NEWSLETTER – Sixth Sunday of Eastertide – Sunday 17th May 2020

Holy Mass is said privately and all Churches continue to be closed.

Confession by appointment

Sunday:

Holy Mass Intention: for the parish

Rogation Monday:

Holy Mass Intention:

Rogation Tuesday:

Holy Mass Intention: Bill Tomlinson (RIP)

Rogation Wednesday: (Vigil of the Ascension)

Holy Mass Intention: Maeve (int)

Thursday: The Ascension of our Lord

Holy Mass Intention: for the parish

Friday: (St. Rita of Cassia)

Holy Mass Intention:

Saturday: of Our Lady

Holy Mass Intention:

Sunday (Easter 7)

Holy Mass Intention: for the parish

ROGATION DAYS: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we commemorate the Rogation Days, traditional days of prayer, and formerly fasting, (which take place every year on April 25th and the three days preceding the feast of the Ascension, the former being known as the Major Rogation and the latter as the Minor Rogations). The word “rogation” has its origins in the Latin word “rogare”, which means to supplicate or ask, and the purpose of the Days is to beg God for His mercy, to turn away His anger, and to ask Him to bless the fruits of the earth while protecting us from natural disasters.

All the Rogation Days consist of a procession followed by a Rogation Mass. The procession, which traditionally moved around the territorial borders of the parish, includes the blessing of the fields and other natural features of the landscape during the recitation of the Litany of the Saints.

Et ego dico vobis: Pétite, et dábitur vobis: quaérite, et inveniétis: pulsáte, et aperiétur vobis. Omnis enim qui petit, áccipit: et qui quærit, invénit: et pulsánti aperiétur.

And I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

– Luke 11:9-10, from the Gospel for the Rogation Mass

The Litany of the Saints can be found here:
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/litany-of-the-saints-250