The Deep End – Whole-Hearted

You hear them in the street, on buses and on trains: mobile phone conversations. They can be annoying; for two reasons at least.  First, some users of phones seem to think it necessary to shout into them presumably because of the distance between themselves and those at the other end. Second, you get only a ‘halfalogue’ – one side of the conversation.

Scientists at Cornell University, New York, claim that hearing only one half of a conversation is more draining on one’s attention than hearing all of it. They experimented with students who were given concentration exercises while hearing one or two speakers on mobile phones. Their conclusion: people are less able to divert their attention from a half-heard conversation than from a fully heard one.

Half of anything rarely satisfies. It can even be irksome. It’s the whole hog or nothing. The same can be said for half-hearted effort.

Take today’s Gospel reading for example (Luke 14: 25-33). It ends on a note that could be sombre, or joyful, depending on the generosity of one’s response to it: ‘None of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions. ‘ What a prospect! You can’t follow Jesus half-heartedly. It’s total commitment, or no commitment. To put flesh on that, it means there can be no Jesus-free zones in my life; that nothing in life is more  important than the values he holds out to me. Therefore, I don’t sacrifice these ever, for anything else.

I wonder how many of us get that part of the conversation.                                            Fr. Tom Cahill.

Mass Intentions

Saturday  4th September

7.00p.m. Tony Conneely (Anniv)

Sunday 5th September

9.00a.m.   Brian Higgins (Anniv)      

10.30a.m  Gerry Blackburn (Anniv)

                Tim Hannan (Rec Dec)

                Teresa Staunton (Rec Dec)

                Paddy Hourigan (Rec Dec)

                Christopher Dunne

                (Get well Mass Bouquet)

                Kitty O’Brien

                (Get well Mass Bouquet)

12.00noon Christina Dempsey (Rec Dec)

Those who die in grace go no further from us than God and God is very near.

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The Family Offering collection last weekend amounted to €1028.00.

The Share Collection amounted to €669.00.

Thank you

for your generosity.

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This weekend the outdoor

collection is in aid of the local

St. Vincent de Paul Conference of St. Clare.

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Exposition of the Blessed

Sacrament

Every Friday

from 10.30a.m. – 1.00p.m.

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Devotion to St. Anthony

 Every Tuesday during the

10.00a.m. Mass.

Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Christian’s life is centred on God and not on possessions or wealth: these are to be used in the service of God.

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Questions People Ask

Q. Saint Paul told slaves to obey their masters. Why didn’t he speak out against the evils of slavery?

A. In Paul’s day slaves were often better off than free citizens. Because slave-owners wanted healthy servants, their slaves were more assured of food and lodgings than many of the free. Some students of Paul’s life maintain that his parents were slaves who were granted freedom and Roman citizenship when they grew too old to work, a cheap way out for their masters. In today’s Second Reading Paul appeals to the Christian master, Philemon, to take back therunaway slave, Onesimus, no longer as a slave but as a brother in Christ.

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WEDDING

We congratulate

John Veevers & Sarah Fitzpatrick who exchanged their

Wedding vows in the Church

on Saturday 28th August.

An Evening of Classical Music

With Chris Carroll

& Guests

Friday 17th September at 8pm

In aid of Haven,

Building Hope in Haiti.

Tickets are available from the Parish Office & after weekend Masses. Adults: €10   Students: €7 . Children under 12yrs. free

(must be accompanied by an adult).

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We would like to congratulate

Aidan & Anne Kane

who recently celebrated their

40th Wedding Anniversary.

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 We would also like to

congratulate

Fintan & Woody Hayes

who recently celebrated their

56th Wedding Anniversary.

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Congratulations to

 David Grant

who has been elected

Chairperson of Wicklow County Council. We wish him well in his term of office.

 

Harvest

Thanksgiving Mass

 

Sunday 19th September

 to celebrate God’s gift of food and produce of the land.

If you would like to donate something there will be a list of possible food items to donate, at masses from this

weekend.

There will be space on the sheet for you to indicate the item you would   like to bring.

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Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes

Would you like to help send a sick    pilgrim to Lourdes?

Many people are unable to afford the  fare, and without the financial support    of the Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage and the medical and nursing care volunteers, these sick pilgrims would never have an        opportunity to visit Our Lady’s Shrine     at Lourdes, which is such a source of     comfort and reconciliation to them.            

Please contact Phyllis at the back of the church if you would like to help.

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St. Vincent de Paul Clothing Appeal

Bags will be distributed on the weekend of 18th/19th September & collected on the morning of    Sunday 26th September only.

The Appeal is for clean, good-quality clothes, bedclothes, curtains, shoes etc.

 

Intentions & Readings

      Monday 6th – 11th September

10.00a.m. Masses.

 

Monday 6th 

1 Cor 5: 1-8. Ps 5. Lk 6: 6-11.

Altar List of the Dead

Tuesday 7th

1 Cor 6: 1-11. Ps 149. Lk 6: 12-19.

Nancy Murtagh (Rec Dec)

(Sydney, Australia)

Wednesday 8th   

Mic 5: 1-4 or Rom 8: 28-30. Ps 12. Mt 1: 1-6, 18-23.

Edward Cosgrave (Rec Dec)

Thursday 9th  

1 Cor 8: 1-7, 11-13. Ps 138. Lk 6: 27-38.

Gregory Hand (Dec)

      Friday 10th    

1 Cor 9: 16-19, 22-27. Ps 83. Lk 6: 39-42.

Peter & Jean Doran

(50th Wedding Anniversary)

Saturday 11th   

1 Cor 10: 14-22. Ps 115. Lk 6: 43-49.

Hetty Keating (Birthday Mass Bouquet)

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Bray Churches

Together

14th Annual Art Exhibition

will be held in “The Well”,

opposite the Royal Hotel, Bray.

Friday 24th September -

Wednesday 29th September.

Entry forms are available from the back of the church.

Any artist who wishes to submit a work based on the theme of ‘Christian Hope’ will be entered for a Special Prize of a €200 voucher for Premier Arts

Rotas for  weekend of 11th/12th September

Ministers of the Eucharist:

7.00p.m.                 Vicky Byrne, Eamonn O’Dowd &   Maura Conlon

9.00a.m                  Pat Martin, Margaret Broderick

10.30a.m. Michael Lyons, Sr. Eileen,

                   Peter Growney, Bridget Waters & Mary Kelly

12.00noonDorothy Kells, Monica Cornejo, Paul Jelson & Helen Duffy

Ministers of the Word:

7.00p.m.                  Majella McDonnell

9.00a.m                   John Heywood

10.30a.m. Patrick Doyle

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Study Theology

from Home

Would you like to study theology from home? The Dominicans are offering a full programme, accredited up to BTh level, designed especially for lay people who may have no previous academic experience but who wish to learn more about their faith.

Contact us at: The Priory Institute, Tallaght Village, D 24.

Tel: 4048124  or 4048127

enquiries@prioryinstitute.com

www.prioryinstitute.com

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Women’s Breakfast

Saturday 2nd October 2010

Bray Golf Club

Speaker: Janice Coyne

Is this as good as it gets?

Based on the theme of Hope

Tickets €12.00 Available from the Parish Office.  

Bray Churches Together