Day of Prayer and Fasting for an End to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Bishop Philip Egan of the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth will hold a Day of ‘Prayer and Fasting’ for an End to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The Day is called “Twenty-Four Hours with the Lord” and is taking place on Friday 27^th November 2020.

Explaining why he wished to hold the day, Bishop Philip said: “We can pray earnestly for a speedy end to the pandemic, for the safety and protection of all, especially our family and friends, for the health of the sick and the strength of those who care for them, for those suffering financially or in other ways from the pandemic, for patients in hospitals and the residents of care-homes, for all medical staff and key workers, for government leaders, scientists and advisors, for the discovery of an effective, ethically-sourced, vaccine, for patience, perseverance and mental well-being and for all who have died and those who mourn them”.

There will be a twenty-four hour long programme of Masses, prayer, Rosary and Eucharistic Adoration at the Catholic Cathedral of St John the Evangelist in Portsmouth, including an all-night vigil, of which Bishop Philip has invited all people of good will to join in as much as they can online.

Bishop Philip hopes that parishes across the Diocese will “replicate as much of the programme as possible and provide various opportunities for individuals to pay a visit to their parish for a time of private prayer.”

Although the day was planned before the second lockdown he continued: “The Mass, the Liturgy of the Hours and the Liturgy of the Passion will have to be celebrated without a congregation present, but many other elements such as Eucharistic Exposition, the Rosary etc., counting as private prayer, can still go ahead as planned. It will be an opportunity for us as a Diocese to pray for all our intentions.”

The event can be followed at the following link and the full live streamed programme is as follows:

https://www.portsmouthcatholiccathedral.org.uk/live-mass.php

24 HOURS WITH THE LORD

During Eucharistic Adoration until midnight, Confessions are available

0730 Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration

0810 Morning Prayer

0825 Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament

0830 Mass (prayers and readings from Mass in Time of Pandemic)

0915 Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration

1015 Rosary (The Five Joyful Mysteries)

1155 Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament

1200 Angelus and Midday Prayer

1215 Mass (prayers and readings from Mass in Time of Pandemic)

1300 Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration

1305 Rosary (The Five Sorrowful Mysteries)

1500 Liturgy of the Passion

1700 The Chaplet of Divine Mercy

1925 Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament

1930 Evening Prayer

2000 Mass (prayers and readings from Mass in Time of Pandemic)

2015 Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration

2100 The Seven Last Words of Christ

2230 Rosary (The Five Luminous Mysteries)

2330 Rosary (The Five Glorious Mysteries)

2350 Night Prayer (Compline)

2400 Eucharistic Vigil: “Watching with the Lord”

0730 Benediction and Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament