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Become a Community of Prayer
BECOME A COMMUNITY OF PRAYER
RESOURCES FROM THE REDEMPTORISTS
Click on the links below to access the pdf file or website
Other online resources
Meditation before the Blessed Sacrament (Adoration is streamed daily from the National Shrine at Walsingham https://www.walsingham.org.uk/live-stream/)
MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS: POPE LEO XIV'S FIRST ENCYCLICAL
Pope Leo's first encyclical has given us much to think about. But what does it all mean? Here are some resources breaking down the Pope's message, and what it means for us:
Magnifica Humanitas: A Reflection by Mgr Peter Fleetwood
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical broken down (includes a video and some useful graphics from the Vatican)
Catholic Truth Society have shared explainers from Sr Carino and Prof. Jacob Phillips, as well as a video of their roundtable discussion about the encyclical.
CAFOD have given a quick primer on what Magnifica Humanitas is about and what it means for the Catholic community
If you want to delve in deeper, Ascension Press have written a comprehensive overview of the key points and themes of Magnifica Humanitas
POPE LEO XIV’S FIRST PAPAL ENCYCLICAL: MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS!
‘Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together.’ – Pope Leo XIV
Published on Monday 25 May, Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical on 15 May, the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum. The new letter, Magnifica Humanitas, addresses one of today’s major challenges: safeguarding the human person in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
Pope Leo XIV appeals for people to build ‘for the common good’ and to ‘remain human,’ acting in courage towards shared responsibility and communion, so that the world ‘will come to recognise the human heart as the place where God desires to dwell.’
Access the new encyclical at the Vatican Website via: https://tinyurl.com/ymhbn238
PAPAL PRAYER VIDEO MAY 2026
Pray with the Pope in May that everyone might have food.
‘HE IS WORTHY’
📅 Date: 5th - 7th June 2026
📍 Location: Our Lady of the Assumption Church, L25 2RW
Forty hours of solemn adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with times to explore the meaning of the Eucharist in our personal lives and in our world today. Adoration will take place through Saturday night and Sunday morning.
‘He is Worthy’ will conclude with a Blessed Sacrament Procession at 12noon on Sunday 7 June. All welcome! People can sign up here: https://forms.gle/zxB9dNzzXyQZ7gUF9.
ST ALPHONSUS PRAYER FOR THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Grant me the gift of piety, so that I may serve You for the future with increased fervour, follow with more promptness Your holy inspirations, and observe your divine precepts with greater fidelity.
Grant me the gift of knowledge, so that I may know the things of God and, enlightened by Your holy teaching, may walk, without deviation, in the path of eternal salvation.
Grant me the gift of fortitude, so that I may overcome courageously all the assaults of the devil, and all the dangers of this world which threaten the salvation of my soul.
Grant me the gift of counsel, so that I may choose what is more conducive to my spiritual advancement and may discover the wiles and snares of the tempter.
Grant me the gift of understanding, so that I may apprehend the divine mysteries and by contemplation of heavenly things detach my thoughts and affections from the vain things of this miserable world.
Grant me the gift of wisdom, so that I may rightly direct all my actions, referring them to God as my last end; so that, having loved Him and served Him in this life, I may have the happiness of possessing Him eternally in the next.
Amen.
DILEXI TE READING GROUP
Bon Secours Young Adults Great Britain and Million Minutes is running a Dilexi Te Reading Group for those in their 20’s and 30’s who are particularly interested in the Church’s love for the poor, you can find out more and register at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bonsecoursyoungadultsgb/2138220
NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
In 2020 during the COVID pandemic the then Pastoral Area of St Thérèse of Lisieux in Liverpool, made an online Novena to the Holy Spirit. If you wish to follow the services recorded that year then click here or access the playlist on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtq4jABmUdteTqBIeX67pxvd8JV8UDVl4
Also in 2020 Fr Richard recorded a series of videos of St Alphonsus Novena to the Holy Spirit. This can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUtIHUuxHIhCdDagFqEFeKoGyVEBrkjdT
FRANCISCAN ROSARY RESOURCE
To mark the Franciscan Jubilee this year, the Archdioce's Pastoral Development team have produced a resource to help pray the Franciscan Rosary. Click here to access it
THE HOLY SPIRIT - A PRAYER VIDEO FOR PENTECOST
A PRAYER FOR PEACE FROM POPE LEO
Please join the Pope in praying for peace
"Lord Jesus,
You conquered death without weapons or violence:
You shattered its power with the strength of peace.
Grant us Your peace,
as You did to the women filled with doubt on Easter morning,
as You did to the disciples who were hiding in fear.
Send forth Your Spirit,
the breath that gives life and reconciles,
that turns adversaries and enemies into brothers and sisters.
Inspire in us to trust in Mary, Your mother,
who stood at the foot of Your cross with a broken heart,
firm in the faith that You would rise again.
May the madness of war cease
and the Earth be cared for and cultivated by those who still
know how to bring forth, protect and love life.
Hear us, Lord of life!”
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