Ellen Roche - Thomastown Parish

Jerpoint Church, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. Died Sunday 24th May at Waterford University Hospital. Reposing at her residence from 4pm Monday with Rosary at 8pm. Removal on Tuesday morning to the Church of the Assumption, Thomastown for 11 am Funeral Mass followed by burial in St. Mary’s New Cemetery. May she rest in peace.

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Reflection

Dear brothers and sisters, a faith without giving, a faith without gratuitousness is an incomplete faith. It is a weak faith, a faith that is ill. We could compare it to rich and nourishing food that nonetheless lacks flavour, or a more or less well-played game, but without a goal: no, it isn’t good, it lacks “salt.” A faith without giving, without gratuitousness, without works of charity, makes us sad in the end: just like that man who returned home “sorrowful” with a fallen countenance, even though he had been looked upon with love by Jesus in person.
Today we can ask ourselves: “at what point is my faith? Do I experience it as something mechanical, like a relationship of duty or interest with God? Do I remember to nourish it by letting myself be looked at and loved by Jesus”? Letting oneself be gazed at and loved by Jesus; letting Jesus look at us, love us. “And, attracted by him, do I respond freely, with generosity, with all my heart?”
Angelus for the 28th Sun Ord B
Pope Francis