In nomine Patris, et Filii,
et Spiritus Sancti.
Amen
Three Churches - Three Prayers – One Intent.
This is the
story of my visits to a number of churches in the county Dublin
region.
I usually
visited three churches on any given journey. After a number of such
journeys I
decided to say a prayer in each for people I knew, it soon formed
into three
churches, three prayers with one intent or as it is also known a
petition.
The journeys
would usually have a specific start point with a chosen church which
I would
arrive at around twelve noon. Where I would normally say an Our
Father
and
probably
have a few quiet moments. I would then move on to my second church
arriving
usually in and around one thirty in the afternoon. In this second
church
I would
usually say the Hail Mary and again have a few quiet moments. I
would
always aim
to arrive at the third church in and around two thirty and here I
would
say my third
and final prayer for this journey a Glory be.
I have on occasions varied
this sequence by taking in morning mass in any
given church
and then continuing on to my second church, and on occasions
of bad or
threatening weather I have simply visited my local church and said
all
three
prayers in one place.
On occasions I have come across
rosary groups and funerals on these
occasions,
especially, funeral masses I deferred my visit or I have started
my
journey in reverse, (so to speak) starting after a trip to the
church
which I
usually ended at.
when the churches were in fairly close proximity to each other.
When, on some few occasions, I have had a week off,
I
have planned to visit churches which were a bit more distanced from
each other.
I would plan to visit the
first church on Monday or Tuesday, the second church on
Wednesday or Thursday and the
third church on Friday. This would give me some
more travel to accomplish but would also give me a bit more time in
each
individual church for prayer and contemplation.
On
all occasions of visits I naturally treated the church buildings and
traditions
with the
respect afforded to all religious buildings and it goes without
saying showed
the same
respect to all and any church staff whom I met.
The sequence of prayers together at once Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be is and
has been known as a prayer for the Pope. I have on some occasions used them as such.
Three randomly chosen churches.
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