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WHITEFRIAR STREET CHURCH The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel & Shrine of Saint Valentine, Dublin 2 SACRAMENTS Under Government restrictions Private Prayer Monday to Saturday: 11.00am to 2.30pm. Sunday: 11.30am to 3.15pm Masses Mass will be available live through our website: Monday to Saturday: 8.00am, 10.00am, 3.00pm Sunday: 8.00am, 10.30am, 4.00pm Names can be enrolled for Mass and will be remembered and prayed for on the day requested. St Jude Novena This continues to be celebrated on Tuesdays at 8.00pm and will be livestreamed in our website. The blessing with the Relics of St Jude and of St Thérèse of Lisieux will take place. Confessions Monday to Saturday: 11.00am to 12.00pm Baptisms & Weddings Please contact the parish office if you have a baptism or The gospel passage for this weekend recounts the baptism of Jesus Christ by his cousin John as told by St Mark. The Baptist proclaimed that he was simply the forerunner to someone much more important than himself and for whom even John was too insignificant to carry out the duties of a servant. And yet this important person was baptised by John in the Jordan and immediately received the Holy Spirit to carry out the duties for which he came to earth. The Father also spoke from heaven and proclaimed Jesus to be his Son, on whom his favour rests. The tearing open of the heavens for this Trinitarian moment suggests that the barrier between heaven and earth was now removed so that direct communication could take place between God and his people. The Lord’s work of preaching the Good News of salvation began from this moment and would culminate with his death about three years later. January 10, 2021 The Baptism of 01 475 8821. Email: [email protected] www.whitefriarstreetchurch.ie Registered Charity CHY5894
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Whitefriar Street Church
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
& Shrine of Saint Valentine, Dublin 2
January 10, 2021
The Baptism of
the Lord
01 475 8821. Email: [email protected]
www.whitefriarstreetchurch.ieRegistered Charity CHY5894
The gospel passage for this weekend recounts the baptism of Jesus Christ by his cousin John as told by St Mark. The Baptist proclaimed that he was simply the forerunner to someone much more important than himself and for whom even John was too insignificant to carry out the duties of a servant. And yet this important person was baptised by John in the Jordan and immediately received the Holy Spirit to carry out the duties for which he came to earth. The Father also spoke from heaven and proclaimed Jesus to be his Son, on whom his favour rests.
The tearing open of the heavens for this Trinitarian moment suggests that the barrier between heaven and earth was now removed so that direct communication could take place between God and his people. The Lord’s work of preaching the Good News of salvation began from this moment and would culminate with his death about three years later.
At his baptism, the Lord declared Jesus to be his Son. At our baptism we too became sons and daughters of God in a very particular and special way and the Father’s favour rests on us too, even if a heavenly declaration wasn’t heard and the heavens weren’t torn open in spectacular fashion. As baptised people, therefore, we too should work at all times for the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ which we can do in a multitude of ways, beginning with the practice of the faith and allowing the faith to guide all the moments and key decisions of our life. That great work is aided by the Holy Spirit whom we have all received and who will give us strength if we place our trust in God.
Sacraments
Under Government restrictions
Private Prayer
Monday to Saturday:
11.00am to 2.30pm.
Sunday:
11.30am to 3.15pm
Masses
Mass will be available live through our website:
Monday to Saturday:
8.00am, 10.00am, 3.00pm
Sunday:
8.00am, 10.30am,
4.00pm
Names can be enrolled for Mass and will be remembered and prayed for on the day requested.
St Jude Novena
This continues to be celebrated on Tuesdays at 8.00pm and will be livestreamed in our website. The blessing with the Relics of St Jude and of St Thérèse of Lisieux will take place.
Confessions
Monday to Saturday:
11.00am to 12.00pm
Baptisms & Weddings
Please contact the parish office if you have a baptism or wedding booked at this time.
Join us for liturgy through our webcam
Mass Office, Church Shop &
General Enquiries
Monday to Saturday: 9.30am – 3.00pm
Items can be ordered by phone or through our online shop and they will be sent out by post.
Shop and all other enquiries: 01 475 8821
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://shop.whitefriarstreetchurch.com/
Remaining Vigilant
While Covid-19 is a significant threat, we strongly recommend and ask all those visiting our church to adhere to the following:
· Wear a face mask at all times while in the building no matter how many others are there.
· Wear a face mask when in the confessional.
· Sanitise your hands when entering the building.
· Keep a safe distance from others when seated and avoid crowding, particularly when lighting candles and visiting the Crib.
· Follow the instructions of our staff in the church and shop.
People may bring a clean bottle of tap water to church and it can be blessed by a priest, or they can buy a bottle in the Church Shop and we will fill it for them (there is no charge for the holy water).
Thank You
The Carmelite Community at Whitefriar Street is grateful to all those who have supported us over the last several months and who sent in Christmas and New Year’s wishes by card and email. Our sincere thanks to all those who made donations at Christmas to help maintain the church.
That we ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of GOD, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed. That we should not wonder if, in the beginning, we often failed in our endeavours, but that at last we should gain a habit, which will naturally produce its acts in us, without our care, and to our exceeding great delight.
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection,
Carmelite Friar
1614-1691
A Saint or two this week…
St Ita, Virgin
Ita was born about the year 470 near Faithlegg, outside Waterford city, to noble Christian parents: Kennfoelad, a Déise Chieftain, and Necta, his princess wife. From her baptism Ita was filled with the Holy Spirit and everyone marvelled at her childhood purity and behaviour, and her abstinence on fasting days. She is said to have been prudent, very generous, kind and gentle as well as chaste in her language. Her father wished to marry her to a nobleman but she refused, preferring to consecrate herself completely to Christ. Her father refused her wish, so she went at once to an aged priest she had known from childhood and publicly made her vows which she had already formed in her heart. She left her father’s house and the pleasant places round it and set out with some companions for the Ua Conaill territory in the West of Munster, present-day Co. Limerick. Ita died about the year 570. Her grave, frequently decorated with flowers, is in the ruins of Cill Ide, a Romanesque church at Killeedy where her monastery once stood.
This week’s liturgical calendar
Sunday 10:The Baptism of the Lord
Monday 11:Ordinary Time – Week 1
Tuesday 12:Ordinary Time – Week 1
Wednesday 13:Ordinary Time – Week 1
Thursday 14:Ordinary Time – Week 1
Friday 15:St Ita
Saturday 16:Ordinary Time – Week 1
Parish Office
For certificates of Baptism, Confirmation and Marriage, or to book a baptism or a wedding.
01 475 8821
Email: [email protected]
Society of St Vincent De Paul
Members meet each Monday evening to consider requests. For those living within our parish, requests can be made by text to 085 789 8699. For those outside the parish, please ring 01 855 0022.
Carmelite Community Centre
01 475 4673
Email: [email protected]
