Client: Holy Year of Mercy 1/12/2015 · Lk 1:46-55 Pray the Magnificat for our brothers and sisters of other faiths who also believe in one God, especially all other Christians, Jews

Client: Holy Year of Mercy

Date: 1/12/2015

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Welcome to our Pilgrimage of Mercy

jThe Pilgrim’s MapWill guide you around the Cathedral, and most churches and chapels in the Diocese.

The Pilgrim’s ShellNormally worn around the neck, is traditionally associated with the Apostle James, fisherman of Galilee and brother to John the Evangelist. The symbol of the shell is still used today by pilgrims travelling to such places as the Holy Land and Compostela in Spain. The lines on the shell converge in to a focal point, symbolising the diversity of journeys made by pilgrims, but which end in the person of Christ Jesus.

You are welcome to leave donations in the box provided

Maps and shells are also available from the reception and bookshop.

St Edward the ConfessorKING OF ENGLAND

‘Through a worthy and just rule,Edward worked for the glory of the Lord,serving the poor,and enacting social change.’

Pray for Elizabeth, our Queen, and all who servein local and national government.That they may they defend the common goodand enact laws that protectthe most vulnerable in our society.

Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God

Apostle of Mercy to England who received Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman into the Church.

Say a prayer for the men and women who serve God’s people in the Religious Life and as Missionaries. Pray also for the unity of all Christians.

‘Father, may they be one in us’ John 17:21

Pray that Blessed Dominic and Blessed John Henry Newman may be raised to the Altar of the Saints.


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jMother Catherine McAuley

Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy‘The Walking Nuns’

Make Mother Catherine’s prayer your own:

‘Suscipe’(Act of Resignation)

My God, I am yours for time and eternity.Teach me to cast myself entirelyinto the arms of your loving Providencewith a lively, unlimited confidence inyour compassionate tender piety.

Grant, O most merciful Redeemer,that whatever you ordain or permitmay be acceptable to me.

Take from my heart all painful anxiety;let nothing sadden me but sin,nothing delight mebut the hope of coming to the possession of Youmy God and my all,in your everlasting Kingdom.Amen.

Mother Catherine McAuley


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The Corporal works of Mercy

• to feed the hungry

• give drink to the thirsty

• clothe the naked

• welcome the stranger

• heal the sick

• visit the imprisoned

• bury the dead

The Spiritual works of Mercy

• to counsel the doubtful

• instruct the ignorant

• admonish sinners

• comfort the afflicted

• forgive offences

• bear patiently those who do us ill

• pray for the living and the dead

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The Beatitudes

‘How happy are the poor in spirit:theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Happy the gentle:they shall have the earth for their heritage.Happy those who mourn:they shall be comforted.Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right:they shall be satisfied.Happy the merciful:they shall have mercy shown them.Happy the pure in heart:they shall see God.Happy the peacemakers:they shall be called sons of God.Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right:theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you in my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.’

MT.5: 1-12

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jPray the following prayer:

Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name;the kingdom come,thy will be doneon earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread,and forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.

‘God, the Father of mercies,through the death and resurrection of his Son

has reconciled the world to himselfand sent the Holy Spirit among usfor the forgiveness of sins;through the ministry of the Churchmay God give us pardon and peace.’The Rite of Penance.

St Alphonsus Liguori

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman

‘God has created me to do Himsome definite service.’Blessed J H Newman

St Patrick

‘His mercy raised me up,indeed lifted me high.’St Patrick’s Breastplate


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jThe Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Wisdom

Understanding

Counsel

Fortitude

Knowledge

Piety

Fear of the Lord

The Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Charity

Joy

Peace

Patience

Kindness

Goodness

Generosity

Gentleness

Faithfulness

Modesty

Self-Control

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The Oil of Baptism (Catechumens)The Oil of the Sick (Infirmorum)

The Oil of Sacred Chrism (Sacrum Chrisma)

‘Consecrated oil is always a sign of God’s mercy.So the meaning of priestly anointing always includesthe mission to bring God’s mercy to those we serve.

In the lamp of our lives,the oil of mercy should never run dry.’

Pope Benedict XVI


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St John the Baptist

‘I baptise you with water,but he will baptise you withthe Holy Spirit and fire.’Mk. 1:8


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St Margaret Mary Alacoque

‘Sinners shall find in My heartthe source of an infinite ocean of mercy.’The 6th promise

‘Come to me all you who labour and overburdened, and I will give you rest.Shoulder my yolk and learn from me,for I am gentle and humble of heart,and you will find rest for your souls.’Mt.11: 29


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The Divine Mercy

‘Jesus I trust in You’

As Christ revealed to St Faustina:

“The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous; the red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls. These two rays issued forth from the depths of My most tender Mercy at the time My agonizing Heart was opened by a lance on the Cross.”


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St Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, a visionary of Christ who received his message of Mercy for all people.

Repeat three times the Divine Mercy Prayer:

‘For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,have mercy on us and on the whole world.’


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Mother of Mercy

jThe Statue of Our Blessed Lady

‘My thoughts now turnto the Mother of Mercy.May the sweetness of her countenancewatch over us in this Holy Year,so that all of us may rediscover thejoy of God’s tenderness.’Pope Francis

Pray the following popular prayer

to the Mother of Mercy:

The Hail Holy Queen(Salve Regina)

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,Hail our life, our sweetness and our hope!To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;to thee do we send up our sighs,mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.Turn then, most gracious Advocate,thine eyes of mercy towards usand after this our exileshow unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of GodThat we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.


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The Annunciation

The Magnificat

The Annunciation is depicted on the Lady Altar frontal. The following is Mary’s canticle in response to the Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel that she is to be the Mother of Jesus:

My soul glorifies the Lord,my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.He looks on his servant in her lowliness;Henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

The Almighty works marvels for me.Holy his name!His mercy is from age to age,on those who fear him.

He puts froth his arm in strengthand scatters the proud-hearted.He casts the mighty from their thronesand raises the lowly.

He fills the starving with good things,send the rich away empty.

He protects Israel, his servant,remembering his mercy,the mercy promised to our fathers,to Abraham and his sons for ever.Lk 1:46-55

Pray the Magnificat for our brothers and sisters of other faiths who also believe in one God, especially all other Christians, Jews and Muslims. For we are all Children of Abraham.

The Word became fleshJn 1:14

‘No one has penetrated the profound mysteryof the incarnation like Mary.Her entire life was patterned after the presenceof mercy made flesh.’Misericordiae Vultus 24

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He lived among us, and we saw his glory

The Presentation in the Temple

To fulfil the Law of Moses, Mary and Joseph presented the child Jesus to God in the Temple, and they were greeted by the elderly Simeon and Anna.

The Nunc Dimittis(Now let your servant depart)

This is Simeon’s canticle at the Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple.

At last, all-powerful Master, you give leave to your servantto go in peace, according to your promise.

For my eyes have seen your salvationwhich you have prepared for all nations,the light to enlighten the Gentilesand give glory to Israel, your people.Lk 2: 29-32

As we recall Simeon and Anna, pray for all who are elderly, maybe your parents, grandparents or a neighbour? Remember also those who live alone or feel isolated. As well as praying for them, why not ‘present’ yourself to them by visiting and bring the light of peace and friendship into their lives?

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The War Memorial

The Act of Remembrance

Let us remember before God,and commend to his sure keepingthose who have died for their country in war;those whom we knew and those whose memory we treasure;and all who lived and died in the service of humanity.

They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morning,we will remember them.

We will remember them.

The CommitmentWe pledge ourselves anew to our work in support of the wartime generations and to all those in other conflicts since. We promise to do everything possible to help where there is need, and to ensure that they may enjoy the years that lie ahead in comfort and dignity and contentment.

The Dedication

“When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today”

Response: “We will not break faith with you.”(Kohima Epitaph)

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jSt Francis of Assisi(1181-1226)

Say the prayer of St Francis for peace:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.Where there is hatred, let me sow love;where there is injury, pardon;where there is doubt, faith;where there is despair, hope;where there is darkness, light;where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;to be understood as to understand;to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.


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jSt ChadOur Patron

Say the prayer of St Chad

God our Father, your holy Bishop Chadwatched over the flock entrusted to his careby seeking the lost and stray, visiting the sickand feeding your people with word and Sacrament.

Through his intercession may we come to praise Youin the Glory of Heaven.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.


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j‘The journey continues’

The person you see hereis also a Pilgrim of Mercy,called to be ‘Merciful like the Father.’

As you leave the Cathedral,remember the pilgrimage continuesin your daily life,and you journey not alonebut amongst friendsbecause we are the Pilgrim Church.

The following blessing is taken from the Roman Missal

May the God of all consolation order your daysin his peace and grant you the gifts of his blessing.Amen.

May he free you always from every distressand confirm your hearts in his love.Amen.

So that on this life’s journeyyou may be effective in good works,rich in the gifts of hope, faith and charity,and may come happily to eternal life.Amen.

And may the blessing of almighty God,the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit,come down on you and remain with you for ever.Amen.

Go in peace.Thanks be to God.


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