Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
2nd. and 3rd. April 2022.
“Fifth Sunday of Lent”
Priests Living within the Parish:
Liam Cassin (Parish Priest) Telephone: 056 776 8693 or Mobile 087 231 2354
Peter Hoyne (Retired) Telephone: 056 776 8678 or Mobile 086 373 8492
Mass Times in Aghaviller Parish:
Monday 4th. to Sunday 10th. April 2022.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 9th. at 8.00p.m.
- Sunday 10th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 6th. at 7.00p.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 9th. at 6.30p.m.
Pray For:
Katie Murphy, Ballyfoyle. Tullogher; who died during the week.
Anniversary Mass:
Agnes Kenny, Lawcus: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 2nd. April at 6.30p.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Bridget and Betty McCarthy, Knockdrinna: Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 9th. April at 6.30p.m.
Dick Power, Lismatigue; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 9th. April at 8.00p.m.
Sacrament of Healing and Reconciliation:
The Sacrament of Healing and Reconciliation for Easter will be celebrated during Masses on this weekend 2nd./3rd. April. In Stoneyford Church during the Saturday 6.30p.m. Mass; and in Hugginstown Church during the Saturday 8.00p.m. and Sunday 10.00a.m. Masses.
Palm Sunday – 10th. April 2022:
Palm will be blessed at the beginning of all Masses next week-end 9th. and 10th. April.
Timetable for Holy Week Masses and Ceremonies:
Hugginstown Church:
- Holy Thursday 14th. April at 8.00p.m.
- Good Friday 15th. April at 3.00p.m.
- Holy Saturday 16th. April at 8.00p.m.
- Easter Sunday 17th. April at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford Church:
- Holy Thursday 14th. April at 7.00p.m.
- Good Friday 15th. April at 7.00p.m.
- Holy Saturday 16th. April 6.30p.m.
Mass of Chrism in St. Mary’s Cathedral on Wednesday 13th. April at 7.30p.m.
Confirmation:
Congratulations to the Pupils of Monroe and Newmarket Schools who received their Confirmation on Saturday 2nd. April. Thanks to all Parents, Sponsors and Teachers for their full participation.
Trócaire:
Every year during Lent, Trócaire asks for your help to fund lifesaving programmes around the world. Please collect a Trócaire Box, available in both Churches. You can contribute Online at www.trocaire.org or by phone: 1850 408 408. The contents of each and every Trócaire Box, no matter how small, all adds up.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €475.00. Thank You.
Ukraine Appeal:
The Ukraine Appeal held last weekend amounted to €1,460.00. Thank You.
Lenten Station:
Many thanks to all who have contributed to the Lenten Stations in recent weeks. Your contribution is for the support of the priests of the Parish and the Diocese. Your support is always appreciated.
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person:
Ms. Kathleen Sherry Tel: 087 100 0232 or email: dlp@ossory.ie.
Aghaviller Parish Representatives are:
Teresa Broderick and Carmel O’Toole
Newsletter:
If you wish to receive the weekly Newsletter by email, please drop your email address to liamcassin@ossory.ie.
The Newsletter is also 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.
Contact: Telephone: 056 776 8693 or email: liamcassin@ossory.ie
“Fifth Sunday of Lent” – 3rd. April 2022.
First Reading:
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah:
Thus says the Lord, who made a way through the sea, a path in the great waters;
who put chariots and horse in the field and a powerful army which lay there never to rise again,
snuffed out, put out like a wick:
No need to recall the past, no need to think about what was done before.
See, I am doing a new deed, even now it comes to light; can you not see it?
Yes, I am making a road in the wilderness, paths in the wilds.
The wild beasts will honour me, jackals and ostriches, because I am putting water in the wilderness
(rivers in the wild) to give my chosen people drink.
The people I have formed for myself will sing my praises.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm:
Response: What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad.
When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage, it seemed like a dream.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, on our lips there were songs. R.
The heathens themselves said: ‘What marvels the Lord worked for them!’
What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad. R.
Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage as streams in dry land.
Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap. R.
They go out, they go out, full of tears, carrying seed for the sowing:
they come back, they come back, full of song, carrying their sheaves. R.
Second Reading:
A Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians:
I believe nothing can happen that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For him I have accepted the loss of everything, and I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ and be given a place in him. I am no longer trying for perfection by my own efforts, the perfection that comes from the Law, but I want only the perfection that comes through faith in Christ, and is from God and based on faith. All I want is to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to share his sufferings by reproducing the pattern of his death. That is the way I can hope to take my place in the resurrection of the dead. Not that I have become perfect yet: I have not yet won, but I am still running, trying to capture the prize for which Christ Jesus captured me. I can assure you my brothers, I am far from thinking that I have already won. All I can say is that I forget the past and I strain ahead for what is still to come; I am racing for the finish, for the prize to which God calls us upwards to receive in Christ Jesus.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation:
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks – come back to me with all your heart, for I am all tenderness and compassion.
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Gospel:
A Reading from the Holy Gospel of St. John:
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At daybreak he appeared in the Temple again; and as all the people came to him, he sat down and began to teach them.
The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman along who had been caught committing adultery; and making her stand there in full view of everybody, they said to Jesus, ‘Master, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery, and Moses has ordered us in the Law to condemn women like this to death by stoning. What have you to say?’ They asked him this as a test, looking for something to use against him. But Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. As they persisted with their question, he looked up and said, ‘If there is one of you who has not sinned, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Then he bent down and wrote on the ground again. When they heard this they went away one by one, beginning with the eldest, until Jesus was left alone with the woman, who remained standing there. He looked up and said, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ ‘No one, sir’ she replied. ‘Neither do I condemn you,’ said Jesus ‘go away, and do not sin any more.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
