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PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. April 11/12, 2026.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Fr. Robert Mc Namara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 lisdoonpp@galwaydiocese.ie Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

CORPUS CHRISTI, LISDOONVARNA 10am: Sean Hogan, Mickey Hogan, Rooska, anniversaries. William and Mary Guthrie. Theresa (10th anniversary) and Paul Davoren, their son Jimmy, and daughter Mary Fitzgerald. Brian Gibbons, 31st anniversary.

Our recently deceased: Peter Nagle, Doolin and London. Madge Gallagher, Donegal, grandmother of the late Sandra O' Brien, Doolin. Martin Leyden, Inagh, brother-in-law of Mr. Brian Carty, Principal, St. Enda's National School, Lisdoonvarna.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in April:

Doolin 11th: Mc Carthy family deceased, Ballyreen. Mai O' Connor, Luogh. Anne and Catherine Hardy, and deceased family members. Denny Sheehan, Fisher Street. Paddy Garrahy, Frank and Susanna Hurley and family deceased, late of Riverfield House. Teresa O' Donoghue, Lurruga, Ballyreen. Peter Nagle, UK and Doolin.

Toovahera, Saturday 18th: Nora Mai and John Geraghty and their daughter Margaret Fennelly.

THANKYOU FOR LAST WEEK'S COLLECTION: euro 2863.

SINCERE THANKS to all involved in our Holy Week liturgies last week, especially to Fr. Oliver Ryan.

SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION: on Saturdays before 5pm Mass in Lahinch.

YOUTH VOLUNTEERS FOR DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: June 29-July 4. You must be aged 18-25. Contact Darina on 085 2288043, or at dmcarthy@clonfertgalway.ie

YOUTH CAMINO IN SPAIN WITH BISHOP MICHAEL: (aged 18-35): July 11-20th, euro 699 per person. Contact youthpilgrimage@clonfertgalway.ie

NATIONAL EPILEPSY WEEK: May 18-25. See epilepsy.ie

CAKE SALE after 10am Mass in Lisdoonvarna this week in aid of the Children's Rosary trip to the national rosary rally in Knock on Saturday, June 6th. To book your seat on the bus, contact Lourda on 087 2237191

EASTER DUES ENVELOPES: please take one if you don't use the weekly ones. Thank you for your support. These dues are the main source of income for the priest. He does not have access to the weekly collection. If you wish to contribute on-line, here are the details for the priest's revenue account which is a separate account for the dues: Bank of Ireland, Ennistymon, account no 33874898 IBAN: IE81 BOFI 9042 2933 87 4898

THE 3 O' CLOCK PRAYER (taught by Our Lord to St. Faustina): "at three o' clock, implore my mercy, especially for sinners, and if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in my passion, particularly in my abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world. I will allow you to enter into my mortal sorrow. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of me in virtue of my passion."

You expired O Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and an ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O font of life, unfathomable divine mercy, envelope the whole world and empty yourself out upon us. O blood and water, which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus, as a font of mercy for us, I trust in you.

Love is never love until we give it away. Divine mercy is a gracious free gift from God, through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother. Today, Jesus says something along the lines of: "remember the joy and hope you experienced during Holy Week? Well, don't keep it to yourself. At your baptism, I missioned you to be a channel of my heling, hope, and reconciliation in a world crying out for it. You may not be able to solve international conflicts, but is there someone in your own life to whom you could extend divine mercy? They mightn't deserve it, but neither do you! I went to the cross for you both!"

Our Lady Queen of Peace, intercede for peace and reconciliation in these troubled times. Melt hearts, and help people to, as Pope Leo says, encounter one-another rather than confront one-another.