First Communion

in Rathkenny
in the Church of St Louis and St Mary
on Sunday 15th May

 First Communion for St Louis School, Rathkenny took place at the 11.30am Mass of Pentecost Sunday
in the Church of St Louis and Mary, Rathkenny, on Sunday 15th May 2016.
The celebrant was Fr. John Hogan, Adm. 

Jesus gives His Body

“I am the living bread that has come down from heaven. If anyone eat of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread that I will give is My Flesh for the life of the world.” 

The Jews argued with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His Flesh to eat?”
But Our Lord did not change the meaning of His words. Instead He said what He meant with even stronger words,

“Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the Flesh of The Son of Man, and drink His Blood, you shall not have life in you. He who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has life everlasting, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My Flesh is food indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He who eats My Flesh, and drinks My Blood, abides in Me and I in him.”

(excerpt above fromThe New Catholic Picture Bible:
Popular Stories from the Old and New Testament
byRev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. Divine Word Missionary )   
LINK to a Source 

 

St Louis National School, Rathkenny 

First Communicants:

Darragh Markey

Heather Meehan

Mollie O'Reilly

The Church awaits this great occasion . . .

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Preparing the parish church . . . 

"What will this child become?"   Luke 1: 66

The Rite of Baptism, some few years back in these three children's lives, asked parent and godparent, 
"What do you ask of God's Church for your child?"

These adults declared their specific desire to have this child brought into God's family, given a share in God's life, and the opportunity and grace to reach eternal happiness in God's home in heaven.

This desire implies the acceptance of the responsibility of training the child in the practice of the faith.

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First Reading . . . of the Feast of Pentecost

St Louis, patron saint of our parish church and of our school, pray for us today!
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St Therese, pray for us too!     LINK

Gifts of bread and wine.
Our Lady, patron of our parish, we bring in Offertory Procession.

 First to arrive . . .Sing everyone, please!

Arrivals . . .

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Awaiting Fr John

Procession with servers Kieran, David, Joey and Aaron

 Entrance Hymn

Filled with the fullness of God

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. . . . and parents too

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Ends

Suggestion: 
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