Prayer Resources during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Friday, 27 March 2020 16:05

Prayer Resources during the Coronavirus Pandemic

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During this time of social isolation it is important that we pray and stay connected to our community. Please find below a range of online resources to assist with this. These include daily prayers and readings, prayer services, the Sunday Office, commentaries, homilies and reflections as well as Gospel based activities and resources to support personal and family prayer. Let us create prayerful solidarity with our community and the whole Body of Christ.

Prayer Requests

The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart are pleased to pray for your intentions especially at this challenging and difficult time.

Send your request by email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Your intentions will be prayed for and remembered by the Sisters and our Associates.

Daily Midday Mass from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Randwick

Daily On-Line Midday Mass/Thursday Novena streamed on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/olshparish.randwick

Spiritual Comfort for Troubled Times & Holy Week

As the world goes into lock-down, Emmaus Productions is offering families and communities the video and music resources below to support them spiritually during this extraordinary time as well as offering support to them in their celebration of Holy Week and Easter.

St Declan's Parish Youtube Channel

Click here to watch live streaming Mass

In a special edition of “The Pope Video“, the Holy Father asks us to pray for the sick and the suffering, while thanking all those who, united and regardless of their religious tradition or convictions, pray for those affected.

In a context marked by the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus, the Pope spoke on Wednesday, 11 March, to thank all those who pray in these difficult moments, regardless of their religious tradition. With a special emphasis on the sick and those who are suffering most, he asked that we all pray the prayer “Under Your Protection” to the Virgin Mary, imploring her protection:

“We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God.
Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test –
and deliver us from every danger,
O glorious and blessed Virgin.”

Since it broke out in late 2019, COVID-19 has spread to 162 countries and territories, infecting more than 290,000 people worldwide and causing more than 12,000 deaths so far. This is why the World Health Organization declared on 11 March 2020 that the disease is already considered a pandemic.

Pope Francis is living these difficult moments for Italy and the world with faith and prayer. On the third Sunday of Lent, he prayed before the icon of the Salus Populi Romani to emphasize his closeness to those who suffer and to implore the special protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Later, on a pilgrimage to the site of the crucifix that was carried in procession to end the plague in Rome in 1522, he prayed for an end to the pandemic that is striking the world. During these days, he also implored the healing of so many sick people, remembered the many victims of these days and asked that their families and friends find comfort and relief.

In this special and universal message of Francis, which he shared through The Pope Video, he also thanks “all the men and women of good will who are praying for this moment, all united, whatever the religious tradition to which they belong”.

The invitation to prayer can be followed under the hashtag #PrayForTheWorld. To pray with Pope Francis you can access his official prayer profile on the Click To Pray platform (website, app and social networks). May the Lord help us these days to embody compassion in our daily gestures, in our closeness to lonely and exhausted people, in our gestures and through the means of communication we have at our disposal.

Vatican News Youtube Channel

Recommended Websites

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is supporting the prayer life of Catholics who are unable to attend Mass. Dioceses and other Catholic organisations are also providing material and access to livestreaming of Masses.

Catholics are encouraged to utilise the resources below to support your prayer life and especially to allow you to continue to keep Sunday as a day when prayer is prominent. Many Catholic organisations have been supportive in their provision of access to material that is sometimes only available via subscription. The Conference thanks St Pauls Publications in particular for allowing the reproduction of its Scripture reflections.