Tuesday 7 December 2010 @ 7.30 PM
(Eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception)
“Mary, Our Light, Our Hope”
In response to the spiritual needs of the people of Galway in these difficult times, Galway Cathedral will host a Liturgy of Hope, entitled “Mary, Our Light, Our Hope”.
Prof. Ray Kinsella, economist and senior lecturer in the School of Business, UCD recently wrote “We need a National week of prayer culminating on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, on December 8 … We will need these prayers in these most fateful days in the history of modern Ireland so that our parliamentary democracy is seen to act with calmness and courage and belief in resilience of the people they are privileged to represent (The Irish Catholic, December 2, 2010).”
This prayer service will provide the people of Galway with the opportunity to pray for themselves, their loved ones and their country.
The prayer service will involve reflection, scripture readings and petitions to Mary, patroness of Galway Cathedral. There is an ancient tradition in Ireland of turning to Mary, Mother of God, in time of need.