RECENT BAPTISM Anna Louise Lane, Roughgrove, Bandon.

Bandon Peto & Bandon Show Fundraising Barbecue Country & Western Eighties night at the Showgrounds Castlebernard, on Saturday 26th July 2008.  Music by John Greene, a great night out assured.

Kflbrogan Cemetery Mass will be celebrated at Kilbrogan Cemetery on Monday 21stjuly at 7.30 p.m. for all those buried in the cemetery.

Western Hunt Harrier Club Annual dog show at Jerry Crowleys Crossmahon, Bandon on Saturdayjuly 26th at 8pm sharp, usual classes.  Proceeds of the night to Bandon Branch of Cope.  No outide ticket sellers on the night please.

Crois ná Leanbh Annual Commemoration Thursday 24th July at 8.00pm. Oration by Mr Tony Lane.

They say patience is a virtue, personally I like things to happen fast and lack patience and yet on reflection the older I get the more patience I seem to have.  In life most of us want instant results from appliances to relationships and even spirituality.  We even lack patience with God, why do we still have wars, hatred, sickness, death and sin?  Why doesn't God clean all this ugliness up?  God like us must simply watch and wait.  Jesus tells a series of parables which point to the measured pace of God's work.  The Mngdom of God is like a mustard seed, rising dough and crops planted in a field.  All these take time to reach their proper end, nature cannot be rushed.  Our God is a patient forbearing lover.  The first two readings today point this out to us.  In the Book of Wisdom we are told that God has care for all of us in his heart, God is justice and patience, God does not rush to condemn.  St. Paul acknowledges the reality of our human condition, God sends his spirit into our hearts so that we can turn from sin and lift our minds and our hearts to God.  When God made us he knew it would take time for us to reach our full potential, struggling and fumbling through the difficulties life presents us with.  Our God is willing to wait.  We must resist the temptations to despair that often assail us.  We must never give up on ourselves, God never will.  His love for each of us is everlasting.  Neither must we judge others. judgement belongs to God.  The church is like a field of wheat and weeds, made up of Saints and Sinners.  Through grace may we have the courage to follow and to ftirrow the path of saints. 

Fr.  Paul