Society of St. Oliver Plunkett: October 2016

31 October 2016

6th November - Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany (Resumed)

        Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany (Resumed)
           (Comm. Of Feast of All the Saints of Ireland)
                            Sunday 6th November at 5pm
                                   St. Patrick's Church,
                                 College Rd., Kilkenny
                      Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

Adore God, all you His Angels: Sion heard,
and was glad: and the daughters of Juda rejoiced.

30th October - Feast of Christ the King

                              Feast of Christ the King
                          Sunday 30th October at 5pm
                                 St. Patrick's Church,
                               College Rd., Kilkenny
                     Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

The Lamb that was slain is worthy to receive power and
divinity and wisdom and strength and honour;
to Him be glory and empire for ever and ever.

23 October 2016

23rd October - Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost

        Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
                     Sunday 23rd October at 5pm
                                  St. Patrick's Church,
                                College Rd., Kilkenny
                     Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

The Lord saith: I think thoughts of peace,
and not of affliction: you shall call
upon Me, and I will hear you; and I will
bring back your captivity from all places.

13 October 2016

16th October - Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

      Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
                       Sunday 16th October at 5pm
                                            St. Patrick's Church,
                                   College Rd., Kilkenny
                       Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

If Thou, O Lord, shalt observe iniquities;
Lord, who shall endure it? for with Thee
there is merciful forgiveness, O God of Israel.

07 October 2016

9th October - Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

           Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
                              Sunday 9th October at 5pm
                                            St. Patrick's Church,
                                 College Rd., Kilkenny
                    Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

All things are in Thy will, O Lord;
and there is none that can resist Thy will:
for Thou hast made all things,
heaven and earth, and all things that are
under the cope of heaven: Thou art Lord
of all.

01 October 2016

2nd October - Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

           Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
                                    Sunday 2nd October at 5pm
                                  St. Patrick's Church,
                                College Rd., Kilkenny
                     Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

All that Thou hast done to us, O Lord,
Thou hast done in true judgement:
because we have sinned against Thee, and
we have not obeyed Thy commandments:
but give glory to Thy Name, and deal
with us according to the multitude
of Thy mercy.

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."

Society of St. Oliver Plunkett

Pope Benedict XVI