Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
9th. and 10th. July 2022. – “Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
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 11th. to Sunday 17th. July 2022.
Hugginstown Church: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
Vigil – Saturday 16th. at 8.00p.m. Sunday 17th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford Church:
Wednesday 13th. at 7.00p.m. Vigil – Saturday 16th. at 6.30p.m.
- Monday 11th. Feast of St. Benedict (Patron of Europe)
- Wednesday 13th. Feast of St. Henry;
- Friday 15th. Feast of St. Bonaventure.
- Saturday 16th. Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Pray For:
Teresa Fanning (nee Creaney), Tramore and formerly of Oldtown.
Bridget Long, Kells.
Anniversary Mass:
John Joe Wallace, Ennisnag; Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 9th. July at 6.30p.m.
Anniversary Masses next weekend:
Christine Ryan, Knockanore; Mass in Stoneyford Church on Saturday 16th. July at 6.30p.m.
Ellen Doyle, Hugginstown; Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 16th. July at 8.00p.m.
Rota for next week-end:
16th. and 17th. July 2022 (Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time).
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Neill O’Grady.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Tommy Murphy. Sunday 10.00a.m. Marie Ryan.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Barbara Smolen.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Cahill. Sunday 10.00a.m. Ruth Crowley.
Cemetery Mass:
Mass will be celebrated in Sheepstown Cemetery on Thursday 28th. July at 8.00p.m.
Lotto:
Aghaviller Parish and Carrickshock G. A. A.
Draw: Monday 4th. July 2022 Numbers: 31; 06; 24; 11.
No First 3 Numbers Drawn Winner: No Jackpot Winner:
5 x €30.00 Winners:
- Lillian Carr, Barnadown;
- Kitty Dwyer, Baysrath;
- Daniel Doyle, c/o James Irish;
- Kay Walshe, Stoneyford;
- David Ivors, Ballingarry.
3 x €15.00 (Sellers):
- Tommy Murphy;
- Pat Dwyer;
- James Irish.
Next Draw on Monday 11th. July 2022. Please submit returns by 8.30p.m. Draw at 9.00p.m.
Next week: Match 3: €500.00; (First 3 Numbers Drawn) Jackpot: €6,400.00. (4 Numbers in any order)
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €510.00. Thank You.
June Collection:
Many thanks for your very generous support to the “June Collection 2022”. This collection is for the support of the priests of the Parish and the Priests of the Diocese.
Youth Summer Festival:
Join over 1000 young people between 16 and 35 this August at the Youth 2000 Summer Festival. The festival takes place in Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co Kildare from Thursday 11th. August to Sunday 14th. August 2022. For more information and to book your place go to www.youth2000.ie
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
Reflection:
Today’s Gospel brings us right to the heart of what a Christian life involves: Love of God and Love of neighbour. Jesus tells us that having life both now and in the future is the fruit of living in a spirit of love. With the media today we are brought face to face with suffering, poverty and hunger so vast that it can engender a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness. The parable challenges us about how we react when we come face to face with a person in need. We may sometimes try to avoid getting involved but we can always help someone.
“Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time” – 10rd. July 2022.
First Reading:
A Reading from the Book of Deuteronomy:
Moses said to the people: ‘Obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping those commandments and laws of his that are written in the Book of this Law, and you shall return to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.
‘For this Law that I enjoin on you today is not beyond your strength or beyond your reach. It is not in heaven, so that you need to wonder, “Who will go up to heaven for us and bring it down to us, so that we may hear it and keep it?” Nor is it beyond the seas, so that you need to wonder, “Who will cross the seas for us and bring it back to us, so that we may hear it and keep it?” No, the Word is very near to you, it is in your mouth and in your heart for your observance.’ The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm:
Response: The precepts of the Lord gladden the heart.
The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul.
The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple. R.
The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart.
The command of the Lord is clear, it gives light to the eyes. R.
The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever.
The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just. R.
They are more to be desired than gold, than the purest of gold
and sweeter are they than honey, than honey from the comb. R.
Second Reading:
A Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians:
Christ Jesus is the image of the unseen God and the first-born of all creation, for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth: everything visible and everything invisible,
Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers – all things were created through him and for him.
Before anything was created, he existed, and he holds all things in unity.
Now the Church is his body, he is its head.
As he is the Beginning, he was first to be born from the dead, so that he should be first in every way;
because God wanted all perfection to be found in him and all things to be reconciled through him and for him, everything in heaven and everything on earth, when he made peace by his death on the cross.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me.
Alleluia!
Gospel
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke:
There was a lawyer who, to disconcert Jesus, stood up and said to him, ‘Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the Law? What do you read there?’ He replied, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.’ ‘You have answered right,’ said Jesus ‘do this and life is yours.’
But the man was anxious to justify himself and said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of brigands; they took all he had, beat him and then made off, leaving him half dead. Now a priest happened to be travelling down the same road, but when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite who came to the place saw him, and passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan traveller who came upon him was moved with compassion when he saw him. He went up and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. He then lifted him on to his own mount, carried him to the inn and looked after him. Next day, he took out two denarii and handed them to the innkeeper. “Look after him,” he said “and on my way back I will make good any extra expense you have.” Which of these three, do you think, proved himself a neighbour to the man who fell into the brigands‘ hands?’ ‘The one who took pity on him’ he replied. Jesus said to him, ‘Go, and do the same yourself.’
The Gospel of the Lord.