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PARISH NEWSLETTER 27 May 2018 (Trinity Sunday)

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To The Girls of St. Louise’s

27th May 2018

Ms. Tempany Leah Bateman Adriana Buckley Jasmine Carpenter Alanah Dempsey Megan Dwyer Ellie Kavanagh Niamh Kelly Clare Kildea Summer Bella Maher -Kavanagh Holly McCarthy Nicole Mglosiek Emmie Mills Luceé Needham Gemma O'Brien Alex O'Halloran Ella Perth Enya Purdy Karlie Reid Brooke Ward

Ms. Winters Carly Armstrong Alexia Behan-Reilly Ellie Browne

-McCluskey Abigail Buckley Cara Byrne Alesha Donovan Freja Anna Doyle Skye Dunne Brooke Dwyer Brooke Fitzgerald Grace Kelly Millie McBride Kayla McCarthy -Fitzsimons Kya McHugh Lauren Murphy -Brennan Aisling Quinn Katie Taylor -McNamara Abbie Rose Williams

Congratulations on your First

Communion

This is my body given up for you: Do this in memory

of me Luke 22:19

Mass Times Weekdays: Saturday: Vigil Mass 6.30 Tuesday Sunday: 10.00 Prayer Service 09.00, 09.45 (Convent) Mass Times

10.30,12.00 Wed: 7.00pm Mon, Thur, Fri: 10.00

FAITH MOMENT To believe in God as a Christian is to believe that the Trinity of divine persons is One, that each divine Person is distinct from the other, and that the divine Persons are related to one another in a divine community of love. Every Christian is baptized in the name of the Triune God - in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Parish Centre or Sacristy: Phone: 626 56 95 Monday to Friday 10.00am to 1.00pm

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BOOK OF THE WEEK THE GAZE OF LOVE RUTH PATTERSON

VERITAS DUBLIN 2016. Pp 211. I realize I have reviewed/ recommended this book before, however I believe it is worth another mention. As I grappled a little with the Trinity this week I found myself drawn back again to this beautiful book. It is steeped in Scripture. It is a book about God’s love. Whilst it is informative and revealing it is also very much a meditation. Yes, it is a book to be read but in my view it is then a book to be prayed.

Mass Intentions This Week

Lara Cullen Jack Doyle Margaret Fisher Frank Kane Snr. Frank Kane Jnr. Danielle Kerins Brian James Patrick McCormack Kay McLoughlin Recent Funerals Noel Sheedy Philip McCarthy Sarah Maguire

Weekly Collections May 13 First Collection € 775 Share Collection € 615 Family Offering € 715

WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES DO YOU REALIZE

YOU NEED TO REGISTER? Attendance at all World Meeting of Families 2018’s events will require tickets/ registration. Some events will be free; others will be subject to a fee.

It is time to visit www.worldmeeting2018.ie

GOSPEL READINGS FOR THE WEEK Mon 28/05 Mk 10: 17 – 27 He looked at him, and loved him. Tue 29/05 Mk 10: 28 – 31 Peter said, ‘ we have left everything and followed you’ Wed 30/05 Mk 10: 32 – 45 ‘You do not know what you are asking’ Thu 31/05 Lk 1: 39 – 56 THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Mary stayed

with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home. Fri 01/06 Mk 11: 11 – 26 ST. JUSTIN, MARTYR ‘Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours’ Sat 02/06 Mk 11: 27 – 33 ‘Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things’

Concert in aid of St. Matthew’s & Peter McVerry Trust Friday 3rd November in St. Matthews

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Cemetery Masses: Palmerstown June 17 at 3:00pm Glasnevin June 24 at 3:00pm Newlands Cross July 8 at 3:00pm Esker Sept 2 at 3.00pm

Parishes Walking Together Annual Walk Sunday June 10 @ 1.30pm

Join us for a pilgrim walk of the five parishes in our cluster as we journey together on this ‘mini-camino’ of Approx. 9 kms.

Everyone is welcome

St. Vincent De Paul Annual Clothing Appeal

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Distribution of Bags Next Weekend 2/3 June

Collection of Bags Weekend June 9/10

St. Vincent DePaul

Monthly Church Gate Collection This Weekend 27/28 May

Pilgrimage to Lourdes Departure 16th August. 4* Hotel Solitude 7 Nights Full Board Cost €799 per person sharing fully inclusive Accompanied by Spiritual Director Fr. Joe McDonald, St. Matthew’s Contact Eddie Teeling @ 6262669

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STILL A FEW PLACES LEFT ON THE PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES I AM IS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ACCOMPANYING THIS PILGRIMAGE AS SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR. IT WILL BE A SPECIAL TIME OF GOD’S GRACE IN THE COMPANY OF MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

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THE TRINITY

It’s amazing how often I meet people who say that the Trinity means nothing to them. They say that it’s too vague, too far away from them. Too complicated. They even say that it has no bearing on their life. It goes further. I have people say to me that their faith life is rooted in Jesus, which of course is marvelous, but then they go on to say that they have no connection with the Trinity. Now whilst I completely understand what they mean, it actually makes no sense.

I wonder how many times during our lives do we bless ourselves? When you think of it, it must be thousands of times. When we do, we ‘cross’ ourselves. We make the gestures that accompany the invocation, or the calling of Father, the Creator of the world, Jesus, his Son, who came among us as man, and then the Holy Spirit, to bless and protect us. It’s only when we think about this that we realize how significant the gesture, and even more so, the the significance of the words. We often think of blessing ourselves as the preamble, the warm up, if you like, before the actual prayer. In fact as we bless ourselves we make a most profound prayer. Perhaps it would be good to be more conscious of how profound, indeed how sacred it is, as we do it.

The more I pray and reflect on the Trinity, the more I understand it as both beautifully simple and mysteriously complex. Of course I accept completely that we will never understand the Trinity. We will never be able to define it. We will never be able to contain it. And yes I agree it is a mystery. However I believe it is so important that, even though we acknowledge it defies our understanding, this should not stop us wrestling with it. When we do actually wrestle with it, we of course wrestle with God. We wrestle with God, not to win, not to subject him to ourselves but rather to be changed in and through the wrestling. In the wrestling we are stretched and strained, and we heave and sigh and gradually we are changed by the experience. My favorite scriptural story about this is in Genesis 32, where we hear of the wrestling match between Jacob and God at Penuel.

So in accepting this most sublime mystery let’s engage in some wrestling. Holy wrestling. The three avenues or doorways that I use to explore the Trinity are: family, dance and community. Immediately we see both the simplicity and the complexity. I mean family is basic isn’t it? We all know it. The place where we are fed, housed, clothed, loved. Yet, as we grow up and begin to make our way in the world, it starts to dawn us that there is much more to family. Every family has multiple layers. In these days when we are preparing for World Meeting of Families we are rethinking, at least I hope we are, how we define family.

What is more important? Is there a married Mum and Dad and two children, a boy and a girl? Does this define family? Of course it may well do. However for others family is constituted differently, such as, a lone parent, children being raised by granny and indeed many other variations. Of course what is really important is that family is where we belong, where we feel safe, where we learn love, where we learn the beauty of compassion and forgiveness. Family is where we learn the important stuff that enables us to lead a happy and fruitful life in the love and service of others. Could it be that the Trinity is a family? Could it be that the Holy Family of Nazareth is modeled on the Trinity. Could it be that the Trinity is a model of love, self sacrificing, totally effacing love? Could it be that the Trinity is the perfect love. Could it be that in the Trinity, in it’s creativity, it’s giving, its unity and also its separateness that we could learn so much about how best to be human? Is it possible that we have in the Trinity we have the perfect teacher?

Is it not amazing that the Trinity invites us in to be part of it in a similar way that the Trinity wants to be part of us? Surely if we are to make some effort at engaging with the Risen and Ascended Jesus we must acknowledge the Trinity’s call to intimacy. Is not Pentecost the opening of a perfect channel between us and God. Does not the Trinity ceaselessly step closer to us and in the most profound way possible invite us to dance? Within the Trinity there is a ceaseless dance, a divine swirling, a holy stepping in and out. What would it be like for us to rejoice in the Trinity?

J MC DONALD 21. 05. 18

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