- Dates: 28 September at 14:00 to 3 October at 21:00
- Price: £579. Includes direct flight to Lisbon from London Heathrow.
- Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP
- Daily Extraordinary Form of the Mass
- Experienced local guide.
- Bookings: call 01423 531 222 Jackie at Number One Travel.
- Enquiries: call group leader Liam on 07415520494.
- Email: [email protected]
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1295185350573641/
Liam Driver organises this pilgrimage on behalf of the FSSP and he has 15 spaces to fill. Please contact Liam now to book.
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Lesson from the letter of St Paul the Apostle to the Galatians 3:16-22 Brethren: The promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. He does not say, And to his offsprings, as of many; but as of one, And to your offspring, Who is Christ. Now I mean this: The Law which was made four hundred and thirty years later does not annul the covenant which was ratified by God, so as to make the promise void. For if the right to inherit be from the Law, it is no longer from a promise. But God gave it to Abraham by promise. What then was the Law? It was enacted on account of transgressions, being delivered by angels through a mediator, until the offspring should come to whom the promise was made. Now there is no intermediary where there is only one; but God is one. Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? By no means. For if a law had been given that could give life, justice would truly be from the Law. But the Scriptures shut up all things under sin, that by the faith of Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe. The Epistle for the XIII Sunday after Pentecost reminds us of the true relation between Judaism and Christianity. The institutions of Judaism were intended as a preparation for the coming of Christ, and were to be abrogated when He should appear. Salvation was not to be dependent on the established usages of a single people, nor to be imparted in view of membership of any race or nation; it was promised to the Seed and through the Seed of Abraham, but the true Seed of Abraham were not to be merely his racial descendants, but all those who should accept, as he accepted, by faith the promised Messias. The ‘Seed’ of Abraham to which the Promise primarily made reference, was indeed to be, in a true sense, bodily genuine descendants of Abraham (cf. Hebrews vii), but there was to be added to, and mysteriously united with, the ‘Seed’ an uncountable multitude from every race and clime—whose inner bond of union would be acceptance of Jesus as the promised Saviour, and the practical attitude which would logically follow from that acceptance. Neither race nor blood nor soil has, then, aught to do with justification and salvation, but only faith in Jesus Christ and the fulfilment of His will. Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke 17:11-19 At that time, Jesus was going to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. And as He was entering a certain village, there He met ten lepers, who stood afar off and lifted up their voice, crying, Jesus, Master, have pity on us. And when He saw them He said, Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they were on their way, that they were made clean. But one of them, seeing that he was made clean, returned, with a loud voice glorifying God, and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks; and he was a Samaritan. But Jesus answered and said, Were not the ten made clean? But where are the nine? Has no one been found to return and give glory to God, except this foreigner? And He said to him, Arise, go your way, for your faith has saved you. To St. Luke, the physician, the incident described in the Gospel is of special importance, because it depicts Jesus as the Great Physician before whom Jew and non-Jew are of like value. As the genuine physician cares not whence his patient comes, or what is his point of view, so Jesus, the Physician of souls and bodies, is ready to receive all who come to Him to be healed. He makes no distinctions of race or origin in those who come confidently to seek His help. Today’s Gospel, then, reminds us, above all, that Jesus is our Physician. We are sick. The whole world is sick—diseased with the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. We all have sinned and all of us need the touch of the Physician. Let us go to Him and cry with the lepers (symbols, as they are, of us who are tainted with the leprosy of sin): ‘Master, have pity on us!’ Commentary by Msgr. Patrick Boylan (1879-1974).
At last sense has prevailed on the matter of the transference of the Feasts of the Epiphany and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ back to their traditionally held dates in the Novus Ordo calendar as applied in England and Wales. This has been a contentious issue since the decision was taken to move them to the Sunday in 2006. I've uploaded the two decrees of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments and they can be read here. Only Corpus Christi to crack and one could say job done! Of course, when attempts were made to bring parity on the subject of holyday observance between the old and new calandars, the Latin Mass Society advocated with success that for a number of reasons, not least the effect on the Breviarium Romanum that this was not practical, the exchange of correspondence and the dubium submitted can be read here and here. |
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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