Enniskeane & Desertserges Parish

A Catholic Faith Community in County Cork, Ireland

Few people get to see the tabernacle of a church up-close. This is a photo of the Tabernacle at Enniskeane Church. It's where the Blessed Sacrament is reposed for veneration between Masses and to be brought to those who need it at home.
The door is beautifully decorated. The central motif is a pelican. A pelican, you say?
In medieval Europe, the pelican was thought to be especially attentive to her young, to the point of providing her own blood by wounding her own breast when no other food was available for the chicks. As a result, the pelican became a symbol of the Passion of Jesus and of the Eucharist since about the 12th century. ... See More / níos móSee Less

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So beautiful, thank you Fr Tom for sharing

Beautiful thank you Fr Tom

Isn't that beautiful I never knew that and I never knew about the Mass stone you told us about one Sunday at Mass love knowing about those simbles Thank you Fr Tom

Beautiful.

beautiful

Beautiful

Interesting!

Beautiful.

It is indeed beautiful.

So beautiful thank you Fr Tom

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