Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
5th. and 6th. November 2022.
“Thirty-Second 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 7th. to Sunday 13th. November.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Saturday 12th. at 8.00p.m.
- Sunday 13th. @ 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 9th. at 7.00p.m
- Vigil – Saturday 12th. at 6.30p.m.
- Thursday 10th. Feast of St. Leo the Great.
- Friday 11th. Feast of St. Martin of Tours
Pray for:
Anniversary Mass:
John Sheridan, Kells
Remembrance Masses for the Faithful Departed:
Remembrance Masses for the Faithful Departed will be celebrated on next Saturday 5th. November: In Stoneyford Church at 6.30p.m. and in Hugginstown Church at 8.00p.m. We will remember all who have lost a family member during the past twelve months. Families will be invited to bring a candle to the altar in remembrance of their loved ones during Mass.
In Loving Memory of:
John Phelan, Stonecarthy (December ‘21)
Val Lee, Stoneyford (January ‘22)
Nellie Dunphy, Kyleva (February ‘22)
Alice Murphy, Lismatigue (February ‘22)
Ollie Ryan, Lawcus (March ‘22)
Gerard McBride, Sheepstown (April ‘22)
Andy Webster, Croan (May ’22)
Paudie Walsh, Templeorum (May ‘22)
Adam Czekala, Castlemorris (August ‘22)
Patrick McBride, Sheepstown (August ’22)
Joseph Murphy, Lawcus (August ’22)
John Carroll, Kingsmountain (September ’22)
Gerard Cantwell, Carrigetna (September ’22)
St John Donovan, Lawcus Fields (October ’22)
If you had a family member who died outside the parish and would like them included in this Remembrance Mass, please let us know during the week.
All are invited to write down the names of their own departed ones and place them at the altar for the month of November. They will be remembered at all Masses in the parish during November.
Months Mind Mass:
In Hugginstown Church on Sunday 6th. November at 10.00a.m. – Ger Cantwell, Carricketna.
Anniversary Mass next weekend:
In Hugginstown Church on Saturday 12th. November at 8.00p.m. – Kathleen Tennyson
Rota for next week-end:
12th. and 13th. November (Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Shelia Lennon.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Valerie Farrell; Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Foran.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Natalia Smolen;
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Cuddihy; Sunday 10.00a.m. Ann Power.
November Offerings:
November Offerings Envelopes 2022 are available at the Church Porch. Your contribution can be left into the Collection Boxes at the Churches or you may donate directly –
Use IBAN: IE19 AIBK 9330 9000 0561 20 (BIC: AIBKIE2D).
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €550.00. Thank You.
Pilgrimage to Lourdes:
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will make a much welcome return having been suspended
during the pandemic. The dates for the 2023 Pilgrimage are Tuesday 23rd. May to Sunday
28th. May 2023. Further information available later.
Safeguarding Contacts:
Diocesan Designated Liaison Person: Ms. Kathleen Sherry, Telephone: 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 on Death
Lord there is a time for dying; When you took our loved ones to yourself,
And a time for re-birth; When you restored them to life in the Spirit through your Son.
There is a time for tears; When we grieved their loss,
And a time for hope; When we were comforted by your promise of eternal life.
There is a time for healing; When you sustained us through the support of others,
And a time for building; When we slowly reshaped our shattered lives.
There is a time for searching; When we seek to understand your ways,
And a time for losing; When we finally surrender our loved ones to your welcoming arms.
There is a time for remembering;
When we sense again the presence of our loved ones in our midst,
And a time for keeping silent; As we stand before a mystery that we can only dimly glimpse.
Indeed Lord, there is a season for everything; And a time for everything under Heaven.
First reading
A Reading from the Second Book of Maccabees:
There were seven brothers who were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste pig’s flesh, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and scourges. One of them, acting as spokesman for the others, said, ‘What are you trying to find out from us? We are prepared to die rather than break the laws of our ancestors.’
With his last breath the second brother exclaimed, ‘Inhuman fiend, you may discharge us from this present life, but the King of the world will raise us up, since it is for his laws that we die, to live again for ever.’
After him, they amused themselves with the third, who on being asked for his tongue promptly thrust it out and boldly held out his hands, with these honourable words, ‘It was heaven that gave me these limbs; for the sake of his laws I disdain them; from him I hope to receive them again.’ The king and his attendants were astounded at the young man’s courage and his utter indifference to suffering.
When this one was dead they subjected the fourth to the same savage torture. When he neared his end he cried, ‘Ours is the better choice, to meet death at men’s hands, yet relying on God’s promise that we shall be raised up by him; whereas for you there can be no resurrection, no new life.’
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: I shall be filled, when I awake, with the sight of your glory,
O Lord.
Lord, hear a cause that is just,
pay heed to my cry.
Turn your ear to my prayer:
no deceit is on my lips. R.
I kept my feet firmly in your paths;
there was no faltering in my steps.
I am here and I call, you will hear me, O God.
Turn your ear to me; hear my words. R.
Guard me as the apple of your eye.
Hide me in the shadow of your wings
As for me, in my justice I shall see your face
and be filled, when I awake, with the sight of your glory. R.
Second reading
A Reading from St Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians:
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who has given us his love and, through his grace, such inexhaustible comfort and such sure hope, comfort you and strengthen you in everything good that you do or say.
Finally, brothers, pray for us; pray that the Lord’s message may spread quickly, and be received with honour as it was among you; and pray that we may be preserved from the interference of bigoted and evil people, for faith is not given to everyone. But the Lord is faithful, and he will give you strength and guard you from the evil one, and we, in the Lord, have every confidence that you are doing and will go on doing all that we tell you. May the Lord turn your hearts towards the love of God and the fortitude of Christ.
The Word of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Stay awake, praying at all times
for the strength to stand with confidence
before the Son of Man.
Alleluia!
