3rd Sunday in Lent
“God understands our prayers even when we can’t find the words to say them”.
MASSES FOR THE DEAD NEXT WEEK
TERRYGLASS CHURCH
Sat. Mar 19th 8pm Patricia and Francis Lee, Barry McGloin.
Thurs. Mar 24th 9am Maureen Starr(nee Corboy), Newlawn and Nenagh.
Sat. Mar 26th 8pm Geraldine Clarke, Ryehill
KILBARRON CHURCH
Wed. Mar. 23rd 7.30pm Tom and Annie Burke, Carrigagowan,
Mary Campbell, Bundoran.
Please pray for the happy repose of the souls of John Joe Dunne, Toomevara, (brother of Margaret O’Meara, Kilbiller), Nance Hogan, Ardcroney (mother of Nancy Darcy, Carney), and Peggy Ryan (sister of Anne Clarke, Kilgarvan) who died recently.
National Collection for Ukraine There will be an opportunity at all Masses in Ireland on the weekend of 26/27th March to contribute to help the people of Ukraine. Trócaire are co-ordinating this retiring collection.
MEMORIAL MASS We celebrate a special Memorial Mass in each church this weekend of March 19th / 20th to remember those who died during the pandemic, and pray for their families.
Feast of the Annunciation Friday next 25th March is the Feast of the Annunciation. This feast is the celebration of the Angels, when Mary accepted the call to become the Mother of God and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
Suggestion Box for Synodal Pathway in both churches. Please take an information leaflet.
TERRYGLASS N.S Parents who wish to enrol their children in Terryglass NS can do so by emailing the school at terryglassns16@gmail.com on or before Friday April 8th.
COVID 19 Please continue to keep yourself and others safe. We encourage to use of hand sanitizers and face masks indoors for now.
Trócaire Trócaire boxes are available in all our churches this Lent. Please be generous to those who have little as we give thanks for what we have in our Blessings.
Census 3rd April 2022 It’s quick, it’s confidential and it’s compulsory. Every five years there is a census in Ireland and this year it will happen on Sunday 3rd April. Wherever you sleep on that night is where you should be included on a census form.
Trees
Let me tell you something about trees. They speak to each other. They speak to each other through tunnels that extend from their roots, opened in the earth by fungus, sending their messages cell by cell, with a patience that could only be possessed by a living thing that cannot move. If a tree is starving, its neighbours will send it food. No one really knows how this can be, but it is. Nutrients will travel in the tunnel made of fungus from the roots of a healthy tree to its starving neighbour, even one of a different species. Trees live, like you and me, long lives, and they know things. They know the rule, the only one that’s real and must be kept. What’s the rule? You know. I’ve told you lots of times before. Be kind.
From “A Low and Quiet Sea” Donal Ryan