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                            Mass Intentions   

Sat 15       19.30     

                                                Sun 16    10.00      Packie Joe & Mona Cafferty

                                 Fri  21     10.00      John Reilly & DFM

                                                                                    John, Bridget & Sean Colreavy

                                        Sat 22       19.30      Seamus Ward (1st anniv)

Sun 23      10.00          

                                 Gorvagh 09.00   Julia Reynolds, Adoon

 

 

Mass Times 22nd & 23rd August

          Sat Aug 22nd   Mohill         7.30pm                 

Sun Aug 23rd    Gorvagh      09.00am        

                          Mohill           10.00am        

                                   Fenagh          11.30am               

 

Weekday Masses

Mon to Fri 10am

Rosary after 10am Mass

Confession—Sat evening 7pm in Mohill.       

First Sat—Mass at 10am & Confessions after Mass

Eucharistic Adoration

Thurs after 10am Mass until 6pm

Benediction first Thurs of the month at 6pm

 

 

Diocesan Appointments

Fr John Quinn, PP Gortlettergh to retire

Fr Nigel Charles, to be Administator of Gortletteragh from the weekend of Sept 6

 

Abide in His Love Women’s Conference.

 The Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran, 20–22 November 2026. Join women from across Ireland for a faith-filled weekend with inspiring speakers including Sarah Swafford, Danielle Noonan, Fr Mark Wharton, Fr Barry Braum, Fr Oisín Martin, the Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Bishop Fintan Gavin, and more. A conference not to be missed! Register now: https://abideinhislove.eventbrite.com/

 

Points to Ponder

We admire the mother or father who really fights for their child. They won’t take no for an answer if their child is being bullied or treated unjustly in any way, they will fight for the best medical treatment for their sick child. The woman in the gospel is like that.

She has a sick child and really wants healing. Who would not want the same? She almost forces Jesus into curing her little daughter. Her persistence is an effect of her faith, and because of her faith Jesus cures her child.

‘Dogs’ was a name for the Gentiles – and in this story the woman plays on its meaning to get Jesus to feed the dogs and, in this way, care for her.

Maybe this is a ‘change moment’ for Jesus when he realises through this poor woman that he is sent not only to his own lost ones, but that his mission is for the whole world.

This is not the first biblical figure to argue with the Lord: Genesis and Exodus tell of times when Abraham and Moses gave out to God. This woman is different from the scribes who often tried to trap Jesus with arguments.

She is begging for her daughter. There is something teasing and humorous about Jesus’ first reply to her. He enjoyed that Semitic style of thrust and counter.

His first response is what we often experience in prayer: no give. But a mother seeking health for her child is not easily deterred, and Jesus rewards her persistence – I imagine him smiling as he blesses her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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