Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day 7
Day 7 of the Pentecost Novena: Today our meditation comes from the great St. Augustine and invites us to be aware of the activity of the Holy Spirit as the Sanctifier: the One who invites us into holiness through every motion of our being when we dwell in awareness of the Divine Presence. Read the…
Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day 6
Day 6 of the Pentecost Novena: Today we turn to the great Franciscan mystic and teacher St. Bonaventure and his prayer for the gifts of the Holy Spirit: read the prayer slowly aware of where these gifts are needed in your life and in the lives of those you pray for. Veni Sancte Spiritus! O…
Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit- Day 5
Day 5 of the Pentecost Novena: Today we invoke the Holy Spirit in the words of St. Francis of Assisi: This prayer for discernment, also know as the prayer of the cave or the prayer before the crucifix is one that comes from the early part of the life of Francis when he was seeking…
Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day 4
Our meditation today comes from the litany of the Holy Spirit: spend a moment with each of these titles and activities of the Holy Spirit and allow them to breathe renewal and peace into your heart. Veni Sancte Spiritus! Ray of heavenly light, Author of all good, Source of heavenly water Consuming fire Ardent charity…
Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day 3
Today we pray the ancient invocation Veni Sancte Spiritus! Come Holy Spirit! Let this prayer rest in your breath and being in these days. Allow it to rise mantra like to your lips from your heart with each breath in these days…. . Come, Holy Spirit, from heaven shine forth with your glorious light. Veni…
Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit – Day 2
Today our meditation is the wonderful invocatory hymn written by the 15th century mystic Bianco di Siena: “Come down, O love divine” It invites us to meditate on the Spirit as the Divine Love between the Father and the Son and to see the path of humility as our way into His presence in…
Preparing for Pentecost: Novena to the Holy Spirit
A novena is a traditional devotion whereby 9 days are set aside and dedicated to particular spiritual practice and prayer. It may be to prepare for a feast, to seek a particular grace or to honour God, Our Lady or the saints, (or it may be a mixture of all of the above) It is…
The candles are lit…
This time of year the number of candles lit in churches increases exponentially as the state exams loom. It’s a simple and heartfelt act to intentionally light a candle for some one. The words ‘I lit a candle for you’ has encouraged many of us as we faced life’s challenges and difficulties. Simple acts and…
The death has occurred of Brother Oliver Brady OFM Cap
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our Capuchin brother, Oliver Brady OFM Cap. Brother Oliver’s remains will repose in the Capuchin Friary Raheny from 4pm tomorrow (22nd of May 2019). The friars will lead evening prayer at 6pm. Brother Oliver’s funeral mass will take place on Thursday (23rd of May…
This week's Gospel reflection thanks to Br Silvester
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Today we celebrate the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. Francis was a man of God, a man of prayer and a man of peace. Enflamed by the fire of the Holy Spirit, he longed for us to live harmoniously as brothers and sisters in Christ. His vision remains not alone the remedy for a trouble heart but also for a troubled World. St Francis patron of peace, ecology and animals: Pray for us.
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Novena in preparation for the feast of St. Francis: Day 9
Thought for the day:
At the heart of the life of Francis, at the centre of his sanctity, is his desire to become one with Christ in Love. Through his meditation upon the humility of the Incarnation and the emptying of self in love that it implies in the Crib, the Cross and above all in the Eucharist, Francis finds his way to the heights of holiness by following Jesus into the depths of His love for all creation. To be one with Christ is to be one with Him in this self emptying so that he might be filled with His Love and become brother to all.
Meditation:
Today allow the meditation of Francis to be your meditation too. Allow his prayer of praise, love and longing to rest in your breath as we pray with him, “My God and my All.”
Prayer of the Companions of St. Francis:
Draw us to yourself, most worthy Father Francis, that we may run after your fragrance of holiness. As you know, we are lukewarm because of our sloth, languid because of our idleness, half-alive because of our negligence. This little flock is following you with hesitant steps. Our weak eyes cannot bear the dazzling rays of your perfection.
Renew our days as from the beginning, O mirror and model of perfection, and do not allow us, who are like you in our profession, to be unlike you in our lives.
Holy Father, remember all your sons and daughters, who surrounded by inextricable danger, follow your footsteps though from so great a distance. Give us strength that we may resist; purify us that we may gleam forth; fill us with joy that we may be happy. Pray that the spirit of grace and of prayer be poured upon us; that we may have the true humility you had; that we may observe the poverty you observed; that we may be filled with the charity with which you always loved Christ Crucified, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns world without end. Amen.
O Lady of the Angels hail! Keep us safe beneath thy Veil +
Br Richard
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Novena in preparation for the Feast of St. Francis: Day 8
Thought for the day:
Francis is known as the great peacemaker saint.
His ability to bring people together and resolve conflict arose from his awareness that real peace comes living in right relationship with God, with self and with all creation.
Today let us enter the way of peace together by seeking the peace that only God can bring.
Meditation:
Today let the greeting revealed by God to St. Francis, “The Lord give you His peace!” dwell in your breath as you meet others and above all as you meet your inner self.
Prayer of the Companions of St. Francis:
Draw us to yourself, most worthy Father Francis, that we may run after your fragrance of holiness. As you know, we are lukewarm because of our sloth, languid because of our idleness, half-alive because of our negligence. This little flock is following you with hesitant steps. Our weak eyes cannot bear the dazzling rays of your perfection.
Renew our days as from the beginning, O mirror and model of perfection, and do not allow us, who are like you in our profession, to be unlike you in our lives.
Holy Father, remember all your sons and daughters, who surrounded by inextricable danger, follow your footsteps though from so great a distance. Give us strength that we may resist; purify us that we may gleam forth; fill us with joy that we may be happy. Pray that the spirit of grace and of prayer be poured upon us; that we may have the true humility you had; that we may observe the poverty you observed; that we may be filled with the charity with which you always loved Christ Crucified, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns world without end. Amen.
O Lady of the Angels hail!
Keep us safe beneath thy Veil +
Br Richard
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Novena in preparation for the feast of St. Francis: Day 7
Thought for the day:
As Francis advanced in contemplative illumination he dwelt in the awareness that every being and all that exists has its origin from Love, is held in existence by Love, and has as its ultimate destiny the revelation of itself as a word from Divine Love. All created things became a ladder of love returning the one who contemplates them to their origin.
Dwelling like Francis in this sacramental vision of creation we too become aware of every being as a brother or sister in the Love that is God.
Daily Meditation:
Today allow the cry the heart of St. Francis that “Love is not loved!” to rest in your breath and so invite you to see every creature you meet as an expression of Divine Love to be received with love in return.
Prayer of the Companions of St. Francis:
Draw us to yourself, most worthy Father Francis, that we may run after your fragrance of holiness. As you know, we are lukewarm because of our sloth, languid because of our idleness, half-alive because of our negligence. This little flock is following you with hesitant steps. Our weak eyes cannot bear the dazzling rays of your perfection.
Renew our days as from the beginning, O mirror and model of perfection, and do not allow us, who are like you in our profession, to be unlike you in our lives.
Holy Father, remember all your sons and daughters, who surrounded by inextricable danger, follow your footsteps though from so great a distance. Give us strength that we may resist; purify us that we may gleam forth; fill us with joy that we may be happy. Pray that the spirit of grace and of prayer be poured upon us; that we may have the true humility you had; that we may observe the poverty you observed; that we may be filled with the charity with which you always loved Christ Crucified, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns world without end. Amen.
O Lady of the Angels hail!
Keep us safe beneath thy Veil+
Br. Richard
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