Serve the Lord with Gladness – GLOSSARY The names of things we see or use in the church: Alb: a white full-length clothing that priests wear at Mass and other liturgical ceremonies. Sometimes altar servers wear a type of alb too. It reminds us of the white garment we were wrapped in at our baptism.(…)
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Reconciliation Service – Climate Change
RECONCILIATION SERVICE For everything there is a season …. The topic of climate change as the subject for a Lenten Service of reconciliation is relevant to any parish community as the causes and remedies bring out values such as courage, imagination, compassion, generosity and commitment. In addition this issue brings us face to face with(…)
Vigil For Life
Vigil for Life – 19th January 2013 Opening Chant O Christe Domine Jesu (Taizé) All sing: O Christe Domine Jesu Entrance procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Exposition, Incensation. Opening Preamble: Here in your adorable presence O Lord, we give you thanks for the gift of life. Be with those who are overwhelmed by the responsibility of(…)
Handouts and Closing Liturgy from Liturgy Seminar January 2013
Liturgy Seminar Saturday 26 January 2013 all handouts also available in our download section 1. Faith and Art As the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, wrote: “One effect of Christian believing is always seeing the world in a new way.” Art has helped over the centuries to deepen our understanding of the mysteries of(…)
Diocesan Advent Service 2008
ADVENT SERVICE 2008 Gathering Song Wait for the Lord (Taizé) All sing: Wait for the Lord, His day is near, Wait for the Lord be strong take heart. (The Entrance Procession is led by two carrying icons of Jesus and Mary, two acolytes with candles followed by the celebrant with the Book of the Gospels)(…)
Sacristans Are Key People
SACRISTANS ARE KEY PEOPLE “And I will come to the altar of God, the God of my joy.” Psalm 43:4 Luke Chapter 2:7-14 – Preparations for the Passover Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare(…)
Memory Snapshots from the International Eucharistic Congress 2012
Memory snapshots from the Congress How do you turn a stadium into a space for worship? A couple of weeks after the wonderful 50th International Eucharistic Congress, my colleague Fr Pat O’Donoghue and I both sat down at our computers in the Diocesan Liturgy Resource Centre and sorted out over 1,200 emails each all directly(…)
Adoration & Eucharist Resources
O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY Service One (Music is taken from the collection Becoming the Body of Christ – Dublin Diocesan Liturgy Resource Centre) Processional Song O Sacrament Most Holy (Arr. Ian Callanan) All sing: O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine. I am the bread of(…)
25th Annual Remembrance Service
Remembrance Service Thursday – 4 November 2010 Monastery of St. Alphonsus Gathering Song Quietly Peacefully (Dvorak adapt. Lori True) All sing:Quietly peacefully may they rest in you Quietly peacefully lead them back to you Quietly peacefully may they rest in you Quietly peacefully bring them home to you Go in peace as(…)
24th Annual Remembrance Service
24th ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE SERVICE MONASTERY OF SAINT ALPHONSUS – 12 NOVEMBER 2009 Prelude Benedictus (Karl Jenkins) Gathering Song Jesus Remember Me (Taizé) All sing: Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom Opening Prayer All say: Loving God, We come here tonight struggling for words(…)