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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 29January 2023
Entrance Hymn
Christ be beside me, Christ be before me
Christ be behind me, King of my heart
Christ be within me, Christ be below me
Christ be above me, never to part.
Christ on my right hand, Christ on my left hand
Christ all around me, shield in the strife
Christ in my sleeping, Christ in my sitting
Christ in my rising, light of my life.
Christ be in all hearts thinking about me
Christ be in all tongues telling of me
Christ be the vision in eyes that see me,
In ears that hear me, Christ ever be.
The Parish of Ballyclare & Ballygowan
Recently Deceased
Martin Donnelly
Marie Laverty (née Agnew)
Sam Miskelly
Sammy White
Richie Hamill
Month’s Mind
Kathleen Wilson
Anniversaries
Marie Kelly, George & Isabel McIlgorm, Billy
Maybin, Kathleen Carson, Mary Crowe, William
Hugh Haveron, Katherine Croft, Hugh McKay,
Joyce Hughes, Maureen Campbell, Thomas &
Margaret King, John Rooney, Kathleen, Mary &
Annie Magill
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
Recessional 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.
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
Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast
Body of Christ, be thou my saving guest
Blood of my Saviour, bathe me in thy tide
Wash me with water flowing from thy side.
Strength and protection may thy passion be,
O Blessed Jesus hear and answer me.
Deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me
So shall I never, never part from thee.
Guard and defend me from the foe malign
In death’s dread moments make me only thine
Call me and bid me come to thee on high
Where I may praise thee with thy saints for aye.
Forthcoming Feast Days
Monday St Aidan of Ferns
Tuesday St John Bosco
Wednesday St Brigid
St Brigid’s Crosses, made from rushes, will be
blessed at Mass.
Thursday Candlemas Day
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Candles
will be blessed during Mass.
Friday St Blaise of Sebaste
Bishop & Martyr
New Parish Envelopes
The Parish Envelopes for 2023-2024 are
available for collection today. They will be left
out for a limited period, after which they may be
collected from the Parochial House.
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
“Often the most unlikely friends are best” as
mole is carried across a lake on the back of fox.
“What else?” asked the boy.
“You will have plenty of critics,” said the horse.
“Don’t be one of them.”
“What taught you the most?” asked the boy.
“Failure” said the horse, “so don’t fear it.”