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ROSARY AND BENEDICTION
Every Sunday at 4.00 pm, St Raphael's Church
During Lent: Stations of the Cross at 4.00 pm followed by Benediction
For a very helpful introduction to the Rosary and how to pray with the Rosary, please click here and also here, and also here.
Benediction is one of the most beautiful and moving ceremonies in Catholic liturgy. For full details, see Benediction.
Hymns and Prayers at Benediction written by St Thomas Aquinas:
High Altar at St Raphael's at Benediction
O Salutaris Hostia
Quae caeli pandis ostium:
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria.
Amen.