All parishes in the Diocese of Meath have received specially designed
prayer cards containing the Pope's Prayer for Ireland with and
invitation for parishioners and families to say the prayer regularly
during Advent and throughout the coming year.
In a message to the
faithful of the diocese, Bishop Michael Smith said: ''I ask you to take
one of these cards and regularly recite this prayer. The prayer should
be recited at all public Masses on the first Sunday of each month, as
well as at Masses on every Friday over the coming year.''
The diocese
hopes that from the first Sunday of Advent, November 28, all faithful in
Ireland will join in its prayer for ''the healing of wounds'' and a
''rebirth of the Church''.
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