Teresa Doyle (nee Ryan) - Thomastown Parish

The death has taken place of Teresa Doyle (nee Ryan) on 25th January peacefully at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, late of Noreview Crescent and recently St Columba’s Hospital, Thomastown. Remembered with love and fondness by her sister Pauline, nephews Danny and David, daughter Helen, brothers Seán, Lucás and Liam, extended family and friends.

Due to current HSD/Government guidelines a private family funeral will take place at 11am on Friday 29th January at the Church of the Assumption Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny followed by burial in St Mary’s New cemetery Thomastown.

Teresa’s requiem mass can be viewed on line at

https://thomastownparish.ie/webcam

May her gentle soul rest in peace

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Reflection

“When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb.” What does the experience of faith elicit in us?
Brothers and sisters, let us ask ourselves honestly, from the heart: Do we believe that God is at work in our lives? Do we believe that the Lord, in hidden and often unpredictable ways, acts in history, performs wonders, and is working even in our societies that are marked by worldly secularism and a certain religious indifference?
There is a way to discern whether we have this trust in the Lord. What is the way? The Gospel says that “as soon as Elizabeth had heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb” (v. 41). This is the sign: to leap for joy. Whoever believes, whoever prays, whoever welcomes the Lord leaps in the Spirit, and feels that something is moving within, and “dances” with joy. I would like to dwell on this: the leap of faith.
The experience of faith, first and foremost, elicits a certain leaping in the face of life. To leap means to be “touched inside,” to have an interior quiver, to feel that something is moving in our heart. …

Pope Francis