Celebrating Mass
The Mass – The Liturgy of the Eucharist
Saturday, February 18th, 2012[1] The focus of the Mass now moves from the Liturgy of the Word to the Liturgy of the Eucharist, from the ambo where the Word was proclaimed to the altar table on which the bread and wine will be transformed into the Body and Blood of Jesus. The presentation of the gifts has its [...]
Mass
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011Continuing our series of short articles on the Mass… 6 Whereas a lot of the Mass involves our active participation in response and movement, we are expected to listen to the readings, the Word of God. In the early days of the Church the number and length of the readings was not fixed; the reader [...]
“Why do we do what we do at Mass?”
Thursday, October 13th, 2011When our Parish Youth Committee met with students at St Brendan’s Community School in Birr, one of the recurring statements that came up was “why do we do what we do at Mass?” In response to this we are running a series here online and in our newsletter which will – we hope – shed [...]