at
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Llay Chain, Llay, Near Wrexham, LL12 0NT
on
Sunday 12th July
starting at 12.30pm
All very welcome
Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Llay Chain, Llay, Near Wrexham, LL12 0NT on Sunday 12th July starting at 12.30pm All very welcome
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Two of England's greatest Martyrs July 9 SS JOHN FISHER AND THOMAS MORE Martyrs St John Fisher, Cardinal, Bishop of Rochester, was beheaded on Tower Hill under Henry VIII, June 22, A.D. 1535, for his fidelity to the Apostolic See, and the freedom of the Church. St Thomas More was made High Chancellor of England. On account of his strenuous resistance to the encroachments on the rights of the Church, attempted by Henry VIII, he was, by order of this miserable monarch, beheaded on Tower Hill on July 6, A.D. 1535.
As promised a selection of photographs from yesterday's Mass at Holywell. I am indebited to Mr. Mike Barnsdall for his help in photographing the event.
Yesterday witnessed another successful Latin Mass Society Pilgrimage to Holywell.
Despite persistent heavy rain prior to the High Mass at 2.30pm, pilgrims arrived in good number. Several estimates suggested an increase in those assisting at Mass - my own headcount (never that easy to do) concluded 235, a similar headcount in 2014 estimated 224. Priest celebrant, Father Richard Bailey of Manchester Oratory preached the homily, you can read it here. Incidentally, Father Bailey will be back in Holywell at the end of July for the Society's annual Latin Course, you can read more about that and book here. With Father Bailey were Father Edmund Montgomery (deacon) and Father Simon Henry (sub deacon). Mr Michael Haynes was M.C. and numerous servers were in attendance. Three priests sat in choir. Mass was a Votive Mass of a Virgin Martyr with commemoration of the VI Sunday after Pentecost. This votive Mass honours our local and loved St Winefride, a very brief account of whom can be read here. The musical arrangement was Victoria's Missa Simile est Regnum with chant for the proper. Many complimented the quality of the music and my thanks go to Mr. Christian Spence and the cantors for their much appreciated efforts. The rain gave way to fragile sunshine (Deo grátias!) for the post Mass Rosary procession led by Canon Lordan (a regular celebrant of the Extraordinary Form in this diocese) and at the shrine there was an opportunity to venerate the relic of St Winefride. Other thanks go to Mr. Mike Barnsdall for his photography, I will post a selection of the photo's in due course. Finally, Mr David Lloyd and his wife Betty deserve praise for their unwavering support. This was a very successful pilgrimage but they don't just happen by themselves, the Latin Mass Society works hard throughout England and Wales to ensure that such beautiful liturgical events take place. Support us by joining us or by making a donation here. I was blessed with being able to attend the ICKSP ordination week ceremonies in Florence, Italy last week. The names of all those receiving the cassock and tonsure or being ordained to the minor and major orders can be read here. On Monday 29th, Seminarians received the cassock from Institute Prior General, Mgr Gilles Wach. On Tuesday, Bishop Joseph Perry, who serves as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago officiated at the Minor Orders. Meanwhile on Wednesday, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco ordained the deacons and sub deacons and finally on Thursday, His Eminence, Cardinal Burke ordained the priests. Every liturgical 'i' was dotted and 't' crossed and whilst these ceremonies were the main reasons to be thankful for, I also have to record my sincere thanks for the equally faultless hospitality given at by the Seminarians at Gricigliano and the Sister Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus whose convent is adjacent the seminary. An Englishman was ordained. Canon Scott Tanner hails from Reading and has spent time in his diaconal year at the Institute's houses at New Brighton and Preston. Canon Tanner will celebrate a first Mass next Saturday 11th July at St Birinus, Dorchester on Thames at Noon. On Saturday 31st October at 10am he will celebrate Mass at New Brighton in the presence of Mgr Wach. Another new priest to have spent time during his diaconal year at Preston is Canon Guillaume Fenoll. He will celebrate a first High Mass at St Walburge's, Preston on the 19th July. Details can be viewed here. Finally, Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins will also celebrate a first Solemn Mass at New Brighton on Sunday 30th August at 10.30am. First blessings with plenary indulgence attached will be available after Mass on each occasion. The Holywell Pilgrimage takes place on Sunday (5th July) starting at the Parish Church with Mass at 2.30pm followed by Rosary procession and veneration of the relic of St Winefride.
The Mass is 'of a Virgin Martyr' (Me exspectavérunt peccatores) with the Gospel of the five wise and five foolish virgins. The VI Sunday after Pentecost will be commemorated within the Mass. Here follows a little reflective thought around the VI Sunday. “I have compassion on the multitude.” This sentiment of the Divine and Human Heart (Gospel), so endearing to us, inspires our pleas to God in the Introit, that He save us because we belong to Him. The Prayer, alluding to our Baptism, when He implanted in us a love of His Name (which means “to save”) beseeches God to foster and then to protect “what is good.” What is “good?” It is to “foster” the “new life” in Christ Jesus begun at Baptism (Epistle); “dead to sin” is its negative side; “alive to God” is its positive. To “protect” and to nourish this Life is the object of the Eucharist, which is its food. A hunger for the Divine Life and “Goodness” is universal to all times and places, as prefigured in the Gospel, “Can anyone fill them in the wilderness” of life, where the mind hungers for Truth, the will and heart hunger for Love? At the altar of sacrifice God will not “allow the hopes of anyone to be in vain” (Secret). Only at the altar of the Sacrament are we really “filled” (Postcommunion). According to the parish bulletin for St Mary's, Warrington: “I have invited the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter to come to the archdiocese and to have responsibility for St Mary’s Church, Warrington. In due course this will become a centre for the celebration of the extraordinary form of Mass and the sacraments. The priests of this fraternity will not, however, assume pastoral responsibility for St Mary’s parish, which will be the responsibility of Fr David Heywood from September.” Statement of Archbishop Malcolm McMahon Archbishop of Liverpool The arrival of the FSSP in Warrington provides England and Wales with a third dedicated home for the Traditional Mass, all of which are located in the North West of England. The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest already has care for churches at St Peter & Paul and Philomena at New Brighton in the Diocese of Shrewsbury and St Walburge, Preston in the Diocese of Lancaster. |
Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Francisco: Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui facis mirabilia magna solus: praetende super famulos tuos, et super congregationes illis commissas, spiritum gratiae salutaris; et, ut in veritate tibi complaceant, perpetuum eis rorem tuae benedictionis infunde.
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