As previously announced, each evening we will have online Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. During this time, you are invited to watch and to pray. Your prayers, of course, are not to the screen on which you are watching, but to the Lord, who is equally present to you in your own home as he is on the altar.

Each evening, Adoration will conclude at 21:50 with Night Prayer (Compline). It would be wonderful if we could pray this together — here is the text of the Night Prayer (Compline) for Tuesdays. The text for each subsequent day will be published here daily. See you later!

Fr Ed

In view of the positive response received regarding interest in Adoration online, this service will begin this evening. It is foreseen that Adoration will be twice a day, from 11:00-12:00 midday, and from 21:00-22:00. The evening session will finish with Compline, Night Prayer of the Church at 21:50. Leaflets with the order of Compline will be posted at catholic.lu each day, until the whole week is covered: you can print and join in.

Adoration online is not ideal; when we adore the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, he is hidden in the form of bread. When we see the Sacrament online, it is with another layer of hiddenness — a sign within a sign, as it were; but he is present with us in our devotion and prayer — he can negotiate the theological complexities of the situation!

Online Adoration will be for the duration of the present closure of St Alphonse.

Please give feedback, indicating if you find this devotion online useful/helpful or not.

Thank you, Fr Ed

I have to add here that Fr HP is totally opposed to this initiative, and has asked me to make clear he dissociates himself from it completely. I respect his views and his decision in this regard.

Unfortunately due to the current restrictions with the Coronavirus, the card workshop is postponed.

Eucharistic Adoration online

We are wondering how best we can respond to our present ‘shutdown’ situation, maintaining our Catholic community identity, whilst at the same time observing necessary health and safety guidance.

We have started (via FaceBook) broadcasting moments of prayer, where we can participate live online in prayer, or look at the recordings later. Our first attempt (Sunday 15 March) seems to have been well received.

Are you interested in Eucharistic Adoration online… that is to say, a live-streamed video of the Blessed Sacrament exposed from the couvent of St Alphonse (the church building has no internet connection). We could do this for, maybe, one hour each day. Acknowledged, it would not be the same as being in the direct presence of the Blessed Sacrament, but the Lord would be with you just as much.

If sufficient members of our community are interested in this, we can make it happen.

What are your thoughts? Let us know

Thank you,

Fr Ed

It’s a poor compensation for our cancelled celebrations, but I will offer a Moment of Reflection tomorrow, St Patrick’s Day. It will be broadcast live via FaceBook (you don’t need to have a FB ID) and will be recorded for later viewing. Join me at 11:00 online tomorrow, 17th March, and we can continue to be united in prayer, even though we can’t meet together in person. You can find our FaceBook page here.

Hopefully see you tomorrow (or at least you can see me!)

Fr Ed