Alice Bolger (nee Moylan)

Died on August 2, 2019

Bolger (nee Moylan) (Beechfield House, Norelands, Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny) 2nd August 2019, peacefully, after a short illness and surrounded by her adoring family. Alice, beloved wife of the late Matt, wonderfully loving mother to Anne, Margaret, Kay, Alison and Peter. Deeply missed by her family, brother Jim, sons-in-law Cliff (Bond), David (Dunne) and Brian (McGrath), daughter-in-law Niamh, grandchildren James, Gillian, Kate and Matt, great grandson Fionn, extended family, neighbours and friends. Rest In Peace. Reposing at her home (R95 YE81) on Sunday (4th August) from 5 o’clock with Rosary at 7 o’clock. Removal on Monday morning to the Church of the Assumption, Thomastown, arriving for Requiem Mass at 11 o’clock. Funeral afterwards to St. Mary’s New Cemetery, Thomastown. House private on Monday please. “And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow”W.B. Yeats

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Reflection

Following one’s vocation is a response from within to the needs outside us. A vocation meets the human needs of the world but with a motivation from within. We care for our children and grandchildren not just because they are sick or insecure, but because we love them. this love will move us out to help them in various situations. We find a call to be ‘people for others’ because our heart teaches us that with Jesus we are all brothers and sisters, and that God wants to save the world, and needs our help to do so. This is the Sunday we all pray that our particular vocation in life may become clear and may become stronger. God calls each of us to love God and love our neighbour. This is the first Christian calling at our Baptism; we then find the best way for each of us with our own particular set of gifts, talents and even weaknesses to live out that call to love. We think especially today of religious life and priesthood. There are needs for priests, sisters and brothers in most parts of the world. as a community in families and parishes we thank those who have given their lives in these vocations and pray they may increase.