The Church’s deepest call is to love without limit: may all humanity know the love the Father lavishes upon us – may the love Christians bear one another unite the Church and heal our world … we pray especially for our Chief Shepherd, Pope Francis and our own Bishop Declan: may they listen to God’s…
For the unity of the Church, the Vine of God bearing the fruit of love in the world: for Pope Francis, Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, for the Patriarchs of Constantinople and Moscow, Free Church and Pentecostal leaders LORD WE…
[1] THE SPIRIT BRINGS LOVE: The Scripture says ‘Love is always patient and kind’ O God our Father, may we always be filled with the Spirit of Love. Help us love one another as Jesus loved us. May it be our joy to share your love with all the world, healing every wound and reconciling…
PRIEST: Jesus calls himself the Good Shepherd – as the Flock of Christ we know we are safe and nurtured when we listen to His Voice, follow Him and walk His pathways of New Life. He is the Good Shepherd who calls to us, speaks to our heart. He also lays down his life for…
PRIEST: We celebrate the wonder of our unity with Jesus and our unity with each other in Jesus: for we make up the Vine that He is. It is the Church’s calling to be of one stock with Christ, branches of the Risen Lord reaching out in fruitfulness to all the earth. If our…
PRIEST: Having for months celebrated the great actions of God in Christ that bring us salvation and life, today we celebrate the being of God: not what God does, but Who God is! Today is a day for gazing with wonder, a day to contemplate the mystery of God Who is Love –…
[1] A LITANY – can be used in place of intercessions We invite him to accompany us as we pray: R. Stay with us, Lord. Stay with us, Lord, Stay…
NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT This is the first and greatest Novena of Prayer in the Church’s tradition, opening ourselves and the Church to the mighty wind of the Spirit – the energy for Mission; opening to the Living Water of the Spirit welling up to Life in all its fulness; opening to the Flam…
The Spirit clothes the Church with Divine Love … we pray that the Church, led by Pope Francis, Bishop Declan and the College of Bishops, may unite all peoples, races, classes and cultures in one great human family, building a universal civilisation of love – we ask that all hearts of stone expressing discrimination of…
PRIEST: Today we lift our voices in thanksgiving and praise for the ‘inestimable gift’ of the Eucharist; we lift our eyes to gaze upon the awesome presence of our Lord and Saviour in the poverty of bread and wine; we lift up our hearts to embrace the love whereby God touches the depths of our…