Latin Mass in Monasterevin County Kildare - Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul

Latin Mass in Monasterevin - June 2013

An Irish Poem in Praise of the Blessed Sacrament

Whilst perusing yet another 19th-century magazine at the Internet Archive I came across this beautiful poem in praise of the Blessed Sacrament. It was written by a 12th-century Abbot of Boyle, also famed as a poet. The Irish text is followed by a translation below:

Here is the literal translation [by Professor O'Looney] of the foregoing, which was written in the twelfth century by Donogh Mór O'Daly, Abbot of Boyle, in the county Roscommon, called for the sweetness of his verses, not for the nature of their themes, the Ovid of Ireland : —

1. Not more numerous the angels in heaven under the hand of the king; not more numerous the blessed names which are upon the saints; not more numerous the things which God hath created on the face of the world, than the praises of each tongue upon the Sacrament.

2. Not more numerous the drops which are in the great tidal sea; not more numerous the fishes that swim in the bosoms of all waters; not more numerous the grasses of the world or the sands of the strand, than the praises of the holy Body of the only Son of the Father of grace.

3. Not more numerous the years in the eternal perpetuity of the King; not more numerous the divine gifts which Christ hath [in store]; not more numerous the lights which are in the King's high Paradise, than the praises to God which are truly given in the Sacrament.

4. Not more numerous the radiant stars which appear in the skies; not more numerous the words [of praise] which his clergy read for Christ; not more numerous the small streams which flow into the great sea, than the praises unceasing of the divine, blessed Body of Christ.

5. Not more numerous the letters to be seen in the Book of the Law; not more numerous the leaves of all the woods by the King made to grow; not more numerous the melodious voices which shall be heard in his kingdom for ever, than the praise of the Son of Mary oft-repeated in the Sacrament.

'Celt and Teuton In Praise of the Blessed Eucharist' in The Irish Monthly, Vol. 5 (1877), 387.

Latin Mass - Carlow Cathedral - Thanksgiving for the appointment of Bishop Nulty

Third Latin Mass - St. John Baptist de la Salle

Our New Bishop

The Holy See Press Office has announced that the Holy Father has appointed as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Ireland) the Very Reverend Father Denis Nulty, of the clergy of the diocese of Meath, until now pastor of St. Mary's in Drogheda.

The Very Reverend Father Denis Nulty

Fr. Denis Nulty was born in Slane, Co. Meath, June 7, 1963. He completed his studies for the priesthood at the National Seminary of St. Patrick, Maynooth. Later, he received his Masters in Pastoral Theology and Management at All Hallows College in Dublin.

He as ordained a priest for the diocese of Meath on 12th June, 1988.

For ten years, he was Curate at the Cathedral Parish in Mullingar (1988-1998), at the same time being Chaplain to the Accord Centre and Spiritual Director at St. Finian's College. Since 1998 he has been Parish Priest of St. Mary's in Drogheda. In 2006, he also became Vicar Forane of the Eastern Deanery of Meath and President of the Council of Priests.

Oremus pro Antistite nostro Dionisio.  Stet et pascat in fortitudine tua, Domine, in sublimitate nominis tui.

Latin Mass Carlow Cathedral - May 2013

Second Latin Mass - St. Joseph the Worker

Pontifical Vespers and High Mass