For Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, contact: Breda Daly at 063/81609

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

The Catholic Church has complete faith in the words of Jesus at the Last Supper when, he said, “This is my Body” over the bread and , “This is my Blood” over the wine.  As Catholics we receive the Lord in Holy Communion, take the Blessed Sacrament to the sick and housebound and we also pray to and adore his presence in  this Most Holy Sacrament.    Formal adoration goes on each week in the parish church unless otherwise announced from 10.30 a.m. -8p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays and from 10. 30a.m. Wednesday morning   to 8p.m.  on Friday night continuous.    Do come and adore the Lord  or better still join the Adorers in doing an hour each week.    Contact Breda Daly.  063, 81609 or any priest of the parish. 

 

Prayer to Jesus before the Blessed Sacrament

Jesus, each time I look at the sacred Host,
sancify my eyes,
that they may close more and more
to all that is merely earthly.

Jesus, each time I look at the sacred Host,
send a ray of divine light into my soul,
that I may better know you and myself.

Jesus, each time I look at the sacred Host,
send a flame of divine love into my heart
to consume everything in it
that is displeasing to You
and to set it all on fire with Your love.

Now and in eternity
may my only desire be to contemplate
the infinite beauty of Your divine countenance
which delights the angels.

Amen.

Holy Cross Prayer Group meets at 8pm on Tuesdays.

Hymns, prayer and reflection upon the word of God form part of this inspiring group. Treat yourself to some” sacred space” to a quiet, reflective hour. You are welcome to come along. The group leader is Canon Donal O’Mahony, P.P. 063/81319.

 

And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. (Acts 1: 13-15)

 

Prayer to Saint Faustina by Pope St. John Paul II

And you, Faustina, a gift of God to our time, a gift from the land of Poland to the whole Church, obtain for us an awareness of the depth of Divine Mercy; help us to have a living experience of it and to bear witness to it among our brothers and sisters. May your message of light and hope spread throughout the world, spurring sinners to conversion, calming rivalries and hatred, and opening individuals and nations to the practice of brotherhood. Today, fixing our gaze with you on the Face of the Risen Christ, let us make our own your prayer of trusting abandonement and say with firm hope:”Jesus, I trust in You!”.

Rome, April 30, 2000

For Divine Mercy devotions, contact: Nell O’Grady at 087/2866185

For Legion of Mary devotions, contact: John Cussen at 063/81276

Legion of Mary

The Legion of Mary are a group of men and women {have an equal number of each at present}  who work under the banner of Jesus and Mary.  They meet once a week for prayer, reflection, report humbly on the work done during  the past week and are assigned work for the coming week.   They visit the  sick, elderly and housebound  in their homes, hospitals, and nursing homes.   They meet on  Thursday night at 8pm. in a room in the Charleville Parish Office area. 

Contact:  John Cussen, President, at  063/81409. They welcome new members all the time.  Do join them.
Pray God’s blessing on their good work

 

Legion of Mary Prayer

Confer, O Lord, on us, who serve beneath the Standard of Mary, that fullness of faith in you, and trust in her, to which it is given to conquer the world. Grant us a lively faith, animated by charity, which will enable us to perform all our actions from the motive of pure love of you, and ever to see you and serve you in our neighbor; a faith, firm and immovable as a rock, through which we shall rest tranquil and steadfast amid the crosses, toils and disappointments of life; a courageous faith which will inspire us to undertake and carry out without hesitation great things for your glory and for the salvation of souls; a faith which will be our Legion’s Pillar of Fire – to lead us forth united – to kindle everywhere the fires of divine love – to enlighten those who are in darkness and the shadow of death – to inflame those who are lukewarm – to bring life to those who are dead in sin; and which will guide our own feet in the way of peace; so that – the battle of life over – our Legion may reassemble, without the loss of anyone, in the kingdom of your love and glory.

Amen.

Prayer for the Beatification of Legion of Mary Servants of God

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Prayer Meeting
The Legion of Mary meets every Thursday evening at 8pm in the Parish Office (beneath the Parish Priest’s house). All are most welcome to join us as we commend our prayers to Jesus through Mary’s maternal intercession.

Join with us every third Sunday of the month at 7.30pm as we reflect on Sacred Scripture, pray and sing together with Ministers and members of various Christian denominations. Stay on afterwards for a cup of tea and biscuit for, as the Lord said: “Where two or three gather in my name, there I am among them”. (Matt 18: 20).

For me, ecumenism is a priority. Today there is an ecumenism of blood. In some countries they kill Christians for wearing a cross or having a Bible and before they kill them they do not ask them whether they are Anglican, Lutheran, Catholic or Orthodox. Their blood is mixed. To those who kill we are Christians. We are united in blood, even though we have not yet managed to take necessary steps towards unity between us and perhaps the time has not yet come. Those who kill Christians don’t ask for your identity card to see which Church you were baptized in. Unity is a gift that we need to ask for.

          (Pope Francis, Interview with Vatican Insider, December 2013)