Aghaviller Parish Newsletter
Hugginstown, Newmarket and Stoneyford.
10th. and 11th. December 2022.
“Third Sunday of Advent”
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 12th. to Sunday 18th. December 2022.
Hugginstown:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30a.m.
- Vigil – Wednesday 17th at 8.00p.m.
- Sunday 18th. at 10.00a.m.
Stoneyford:
- Wednesday 14th. at 7.00p.m
- Vigil – Saturday 17th. at 6.30p.m.
- Tuesday 13th. Feast of St Lucy.
- Wednesday 14th. Feast of St. John of the Cross
Pray For:
Anniversary Masses:
Michael Murphy, Lismatigue. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Saturday 10th. December at 6.30p.m
Brendan Murphy. Newmarket. Mass in Hugginstown Church on Sunday 11th. December at 10.00a.m.
Anniversary Masses next week:
Mary McGrath, Norelands: In Stoneyford Church on Saturday 17th. December at 6.30p.m
Peter Kenneally , Barnadown. In Hugginstown Church on Saturday 17th. Dec. at 8.00p.m
Rota for next week-end:
17th. and 18th. December 2022 . (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Readers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Tony Roche.
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Catherine Dwyer; Sunday 10.00a.m. Mary Foran.
Eucharistic Ministers:
Stoneyford: Saturday 6.30p.m. Natalia Smolen;
Hugginstown: Saturday 8.00p.m. Mary Murphy; Sunday 10.00a.m. Kay Power.
November Offerings:
Many thanks for your Contributions to the November Offerings during the past weeks.
Roman Catholic Diocese and Parishes of Ossory – Registered Charity No. 20015831
Ordination:
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Niall Coll, a priest of the Diocese of Raphoe, to be the next
Bishop of Ossory. He will be ordained as Bishop on Sunday 22nd. January 2023 at 3.00p.m.
in St Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny.
Online Advent Retreat.
The Priory Institute is delighted to offer an online retreat ‘Word becomes Flesh’: an Advent
Retreat. Visit our website prioryinstitute.com to register or for more information.
Service of Healing:
Service of Healing and Penitential Service will be celebrated in preparation for Christmas during Masses this weekend: Saturday10th. December in Stoneyford Church and on Saturday10th. December and Sunday11th. December in Hugginstown Church.
Parish Contributions:
The “Church Door” Contributions on last weekend amounted to €545.00. Thank You.
Mass Times in the Parish for Christmas:
Saturday 24th. December 2022: (Christmas Eve):
Family Mass in Stoneyford 5.30p.m.;
Family Mass in Hugginstown 7.00p.m.
Sunday 25th. December 2022:
Christmas Day Masses:
Stoneyford 10.00a.m .;
Hugginstown 11.00a.m.
Carrickshock Commemoration
The 190th. Anniversary of the Battle of Carrickshock will be celebrated this year on the 14th. December. This will be marked by the Annual Torchlight Walk at 8.00p.m from Hugginstown via Kyleva to the Commemoration Cross. A short oration will follow. All are very welcome.
The Chapter House Bookshop:
The Chapter House Bookshop at St. Mary’s Cathedral, will be open 5 Days a week ( Monday to Friday) until Christmas. The Shop has a great selection of Nativity Cribs, Christmas Cards, Calendars and Diaries for 2023, also a wide selection of Bibles, Liturgical and spiritual Books. The Bookshop also has a wide selection of Mass Cards and Religious Gifts.
Cois Nore Christmas Card.
Help us to deliver joy and hope with a unique Cois Nore Christmas Card. The cards have been designed for us by Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon, the award winning animation studio in their iconic style. These beautiful Christmas cards, featuring Kilkenny landmarks, are an ideal way to send season greetings. Buying our Christmas cards will raise vital funds to help us support people living with cancer and their families in Kilkenny. Cards will be available in retail shops throughout Kilkenny.
Reflection:
In response to the question of John in the Gospel, Jesus let his actions speak for him. Some people show by the way they live what it means to be a follower of Jesus. Actions often speak louder than word. Perhaps there have been times when we have done the same for others. John made a journey of faith from an incomplete knowledge of Jesus to a deeper understanding of who he was. Faith is not primarily about answering abstract theological questions but about living the Gospel, living the Good News of Jesus in our lives.
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
First Reading
A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah:
Let the wilderness and the dry-lands exult, let the wasteland rejoice and
bloom, let it bring forth flowers like the jonquil, let it rejoice and sing for joy.
The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon;
they shall see the glory of the Lord, the splendour of our God.
Strengthen all weary hands, steady all trembling knees
and say to all faint hearts, ‘Courage! Do not be afraid.
‘Look, your God is coming, vengeance is coming,
the retribution of God; he is coming to save you.’
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed,
then the lame shall leap like a deer and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy
for those the Lord has ransomed shall return.
They will come to Zion shouting for joy, everlasting joy on their faces;
joy and gladness will go with them and sorrow and lament be ended.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm
Response: Come, Lord, and save us.
It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever,
who is just to those who are oppressed.
It is he who gives bread to the hungry,
the Lord, who sets prisoners free,
Come, Lord, and save us.
It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind,
who raises up those who are bowed down,
the Lord, who protects the stranger
and upholds the widow and orphan.
Come, Lord, and save us.
It is the Lord who loves the just
but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for ever,
Zion’s God, from age to age.
Come, Lord, and save us.
Second Reading
A Reading from the Letter of St James:
Be patient, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. Think of a farmer: how patiently he waits for the precious fruit of the ground until it has had the autumn rains and the spring rains! You too have to be patient; do not lose heart, because the Lord’s coming will be soon. Do not make complaints against one another, brothers, so as not to be brought to judgement yourselves; the Judge is already to be seen waiting at the gates. For your example, brothers, in submitting with patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
The Word of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
The spirit of the Lord has been given to me.
He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor.
Alleluia!