Society of St. Oliver Plunkett: May 2011

31 May 2011

Sunday after the Ascension of Our Lord

Hear, O Lord, my voice with which I have cried to Thee, alleluia; my heart hath said to Thee, I have sought Thy face, Thy face, O Lord, I will seek: turn not away Thy face from me, alleluia, alleluia. The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear?
Mass at 5pm, St Patrick's Church, College Rd, Kilkenny, Sunday 5^th June.
Celebrant: Rev Thomas O’Toole CC

The Ascension of Our Lord

Ye men of Galilee, why wonder you, looking up to heaven? alleluia. He shall so come as you have seen Him going up into heaven, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. O clap your hands, all ye nations; shout unto God, with the voice of exultation.

Mass at 5pm, St Patrick's Church, College Rd, Kilkenny, Thursday 2^nd June

Celebrant: Rev Thomas O’Toole CC

25 May 2011

Fifth Sunday after Easter

Declare it with the voice of joy, and make it known, alleluia: declare it even to the ends of the earth: The Lord hath delivered His people, alleluia, alleluia. Shout with joy to God, all the earth, sing ye a psalm to His Name: give glory to His praise.

Mass at 5pm, St Patrick's Church, College Rd, Kilkenny, Sunday 29^th May.

Celebrant: Rev Thomas O’Toole CC

18 May 2011

Fourth Sunday after Easter

Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle, alleluia, for the Lord hath done wonderful things, alleluia; He hath revealed His justice in the sight of the Gentiles, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. His right hand and His holy arm hath gotten Him the victory.

Mass at 5pm, St Patrick's Church, College Rd, Kilkenny, Sunday 22^nd May.

Celebrant: Rev Thomas O’Toole CC

09 May 2011

Third Sunday after Easter

Shout with joy to God, all the earth, alleluia: sing ye a psalm to His Name, alleluia: give glory to His praise, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Say unto God: How terrible are Thy works, O Lord! In the multitude of Thy strength Thine enemies shall lie to Thee. Mass at 5pm, St Patrick's Church, College Rd, Kilkenny, Sunday 15^h May.

Celebrant: Rev Thomas O’Toole CC

02 May 2011

Second Sunday after Easter

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord, alleluia: by the word of the Lord were the heavens made, alleluia, alleluia. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: praise is comely for the upright.

Mass at 5pm, St Patrick's Church, College Rd, Kilkenny, Sunday 8^th May.

Celebrant: Rev Thomas O’Toole CC

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Benedict XVI on the Litrugy

“The Church stands and falls with the Liturgy. When the adoration of the divine Trinity declines, when the faith no longer appears in its fullness in the Liturgy of the Church, when man’s words, his thoughts, his intentions are suffocating him, then faith will have lost the place where it is expressed and where it dwells. For that reason, the true celebration of the Sacred Liturgy is the centre of any renewal of the Church whatever.”

"The Holy Mass, celebrated in the respect of the liturgical norms and with a fitting appreciation of the richness of the signs and gestures, fosters and promotes the growth of Eucharistic faith. In the Eucharistic celebration we do not invent something, but we enter into a reality that precedes us, more than that, which embraces heaven and earth and, hence, also the past, the future and the present."

"This universal openness, this encounter with all the sons and daughters of God is the grandeur of the Eucharist: we go to meet the reality of God present in the body and blood of the Risen One among us. Hence, the liturgical prescriptions dictated by the Church are not external things, but express concretely this reality of the revelation of the body and blood of Christ and thus the prayer reveals the faith according to the ancient principle 'lex orandi – lex credendi."

"And because of this we can say "the best catechesis on the Eucharist is the Eucharist itself well celebrated" (Benedict XVI, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Sacramentum Caritatis," No. 64).
"It is necessary that in the liturgy the transcendent dimension emerge with clarity, that of the mystery, of the encounter with the Divine, which also illumines and elevates the "horizontal," that is the bond of communion and of solidarity that exists between all those who belong to the Church."

"In fact, when the latter prevails, the beauty, profundity and importance of the mystery celebrated is fully understood. Dear brothers in the priesthood, to you the bishop has entrusted, on the day of your priestly Ordination, the task to preside over the Eucharist. Always have at heart the exercise of this mission: celebrate the divine mysteries with intense interior participation, so that the men and women of our City can be sanctified, put into contact with God, absolute truth and eternal love."