On this week's programme Fr. Seamus Enright C.Ss.R., Rector of the Redemptorist Community, Mount St. Alphonsus, Limerick joins John to speak about their upcoming Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help which takes place from June 14th - 22nd. We also have our regular celestial guides and reflection on the Sunday Gospel.
You can listen to the podcast of this week's full programme HERE.
The Saint Next Door: Living the Beatitudes
Fr. Seamus Enright C.Ss.R., Rector of the Redemptorist Community, Mount St. Alphonsus, Limerick shared with John a little about the history of the devotion to Our Lady under the title of Our Mother of Perpetual Help and where the original icon came from. He also explained that the Redemptorists have a papal mandate to promote devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help and how and when the Limerick Novena came about.
The theme for this year's Novena is The Saint Next Door: Living the Beatitudes which is based on Pope Francis's Apostolic Exhortation on the call to holiness in today's world which is entitled Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Exult) available HERE. Holiness is not the reserve of clergy and religious. It is, in fact, the baptismal calling of each and every Christian. This theme will be unpacked by looking at holiness in the context of the beatitudes which are a portrait of Jesus and a depiction of a true disciple.
You can find out more details about the Novena and watch the Novena online on their website HERE.
Gospel - John 14:15-16,23-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
Reflections on this week's gospel:‘If you love me you will keep my commandments.
I shall ask the Father,
and he will give you another Advocate
to be with you for ever.
‘If anyone loves me he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we shall come to him and make our home with him.
Those who do not love me do not keep my words.
And my word is not my own:
it is the word of the one who sent me.
I have said these things to you while still with you;
but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you everything
and remind you of all I have said to you.
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Saints of the Week
June 10th – Mary, Mother of the Church
June 11th – St. Barnabas, Apostle
June 12th – 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs
June 13th – St. Anthony of Padua
June 14th – St. Davnet
June 15th – St. Abraham
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