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Notice Board
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Email address: ballyclare@downandconnor.org
Fifth Sunday of Lent – 26 March 2023
Entrance Hymn
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
Naught be all else to me save that thou art
Thou my best thought in the day and the night,
waking or sleeping thy presence my light.
Be thou my wisdom be thou my true word
Thou ever with me and I with thee Lord
Thou my great Father and I thy true heir
Thou in me dwelling and I in thy care..
Riches I need not nor man’s empty praise
Thou mine inheritance now and all days
Thou and thou only the first in my heart
King of High Heaven, my treasure thou art.
The Parish of Ballyclare & Ballygowan
Month’s Mind
Martin Donnelly
Anniversaries
Mary Rose Forsythe, Marjorie McAlinden,
Bridget Gorman, Mary McCaughey, Alf Fleming,
Eileen Wilson, Elizabeth Forsythe, Elizabeth
Morrison, Robert McCudden, Elizabeth
&Margaret McLernon, Charlie Bannon, William
& Jean McAuley, Rosa Maybin.
May they rest in the peace of Christ
Recessional Hymn
Christ be near at either hand
Christ behind, before me stand
Christ with me where e’er I go
Christ around, above, below.
Christ be in my head and mind
Christ within my soul enshrined
Christ control my wayward heart
Christ abide and ne’er depart.
Christ my life and only way
Christ my lantern night and day
Christ be my unchanging friend
Guide and Shepherd to the end.
Offertory Hymn
Gifts of bread and wine, gifts we've offered,
fruits of labour, fruits of love;
taken, offered, sanctified,
blessed and broken; words of one Who died:
'Take My body, take My saving blood.'
Gifts of bread and wine: Christ our Lord.
Christ our Saviour, living presence here,
as He promised while on earth:
'I am with you for all time,
I am with you in this bread and wine.
Take My body, take My saving blood.'
Gifts of bread and wine: Christ our Lord.
Communion Hymn
Be still and know that I am God,
Be still and know that I am God,
Be still and know that I am God.
I am the Lord that healeth thee,
I am the Lord that healeth thee,
I am the Lord that healeth thee.
In thee O Lord, I put my trust,
In thee O Lord, I put my trust,
In thee O Lord I put my trust.
Parish Finances
The Weekly Collection on Sunday, 19 March 2022
amounted to £327.80. The Needy Parishes
Collection amounted to £182.20. An additional
£170.00 was offered towards the Holy Ghost
Fathers’ Appeal. Your generosity is truly
appreciated.
Lenten Devotions
Sacred Heart Church, Ballyclare
3pm Way of the Cross followed by a period of
private prayer in the presence of the Blessed
Sacrament.
Lenten Penitential Services
Canon Aidan Kerr will be available to hear
confessions at 7.00pm next Sunday (Palm
Sunday) in the Sacred Heart Church, Ballyclare.
There will be an opportunity for the
Sacrament of Reconciliation this evening in
St Joseph’s Church, Antrim at 6.00pm.
Opportunities for Confession are also available
in Toome on Monday Evening at 7.00pm and in
Randalstown on Tuesday Evening at 7.00pm.
St Vincent de Paul
Easter Raffle
The Conference of St Vincent de Paul is holding a
fund-raising raffle for two Easter Eggs (Hotel
Chocolat). Anyone wishing to take part in the
Raffle is invited to purchase ballot tickets
available after Masses today.
The draw will take place at the Conference
Meeting in the week prior to Easter.