Society of St. Oliver Plunkett: May 2017

26 May 2017

28th May - Sunday after the Ascension

                           Sunday after the Ascension
                       Sunday 28th May at 5pm
                                   St. Patrick's Church,
                                 College Rd., Kilkenny
                     Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

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.

20 May 2017

21st May - Fifth Sunday after Easter

                                Fifth Sunday after Easter
                        Sunday 21st May at 5pm
                                   St. Patrick's Church,
                                  College Rd., Kilkenny
                        Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

Declare the voice of joy, and let it be heard, alleluia:

declare it even to the ends of the earth:

the Lord hath delivered his people.

13 May 2017

14th May - Fourth Sunday after Easter

                         Fourth Sunday after Easter
                       Sunday 14th May at 5pm
                                   St. Patrick's Church,
                                 College Rd., Kilkenny
                      Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle alleluia;

because the Lord hath done wonderful things, alleluia;

he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

06 May 2017

7th May - Third Sunday after Easter

Third Sunday after Easter
Sunday 7th May at 5pm
St. Patrick's Church,
College Rd., Kilkenny
Rosary before Holy Mass at 4.30pm

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