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Homilies
Bishop Denis’ Homily at a thanksgiving Mass in Baltinglass for Sr’s Brigid and Carmel
Bishop Denis’ Homily at the ordination of Joseph Yang Shuai 9th July 2017
Bishop Denis’ homily at the ordination of David Vard 25th June 2017
Bishop Denis’ Homily at the installation of the Relic of St Willibrord 24th June 2017
Bishop Denis’ Homily on Pentecost Sunday from Trier Cathedral, Luxembourg
Pastoral Letter from Bishop Denis issued on Vocations Sunday 7th May 2017
Homily from the Annual Mass of Remembrance in Arbour Hill on Wednesday 3rd May 2017
Homily from the Eucharistic Adoration Pilgrimage in Knock on Sunday 30th April 2017
Homily from Mass for the Association of Primary Diocesan Advisors on Tuesday 25th April 2017
Prayers
Bread is a lovely thing to eat
Bread is a lovely thing to eat – God bless the barley and the wheat!
A lovely thing to breathe is air – God bless the sunshine everywhere!
The earth’s a lovely place to know – God bless the folks that come and go!
Alive’s a lovely thing to be – Giver of life, we say, bless Thee!
By H.M Sarson
Prayer to Our Lady by Fr James Duffy member of the the Madonna House Apostolate
Mary dear, you are my mother.
Please take my hand and tell me where to go
who to see
and what to say.
Please don’t let go of my hand,
Mary dear,
because I need you
and I will always love you.
Amen.
Child of Mary
Lord, I ask but one favour of you today
That of dwelling in your church
Not as a scholar
Nor as a philospher
Not as an athlete
Not yet as a hero
But simply as a child of Mary your mother.
Amen.
Short thought
The nicest place to be is in someones thoughts,
The safest place to be is in someones prayers,
The best place to be is in Gods hands.
Prayer for the bereaved
Lord,
In this darkness
be my sight
In this wounded fear
My strength and healing
Be, In this confusion
All my understanding
See and take my steps for me
Suffer all my loss for me
Smile and heal my friends for me
Strength without deserting me
Kindness without ending
Prayer to our Lady
Take my hand O Blessed Mother,
Hold it firmly lest I fall;
I am nervous when I’m walking,
So to thee I humbly call.
Guide me over every crossing
Watch me while I am on the stairs.
Help me with my undertakings
Lessen many of my cares.
Then when darkness falls upon us
And I fear to be alone;
Take my hand O Blessed Mother,
Once again and lead me home.
One Fervent Hail Mary
One fervent Hail Mary with love and thought said,
Is better than volumes of prayers poorly read.
If time and one’s duties prevent a long prayer,
Just say one Hail Mary with fervour and care.
The Golden Hail Mary which from the heart springs,
the greatest of blessings from Mary it brings.
And we will never know ’til before Mary’s throne,
how that daily Hail Mary brought us to her home.
A Night Prayer
O God of life, this night
O darken not to me thy light,
O God of life, this night
Close not the gladness to my sight,
O God of life, this night,
Thy door to me, O shut not tight,
O God of life, this night.