Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St George, Enfield
Forty
Hours of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
in
preparation for the Feast of Corpus Christi
The
Eucharist and the Year of St Paul
‘The
Bread that we Break…’
‘…. is a Communion with the Body of
Christ’
(1
Corinthians 10:16)
Monday
8th – Friday 12th June 2009
1.00
pm – 9.00 pm daily
Annual
Forty Hours of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Once
a year, we have a more extended opportunity of praying before Jesus at
Exposition, known as the Forty Hours (full details below), as that is the total
length of the Exposition, although in our case spread over five days rather than
being continuous. We need to ensure there are plenty of people praying in church
through the Forty Hours, so there is a rota.
The
idea of the Forty Hours is to provide a way to prepare for the Feast of Corpus
Christi, the Most Holy Body and Blood of the Lord, which is our annual day of
thanksgiving for the gift of the Eucharist.
Daily
Timetable
12.30 pm Mass
1.00
pm onwards Exposition
of the Blessed Sacrament
Individuals
& parish groups & organisations are invited to pledge themselves to
keeping watch for an hour or half hour during this period.
Individuals
- Please
sign the list in the porch to indicate when you are able to watch and pray in
Church between 1.00pm and 8.00pm.
Parish
groups and organisations -
At
various times during Exposition different parish groups and organisations will
be leading prayers and reflections.
A complete list of these will be displayed in the
porch.
8.00 pm Evening
Service with Address and Benediction
8.00
pm daily
Evening
Service with Address and Benediction
The
Eucharist and the Year of St Paul
‘The
Bread that we Break…’
‘…. is a Communion with the Body of
Christ’
(1
Corinthians 10:16)
St
Paul gives us the earliest New Testament account of the Institution of the
Eucharist. The themes of our daily addresses are taken from his words
(1
Corinthians 11: 17-34):
Monday ‘On the
same night that he was betrayed...’ The
Eucharist and the Last Supper
Father
Fred
de L’Orme
(CatholicChaplain
Chase Farm & Barnet
Hospitals)
Tuesday ‘The Lord Jesus took some bread…’ The
Eucharist and the Real Presence
Father Gerard Skinner(Parish
Priest, South Harrow)
Wednesday ‘This cup is the new covenant in my
blood…’ The
Eucharistic Sacrifice
Canon Stuart Wilson(Rector,
Cadogan Street, Chelsea)
Thursday
‘You proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes…’
The Eucharist & the Heavenly Banquet
Father Kevin Moule(Assistant
Priest, New Southgate)
Friday ‘Let a man
examine himself and so eat of the bread...’
Preparation for the
Eucharist
Monsignor Jeremy Fairhead(Pontifical
Council for Migrants, Rome)
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Sunday
14th June
3.00
pm
Feast of Corpus
Christi
The
Most Holy Body and Blood of the Lord
Procession
of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction
inside
the church and around its grounds
The
2009 First Communion Children
will
play a special part
Version: 3/6/09