Aghaviller Parish Newsletter

Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.

29^th. and 30^th. January 2022.

“Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time”

Priests Living within the Parish:

Mass Times in Aghaviller Parish:  

Monday 31^st. January to Sunday 6^th. February 2022.

Hugginstown:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.

• Vigil  –   Saturday 5^th. at 8.00p.m.            
• Sunday 6^th. at 10.00a.m.

Stoneyford:       

• Wednesday and Friday at 7.00p.m.           
• Vigil  –  Saturday 5^th. at 6.30p.m.

1. Monday 31^st.   Feast of St. John Bosco;                          
2. Tuesday 1^st.  Feast of St. Brigid:  
3. Wednesday 2^nd.   Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord.   Blessing of Candles to be used in the Churches during the year will take place during Masses on Wednesday at 9.30a.m in Hugginstown and 7.00p.m. in Stoneyford.    Church Candles, (or Donations for Church Candles), may be left into the Church Sacristy.  
4. Thursday 3^rd.     Feast of St. Blaise. Blessing of Throats will take place after Masses over next weekend.
5. Friday 4^th.    First Friday: Visitation with Holy Communion will take place as usual on Friday 4^th.  Please let us know if you would like to receive Holy Communion in your home for the First Fridays or at any time.

Pray For:               

Val Lee, Stoneyford, who died during the week.           

Anniversary Masses this weekend:  

Frances Wallace, Ennisnag:  Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 29^th. January at 6.30p.m. 

Walter and Sr. Canice Broderick, Croan: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 29^th. January at 8.00p.m. 

Ned Millea, Kyleva: Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 30^th. January at 10.00a.m.     Seamus Doyle.

Anniversary Masses next weekend:

Christopher Lodge, Kells; Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 5^th. February at 6.30p.m. 

Ellen Ryan, Kingsmountain; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 6^th. February at 10.00a.m. 

Dates to Remember for 2022:

Confirmation 2022:       

For Stoneyford School on Saturday 26^th. March in Stoneyford Church at 11.00a.m.   

For Monroe/Newmarket Schools on Saturday 2^nd. April in Hugginstown Church at 11.00a.m.

First Holy Communion 2022.

For Stoneyford School on Sunday 8^th. May in Stoneyford Church at 11.00a.m.   

Lotto:      

Parish Contributions:

The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €520.00.  Thank You.                                                                       

(To donate directly.)  For Aghaviller Parish Funds: Use IBAN:  IE74 AIBK 9330 9000 0610 47 (BIC: AIBKIE2D) 

For the support of the Clergy:  Use IBAN:  IE19 AIBK 9330 9000 0561 20 (BIC: AIBKIE2D).

Holy Land Pilgrimage

An eight day Pilgrimage to the Holy Land takes place from 16^th. to 24^th. February 2022;  Led by Fr. John Carroll (Diocese of Ferns).  There are still a small number of places available. The pilgrimage will visit Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem and other sites in the Holy Land associated with Jesus. For more information and to reserve a place, please call Marian Pilgrimages on 01 878 8159 or email info@marian.ie

Safeguarding Contacts:  

Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: 

Ms. Kathleen Sherry Tel: 087 100 0232  or  email: dlp@ossory.ie. 

Aghaviller Parish Representatives are: 

Newsletter:

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The Newsletter is available on the Stoneyford Website every weekend. (Stoneyford.ie:) News. 

All notices for the Newsletter to be left in by Thursdays at 5.00p.m. please.

“Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time”  –  30^th. January 2022.

First Reading:

A Reading from the prophet Jeremiah:

In the days of Josiah, the word of the Lord was addressed to me, saying:

‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you came to birth I consecrated you; I have appointed you as prophet to the nations.   ‘So now brace yourself for action. Stand up and tell them all I command you.  Do not be dismayed at their presence, or in their presence I will make you dismayed.‘I, for my part, today will make you into a fortified city, a pillar of iron, and a wall of bronze to confront all this land:  the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests and the country people.

They will fight against you but shall not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you – it is the Lord who speaks.’                                                                                        

The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm:  

Response:      My lips will tell of your help.

In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.

In your justice rescue me, free me: pay heed to me and save me.                                          R.

Be a rock where I can take refuge, a mighty stronghold to save me;

for you are my rock, my stronghold.  Free me from the hand of the wicked.                        R.

It is you, O Lord, who are my hope, my trust, O Lord, since my youth.

On you I have leaned from my birth, from my mother’s womb you have been my help.     R.

My lips will tell of your justice and day by day of your help.

O God, you have taught me from my youth  and I proclaim your wonders still.                  R.

Second Reading:

A Reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians:

Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous; love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offence, and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.

Love does not come to an end. But if there are gifts of prophecy, the time will come when they must fail; or the gift of languages, it will not continue for ever; and knowledge – for this, too, the time will come when it must fail. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophesying is imperfect; but once perfection comes, all imperfect things will disappear. When I was a child, I used to talk like a child, and think like a child, and argue like a child, but now I am a man, all childish ways are put behind me. Now we are seeing a dim reflection in a mirror; but then we shall be seeing face to face. The knowledge that I have now is imperfect; but then I shall know as fully as I am known.   In short, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is love.                                                                                                            

The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia!  

I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; No one can come to the Father except through me.

Alleluia!

Gospel:

A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. Luke:

Jesus began to speak in the synagogue: ‘This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen.’ And he won the approval of all, and they were astonished by the gracious words that came from his lips. They said, ‘This is Joseph’s son, surely?’   But he replied, ‘No doubt you will quote me the saying, “Physician, heal yourself” and tell me, “We have heard all that happened in Capernaum, do the same here in your own countryside.”

And he went on, ‘I tell you solemnly, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country. ‘There were many widows in Israel, I can assure you, in Elijah’s day, when heaven remained shut for three years and six months and a great famine raged throughout the land, but Elijah was not sent to any one of these: he was sent to a widow at Zarephath, a Sidonian town. And in the prophet Elisha’s time there were many lepers in Israel, but none of these was cured, except the Syrian, Naaman.’  When they heard this everyone in the synagogue was enraged. They sprang to their feet and hustled him out of the town; and they took him up to the brow of the hill their town was built on, intending to throw him down the cliff, but he slipped through the crowd and walked away.                                                                                                                                   

The Gospel of the Lord.