Patrick Comerford
I was in Bantry Bay, Co Cork, last weekend, including attending the Eucharist in the parish church in Bantry on Trinity Sunday [22 May 2016].
Of course, Trinity Sunday is the Patronal Festival of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, which is formally known as the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
I missed the annual lunch of the Friends of Christ Cathedral, which took place in the crypt after the Cathedral Eucharist, and the annual general meeting of the Friends, which took place in the Chapter Room afterwards.
Lesley Rue has produced a new edition of the Friends News, for this season (Vol 34, No 1, Spring/Summer 2016). This half-page report is published on page 10:
Faithful stewards of the mysteries of God at
the Chrism Eucharist on Maundy Thursday
The Maundy Eucharist in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, is a solemn part of the Holy Week liturgies during Holy Week each year.
At this Chrism Eucharist, the Archbishop, the priests and deacons and the lay ministers of the dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough renew their commitments to ministry made at their consecration, ordination or commissioning.
I was ordained priest in 2001 and ordained deacon in 2000, and had also been commissioned a diocesan reader before that in 1994. Each year, the Chrism Eucharist is a reminder of the solemn vows and commitments made on those occasions.
Archbishop: At your ordination to the priesthood, you took authority to watch over and care for God’s people, to absolve and bless them in his name, to proclaim the gospel of salvation, and to administer the sacraments of his New Covenant. Will you continue as faithful stewards of the mysteries of God, preaching the gospel of Christ, and ministering his holy sacraments?
Priests: By the help of God, I will.
During the Foot Washing this year, as Archbishop Michael Jackson washed the feet of representatives of each order or expression of ministry, the Consort of the Cathedral Choir sang Ubi Caritas, from the Latin liturgy of Maundy Thursday, to a setting by Maurice Duruflé. The setting was the Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd (1540-1623).
Later the Archbishop consecrated the oil for the sick and dying, presented by a member of the Diocesan Ministry of Healing Committee, the oil for signing with the Cross at Baptism, presented by a deacon, and the oil of chrism presented by a priest of the diocese.
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