DIOCESAN ADVENT SERVICE 2011 – St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral 26 November 2011 Opening Song Wait for the Lord (Taizé) All sing: Wait for the Lord, whose day is near Wait for the Lord, keep watch, take heart. Opening Prayer Bishop Raymond Field – Chairperson of the Dublin Diocesan Eucharistic Congress Preparatory Committee In the name of(…)
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In Memory of my Father
In Memory of my Father Nangiro lives in a dry and dusty land. It is a land of few trees, endless dust, and few streams. It does not rain much and recent years have seen droughts increasing in volume and intensity. It is a land where vegetation is sparse and the open barrenness stretches(…)
Holy Saturday Morning Prayer
HOLY SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER There are no candles lit. No Mass is celebrated. We mourn the bridegroom who has been taken away. Perhaps an icon of Christs Descent to the Dead can be placed prominently in the Sanctuary. Extracts can be read from the Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday “Awake sleeper and rise from the(…)
Prayers for Pentecost
Hearts ablaze Beautiful Lord, may we say “yes” to You so that the Spirit in our hearts will once again be set ablaze. Spirit of Wisdom, guide our actions so they tell of God’s love. Spirit of Truth, open our eyes to see the world as it really is. Spirit of Power, enthuse us to(…)
Prayer of Remembrance – Suicide
PRAYERS OF REMEMBRANCE, CONSOLATION AND HOPE FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND AFTER A SUICIDE: LETTER OF REMEMBRANCE My dear ________ As you read this letter, we would like you to know that we miss you and that so much has changed because of you. We always thought this sort of thing happened to other(…)
Resources
Resources used by Navan Road Family Mass Group BOOKS 1-The Complete Children’s Liturgy Book and The Liturgy Of The Word With Children Both books by Katie Thompson These two books give the Sunday gospel, a prayer, a reflection, questions and a colouring page, for every Sunday and all the great feast days in the three(…)
Celebrating Mass With Families
CELEBRATING MASS WITH FAMILIES Guidelines for parish teams and all involved in liturgy While the Church has a rich spiritual tradition to draw on in the encouragement of family life and worship, the development of new and more relevant forms of liturgical celebration will provide greater opportunities for the public expression of family. The work(…)
Family Mass Groups Preparing to Celebrate Eucharist
FAMILY MASS GROUPS PREPARING TO CELEBRATE EUCHARIST ENTRANCE Options: procession of everyone, procession of presider, servers, banners, liturgical movement, gesture, song, antiphon, music, incense, cross, candles. Symbols focusing on the readings, season, feast day, etc. INTRODUCTION Options: Brief intro to the celebration, presider or other. PENITENTIAL RITE Options: Rite 1, sprinkling rite. Accompanying music. Rites(…)
Commissioning Ceremony for Extraordinary Ministers
The Rite of Commissioning for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion TAKEN FROM THE BOOK OF BLESSINGS ARTICLES 1875-1879 (PUBLISHED BY THE LITURGICAL PRESS: COLLEGEVILLE, MINN, 1989) Persons may be commissioned to distribute Holy Communion in special circumstances by the local Ordinary or his delegate according to the following rite. The rite should take place in the(…)
Prayers for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Scripture Passages and Prayers John 6: 54—58 Jesus says: ‘Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise them up on the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in(…)