Masses for the week in Ballymore: Monday Tuesday Thursday & Friday 10am. Saturday 7pm Sunday 10am.
From: Parish Pastoral Council
Monsignor Wilson is retiring as Parish Priest this month. We would like to present him with a token of our affection and gratitude for his kindness and dedication throughout the last number of years. We would like to invite parishioners to a presentation which we have organised for him on Saturday 21st September 2019 in the Church, following 7pm Mass. There will be light refreshments in the Resource Centre afterwards.
Last Week’s Family Envelope Collection:€283
Share Collection: €235
Thank you very much
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Please Pray for:
Recently Deceased
This Week’s Anniversaries :
Saturday 7.00pm
Frank Corrigan (8th Ann)
Dinny Sullivan
Aileen McLoughlin
Sunday 10.00am
Frank Corrigan (8th Ann)
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Pope at Mass: ‘Serve others freely, as God freely loves you’ 11 June 2019
Christians cannot remain stationary, since our way of life impels us to “hit the road, always”.
Jesus has given us our mission: “As you go, say: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons.”
“Christian life is for service. It saddens us to find Christians who initially serve the people of God, but later make use of the people of God. This causes much harm because our vocation is to ‘serve’, not to ‘make use of’.” “Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give. Salvation cannot be bought. God saves us free of charge..
Often when we need some spiritual grace, we say: ‘Well, now I will fast, do penance, pray a novena. Fine, but be careful: this is not done to ‘pay’ or ‘buy’ grace. We do it to open our hearts so that grace might enter. Grace is freely given.”
All God’s gifts are given without cost. We should not bargain with God.
Christians should give freely and not try to sell God’s graces. It pains the heart, he said, when we see pastors making money off God’s grace: ‘I can help you, but it will cost this much.’”
“In our spiritual life we always run the risk of thinking that we need to bribe the Lord. God’s grace is already there, waiting for us free of charge. This relationship of gratuitousness with God is what will help us to have the same rapport with others, whether it be in Christian witness, Christian service, or the pastoral work of those who guide the people of God. Preach and serve, but do not make use of others. Serve and give freely that which you have received freely. May our life of holiness be permeated by this openness of heart, so that the graces that He wishes to give us without cost may enter our hearts.”