Dia is Mhuire díobh go léir a cáirde and welcome to my report.
Aaah we’ve reached another milestone. Christmas 2024. And looking back we have a lot to be thankful for. We were given the wherewith to cope with whatever stumbling blocks we met along the way in the past year and look forward to more of the same until Christmas comes around again. Christmas can be many things to many people. A Season of giving and remembering and looking back and taking stock of how we’re doing. Each one of us doing it our way depending on our circumstances and our attitude. It’s great to see the shops full of people searching for the last few things before they close. People meeting people and wishing one another the compliments of the season. Children all agog about what Santa will bring and good people such as St.V de Paul volunteers making the last minute effort to make sure that those in need are cared for. Our Community Council have much to celebrate this Christmas. Their combined effort made it possible for two families to move into the two apartments at the old cinema at the West End. The members put their shoulders to the wheel to put the final touches at the last minute on Saturday just before the new residents moved in. All the requirements, furniture, bedding etc. were bought from the local stores while others donated good quality bits and pieces. It gives us all a good gut feeling, especially in this Holy Festive Season to think that up to eight people are now enjoying our hospitality and will add much to the everyday life of our community from now on.
It is up to us all as to how we spend Christmas. The days of young children and Santa Claus are very precious but they don’t last very long. Before you know it the magic that was Santa, is gone and you learn to enjoy the next faze and so on and so on. Thus building up months and years of memories. Thoughts to be reflected and changes to be made, as time goes by. A lot depends on what your circumstances are at any one time. We have no rule book. I have no road map as to what I’m supposed to be at 91. But days turn to nights and we are given a fairly free will as to how we spend them . The older you get the more years you have to look back on . The joys you had, the mistakes you made the things that you can do nothing about any more. I wrote a long poem when Dan and I were forty years married, to quote just one verse. ‘ There is no chance of going back to do it another way, So you try your best endeavour to get it right first day’. Nobody leads the perfect life it’s by our mistakes that we learn. There is the old saying that ‘Anybody who never made a mistake, never made anything and it’s when we work at our short givings until we get them right that the real joy of living sets in.
Please look up our website for all the times of all our Church services for the Holy Season of Christmas.
Here are the results of this weeks lotto draw which was held on Sunday night Numbers drawn 2,6,13,22 and the Jackpot was not won. €100 went to Willie O’Connell, Cullen. The seller was Reen’s and they got €50 sellers prize. €50 went to David Dineen, Claracleagh c/o Centra. €20 each to Mike Sheehan, c/o Lehane. Ria, Shannon, Dara, & Mary C, c/o Corkery’s. Pat Dineen Keale c/o M Healy. Christmas ****, c/o Michelle Whelan, Tim Long, Inches c/o Ann Burke, Eddie Hartigan c/o Malpaso, Sheila O’Mahony, Kilmeedy c/o K.Hickey, Patrick & Julia O’Sullivan, c/o M.O’Connor. Next Draw January 12th Jackpot €7.400.
I’m sure that you don’t have much time just now to read my meanderings and I don’t have much time to write them. So it’s best for me to wish you all my love and best wishes for a Joyful, Holy, Healthy, Safe, Friendly, Heartening Festive Season. May the Good Lord bless everything you do. Keep an eye out for those who are sad or lonely or in need of anything that you can provide for them. Happy Christmas everybody. See you in 2025 DV.
Slan is beannacht De libh go leir.
