10 November 2018

Remembrance Sunday in
Rathkeale and Kilnaughtin
Group of Parishes

The war memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale, Co Limerick (Photograph; Patrick Comerford)

Patrick Comerford

There is one united, group service in the Rathkeale and Kilnaughtin Group of Parishes on Sunday 11 November 2018 to mark Remembrance Sunday 2018.

The service in Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale, Co Limerick, at 11 a.m. on 11 November 2018 is a service to mark the end of World War I, followed by a celebration of the Holy Communion.

Hymns:

62: Abide with me
64: Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
537: O God, our help in ages past
549: Dear Lord and Father of mankind

Readings:

Psalm 4; Revelation 1: 1-7; John 15: 9-17.

Bidding Prayer:

Almighty God,
you call us into a common fellowship
of solidarity and love;
draw near to us as we commemorate
those who died in the First World War.
As we reflect on their sacrifice and the horrors of conflict,
may you move us to always work for peace
and justice in our broken world;
this we ask through the Prince of Peace,
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Post-Communion Prayer:

God of peace,
whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom
and restored the broken to wholeness of life:
Look with compassion on the anguish of the world,
and by your healing power
make whole both people and nations;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

The names inscribed on the memorial to be read aloud on Sunday morning are:

Captain Ernest Cotton Deane, MC;
Second Lieutenant Lionel Henry Massy;
Sergeant-Major Robert Modler;
Sergeant George Pyper;
Private Charles Donoghue;
Private George C Switzer;
Trooper George Travers.

Poppies growing through a wall in Askeaton (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2018)

2 comments:

Docklands Chaplains said...

Thank you for posting this, Patrick. Beautifully done. I hope the service will go well and bring much blessing.
Ginnie

Docklands Chaplains said...

Thank you for posting this, Patrick. Beautifully expresed. I hope the service will go well and bring much blessing. Ginnie