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Mass Intentions

Sat 27      19.30       Patsy Canning Corracaboon

                                        Teresa Flynn & DFM                     

  Sun 28   10.00         Ambrose McCrann Breandrum

                                        Peter & Teresa Fitzpatrick Main St

                                                        Maureen & Dick Heeran &  daughter Noelle

Thurs 1  10.00         James & Sarah Courtney, Kildoo

Sat 3       19.30                                                               

Sun 4   10.00          Mary Jane & Pee McCrann        

Eslin    0.900                                                            

Mass Times 3rd & 4th January

              Sat Jan    3rd     Mohill                7.30pm

              Sun Jan   4th      Eslin                 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

Points to Ponder

That God comes to us as a newborn offers us a new beginning. It also reminds us that the divine life is vulnerable, fragile, and needs to be cared for and protected. There is nothing sentimental or romantic about Matthew’s version of the Christmas story. It’s reality life.

When it comes to the holy life of God with us, Emmanuel, Jesus, it is always a matter of life and death; the child’s, each other’s, our own. God has entrusted his Son to each one of us in a variety of ways. Just like Joseph we stand in the middle between Jesus and Herod, between life and death, between the life-giver and the life-taker. We can’t stay in the middle. Day by day, minute by minute, we choose. Will we get up and take the child and his mother or will we sleep through and miss what God is doing in our lives? What will it be for you? For me? What are we choosing? Are we nurturing and growing the life of Christ within us? How are we caring for the sacred pieces and parts of our lives? How are we creating a home for Jesus?

Don’t be too anxious or distracted by Herod. Remember, neither God nor Joseph dealt directly with Herod. They didn’t give Herod time, attention, or effort. That doesn’t mean we deny or ignore the Herods of our lives. It means, rather, that we gain more by nurturing, feeding, and growing the divine life. It means that our work is to cultivate deep relationships, a life of prayer, and love for all people. It means that in the end holiness always wins.

Michael K. Marsh