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LAND LINE DISRUPTION

DUE TO EXTENSIVE REFURBISHMENT OF THE ORATORY MY ORDINARY LAND LINE NUMBER, LARNE 260137 IS OUT OF SERVICE

PLEASE CALL THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS INSTEAD:

WITHIN UK  07900 287283

OUTSIDE OF UK  0044 7900 287283

                                                     or email:bishoppatbuckley@hotmail.com
                                                                    Bishop Pat 

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       BISHOP PAT'S EPISCOPAL RING

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Pat's bishop's ring is one of the pastoral rings presented to the bishops at the Second Vatican Council by Pope Paul V1. It was given to Pat in early 2012 by a retired bishop who had worked in the Roman curial offices. It shows Christ with SS Peter and Paul at his side. The Oratory Society is inspired by the Vatican 11 model of church.
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THE ORATORY LARNE

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BISHOP PAT IN LARNE WITH EUCHARISTIC MINISTER DARREN CROSSEY











MASS TIMES IN LARNE

EVERY SUNDAY EUCHARIST...................12 NOON
MASS OF CHRISM (HOLY THURSDAY....12 NOON

GOOD FRIDAY (STATIONS OF THE + .............3PM
LORDS PASSION...............................................7PM

EASTER VIGIL....................................................8PM
CHRISTMAS VIGIL..............................................8PM

BAPTISM/MARRIAGE/CONFIRMATION 
BY ARRANGEMENT

I BELIEVE

(PAT BUCKLEY - 1994)
I BELIEVE THAT IN THIS WORLD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND GOD.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD MADE THIS WONDERFUL UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT EXISTS.
I CAN FIND GOD IN NATURE, IN ANIMALS, IN BIRDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD MADE ALL MEN AND WOMEN.
THAT HE MADE THEM ALL EQUAL.
AND THAT HE LOVES AND CHERISHES THEM ALL EQUALLY.
I BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE IS THE FAMILY OF GOD.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE INTELLIGENT LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
AND IF SO, THEY TOO ARE PART OF GOD'S FAMILY.
I HOLD THAT RELIGION AND FAITH ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THAT RELIGION CAN BE BOTH GOOD AND BAD.
AND THAT IT IS SPIRITUALITY THAT COUNTS.
TO ME YOUR RELIGION IS AN ACCIDENT OF YOUR BIRTH
OR A GIFT OF GOD'S GREAT PROVIDENTIAL DIVERSITY.
THERE IS NO ONE, TRUE CHURCH.
ALL CHURCHES AND ALL RELIGIONS CONTAIN ASPECTS OF THE TRUTH.
BUT ONLY GOD IS TRUTH.
NO MAN IS INFALLIBLE.
A BUDDHIST OR A GOOD ATHEIST IS AS ACCEPTABLE TO GOD AS A GOOD CATHOLIC.
I BELIEVE THAT SEX IS GOOD AND SO IS THE BODY.
THE ONLY SEXUAL ACT THAT IS SINFUL IS THE ONE THAT USES OR ABUSES.
I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY SUFFERING PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF WEAKNESS.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN WILL BE SAVED.
I BELIEVE IN A PACKED HEAVEN AND AN EMPTY HELL.
AND EVEN SATAN MIGHT GET ANOTHER CHANCE.
I BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM OF GOD'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
I BELIEVE THAT DOGMA IS OFTEN EVIL.
I BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS A JOURNEY TOWARDS GOD.
AND THAT NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO INSIST YOU GO A CERTAIN ROAD.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD AND REALITY ARE TOO BIG FOR MY POOR WORDS.
I BELIEVE, THEREFORE, THAT I AM ONLY AT A BEGINNING.
ONLY KNOCKING AT A DOOR.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
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RELIGION + LEGALISM + HYPOCRISY

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       VERSE BY SAINT THOMAS MOORE

"ARMED WITH THEIR BOOKS AND THEIR WHIPS,
BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS, SCRIPTURE ON THEIR LIPS,
TYRANTS BY CREED AND TORTURERS BY TEXTS,
MAKING THIS LIFE HELL IN HONOUR OF THE NEXT"

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