat 15th March 9.30am—1.30pm.

Talk on Townlands: A talk on Townlands by Brian McDonald will take place on Tues 25th March @ 8pm in the Cassandra Hand Centre.

National Learning Network Monaghan: Employment Based Training Programme - this Fas funded programme to help people with a disability or at disadvantage in the work place has two places available. If interested please get your name in as soon as possible. Call Maureen on 087 6500921 (Mon—Fri 9am—5pm)

The Easter Triduum

These three special days are celebrated from the evening of Holy Thursday until Easter Sunday morning. We call Christ's Passover through death to risen life, the ‘Paschal Mystery'.

Holy Thursday: The Mass of the Lord's Supper with its themes of service (the gospel of the washing of the feet) and the gift of the Eucharist;

Good Friday: The celebration of the Lord's Passion is a unique liturgy, "austere but never sad.” It ponders the saving death of the Lord Jesus; He gave all for us, to save us.

The vigil of Easter night proclaims Christ's resurrection from the tomb and of our rising with him from sin to the new life of love and grace. We are part of the Paschal Mystery. We come through the Penitential Fast of Lent to the Paschal Feast, and the joy of the Sunday of the Resurrection. We are called to new life.