Bree Parish Newsletter

Bree Church Notices

MORNING MASS – Mass on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning of next week at 9 a.m.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION – Eucharistic Adoration continues on Monday next from 9.30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Eucharistic Adoration commences at 9.30 a.m. on Mondays and ends at 9 p.m. Numbers have dwindled recently, for various reasons, and we now find that for most hours there is only one person in attendance for any hour. If anyone has even a half hour that they could commit to for even some weeks it would be a great help. Please contact Josie Foley at 053 9247800.

ENVELOPE COLLECTION – The Envelope Collection for the weekend June 19^th amounted to €380.00, for the weekend June 26^th amounted to €294.50, for the weekend July 3^rd amounted to €369.50 and for the weekend July 10^th amounted to €343.00.  A sincere thank you to all who contributed to these collections.

READERS -                  Seventeenth Sunday of the Year                                         

Saturday July 23^rd        – 7 p.m.     Bridie Walsh
Sunday July 24^th          – 10 a.m.     Anne O’Dowd

FR. AIDAN KAVANAGH P.P. – MONTHS MIND MASS – The Months Mind Mass for the happy repose of the soul of Fr. Aidan Kavanagh, P.P., will take place on Friday evening, July 29^th at 7.30 p.m. in Bree Church.

PATRON DATES – BREE AND BALLYBRENNAN

Ballybrennan Patron will take place on Friday evening, July 22^nd in Ballybrennan Cemetery with Mass at 7.30 p.m  Bree Patron will take place on Sunday August 21^st commencing at Clonmore Cemetery and moving to Bree New and Old Cemetery. 

In the event that there is any change to any of the above or any other items which need to be circulated to Parishioners a notice will be put up on the Church, Parish Office and Byrnes Shop/Post Office.   Information will also be available from the Parish Website www.breeparish.com or contact Elaine at the Parish Office at 053 9247613 – e mail breeparish@eircom.net  or contact Fr. Matt Boggan – Galbally at 053 9247814 or 086 1515975.   Thank you to everyone for your continued help and support at this time.

INTRODUCING THE NEW MISSAL – Questions and Answers to assist our preparation for changes in some of the words we pray at Mass from September 2011 will be included in the Newsletter over the next two months.

Sunday July 17^th 2011

Question:   Why the response “And with your Spirit”?

Answer:  This response “and with your spirit”, is one of the very obvious changes as we use the new edition of the Missal.  When the priest proclaims “the Lord be with you”, the new response from the congregation, “And with your spirit”  will replace the wording of the previous response which occurs before the Gospel, as the beginning of the Eucharistic Prayer and at the Blessing at the end of Mass.  “And with your spirit”, is the literal translation of what we find in the Latin text, “et cum spiritu tuo”.  This translation is already found in other languages, for example German, Italian, French and Spanish.   Scripture is very much the source for this dialogue between priest and people.  In four letters of St. Paul he uses the following greetings: Galatians 6:18 – “May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit”: Philipians 4:23 – “The grace of Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit”: 2 Timothy 4:22 – “The Lord be with your spirit”: Philemon 25 – “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit”.  Similar greetings can be found in the Old Testament.  What does “your spirit” mean? It is not a reference to the Holy Spirit, though it is spoken by people who live according to that Spirit.  For St. Paul the spirit is our spiritual part that is closest to God.   “And with your spirit” is about having the spirit or mind of Christ as your guiding light as what guides us through the day – a Christian spirit.  While it will sound unfamiliar to us, this greeting and response captures our biblical roots.  It is recognition of the spirit that is among us as Christians, a spirit that we must live, and in greeting one another, it proclaims the presence of Christ among us.