. November is the month when we remember our dead. Prayers are recited in the cemetries and the graves are blessed at this time of the year. Sunday, 6th November: Ballyluchra 11.30 am, St Joseph’s Little Island 11 am, Ballverry Little Island 12.15 pm, Caherlag 12.45, Templeisque 2 pm, Rathcooney 3 pm. Sunday, 13th November: St […]
The novena for the dead begins on Wednesday, 2nd November and ends on Thursday 10th. Three Masses will be celebrated in Glanmire parish each weekday. St Joseph’s, Springhill: 10.00 am; 7.30 pm St Michael’s, Upper Glanmire 9.20 am On Saturday evening and Sunday, Masses are at the usual times. Share post Follow us
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New Ministers of the Eucharist Congratulations and welcome to the new Ministers of the Eucharist who were commissioned for service in St Joseph’s Church: Rose Holland, Cynthia Kelleher, Ger Keohane, Jerry Manning, Annette McCarthy, Miriam McCarthy, Yvonne McCarthy, Siobhan O’Brien Share post Follow us
The sacristan in St Joseph’s Church, Glanmire, Mrs Margaret (Olly) Hayes, was presented with the Benemerenti medal by Bishop Buckley on Sunday last. This is a singular honour which is granted by the Pope at the request of the local bishop in recognition of long and dedicated service to the Church. The Benemerenti medal was […]
Bishop John Buckley presenting the Benemerenti Medal to Mrs Margaret Hayes, sacristan at St Joseph’s Church, Glanmire, in the presence of her family and parish priest, Fr Noel O’Sullivan Front from left: Anne-Marie Egan, Fr Noel O’Sullivan, Bishop Buckley, Mrs Hayes, Ciara Egan. Back from left: Kieran Egan, Stephen Egan, Chris Coyne, Amanda and Ross Drinan, […]
Last Sunday Glanmire parish took part in the Cork Eucharistic Procession for the time. A large gathering assembled at St Patrick’s Church where we found two other parishes preparing to take part in the procession: Our Lady Crowned and St Patrick’s parish. We walked in splendid sunshine through Patrick St to Daunt Square where we […]
The Bishop of Kerry addresses huge crowds in sweltering heat in Daunt Square on the occasion of the annual Corpus Christi Procession in Cork on Sunday 26th June. Bishop Murphy of Kerry established an immediate rapport with the crowd by referring to the Cork-Kerry rivalry in advance of next Sunday’s Munster final. He spoke of […]
The prophet Jonah 3:1-5
‘Only forty days more and Nineveh is going to be destroyed.’ And the people of Nineveh believed in God; they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least. God saw their efforts to renounce their evil behaviour. And God relented: he did not inflict on them the disaster which he had threatened.
First letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 7:29-31
Those who have wives should live as though they had none, and those who mourn should live as though they had nothing to mourn for; those who are enjoying life should live as though there were nothing to laugh about; those whose life is buying things should live as though they had nothing of their own; and those who have to deal with the world should not become engrossed in it. I say this because the world as we know it is passing away.
Mark 1:15
The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.’
We now also for the sake of each other, need to make great sacrifices for the next 40 days to overcome this pandemic.
Parish notes 23rd Jan:
We congratulate parishioners Peggy and Donal Cashman on the 60th anniversary of their marriage.
The parish office is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 9:30 am to 1 pm.
St. Joseph's Church in open daily for personal prayer.
Mass tomorrow Sunday is online from St. Joseph's at 10:30. Mass Monday to Friday is 10 am. See link t.co/q1jiuEq3Mr
The week of prayer for Christian unity continues to Monday - we pray from our homes.
We wish Rory Mcllroy the best in the Abu Dhabi golf championship today.
Stay safe, be gentle with yourself and have good week.
Charles Péguy (1873-1914) in Portal of the Mystery of Hope talks about Jesus’ crown of thorns, then writes of an alternate crown of supple budding branches, the crown of hope, he calls it. The crown of thorns marks the end. The branches have no use beyond pain and anguish, leading to death. The crown of hope still has life in it, hidden deep within, which can be coaxed out if tended carefully.
- This a very Christian hope and faith. We today also hope to coax out new life after this pandemic where we can meet each other again. God help us persevere and endure in hope, while caring for each other.
Thomas Merton's Prayer
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you and I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing.
And I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road although I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death, I will not fear, for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Glanmire Parish,
Springhill,
Glanmire,
Co. Cork,
Ireland.
T45 TW72
Email office@glanmireparish.ie
Tel: +353 (0) 21 4820654
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