THIRTY-FOURTH SUNDAY – FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING

Published on November 18, 2022

This Sunday we celebrate Eucharist at our Do This in Memory Mass with the girls and boys preparing for the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Eucharist. Let’s continue to support them on their faith journey by our prayers and example.

On Friday we hold the fourth of our Friday 7pm Masses for the Holy Souls. We call to mind by name the people who have died during August, September, October and November of this year.

St Michael’s Prayer Group for Thomastown/Inistioge meets every Tuesday night from 8.00 pm until 9.30 in the Mercy Chapel (side chapel, Thomastown Parish Church), starting with the Rosary followed by prayers of thanksgiving and intercession. All are welcome. Please bring a friend.

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.