(back of) newsletter, 27th December 2015

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: They are happy who dwell in your house, O Lord.

 

IMPULSES FOR PRAYER: Gn 45:14-47;   Ps 127 (128);   Eph 5:21-6

MEDITATION:

From the land of the rising sun

To the furthest end of the earth,

Let us sing of Christ the Prince,

Born of the Virgin Mary.

The virgin mother’s belly is filled

With heavenly grace;

The girl’s womb carries secrets

Which she has not known.

The modest dwelling of her body

Becomes God’s new temple;

Untouched, not knowing a man,

At a word she conceived the Son in her womb.

By her birth pangs she brought forth

The one whom Gabriel had foretold,

And whom the Baptist, leaping within the womb,

Had recognised as the Lord

He consented to lie in the hay;

He did not reject the manger;

And with a little milk he was fed,

Who does not allow even the birds to hunger.

The blessed creator of the world

Put on a servant’s body,

So that liberating the flesh through taking flesh,

He would not lose what he had made.

The heavenly chorus rejoices,

And the angels sing God’s praise,

And to the shepherds is now made known

The Shepherd who is the creator of all.

Jesus, to You be glory,

Who are born of the Virgin,

With the Father and the loving Spirit,

For eternal ages. Amen

‘A solis ortus’, Christmas hymn (translation by Glenstal)

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday 26th^th December, 6pm: Paul Murphy, RIP

Sunday 27th December, 10am:                 11.30am: Bernadette Doyle, RIP

Tuesday 29^th December, 10am:

Wednesday 30th December, 10am:

Thursday 31st December, 10am:                                        

Friday 1^st January, 10am:

Saturday 2^nd January, 10am: