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Corpus Christi

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The feast of Corpus Christi was extended to the entire Church in 1264 by Pope Urban IV in  response to a crisis of unbelief in Europe. The propers of the Mass were written by St. Thomas Aquinas and are a classic of literature and art used to spread devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.

Subsequently, devotion to the Holy Eucharist and the Holy Mass mushroomed to new heights after the feast appeared. Some people today try to claim that Holy Thursday, which commemorates the institution of the priesthood and the Eucharist, is celebration enough. Many seem to have other motivation which includes reducing devotion to the Holy Eucharist which they reject either publicly or privately.

In 1264 Pope Urban IV requested St. Bonaventure, the Superior General of the Franciscans, and St. Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican, to submit drafts of an Office and Mass for the new feast. On the day of the judging, done by the Pope himself, St. Thomas read his text, and tears fell from the eyes of both the Pope and St. Bonaventure who tore his own composition into shreds. Everything was perfect and beautiful and nothing remained to say.

Third Sunday after Pentecost at Llay

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Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
for the
Third Sunday after Pentecost

12:30pm
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Llay Chain
Near Wrexham


Everyone is very welcome - Latin Mass Society member or not!

Employment opportunity at the LMS Main Office

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PART-TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT

We are looking to appoint a part-time Office Assistant. Based in our central London office in Holborn, the successful candidate will be responsible for the administrative work of the LMS. 

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  • Office administration - general correspondence, answering telephone calls, post and emails.
  • Membership administration - membership applications and renewals, data entry, data analysis, data export (print mail-merges and email).
  • Local representatives – working with our nationwide network of volunteer representatives, he/she will produce the Mass Listings for inclusion in Mass of Ages and posted on website.
  • Mail-order - responsible for the administration of the LMS’s on-line shopping.
  • Information administration - compiling information pertaining to the Charity, including research and document publication and distribution.
  • Volunteer administration – responsible for overseeing office work undertaken by volunteers.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • An in depth knowledge of Traditional Catholicism.
  • Strong customer service and communication skills.
  • Excellent multi-tasking skills.
  • Possess the ability to prioritise work according to deadlines and work under pressure. 
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to work accurately and in a timely manner.
  • IT Proficient - Microsoft Windows & software, Google suite and, ideally, Drupal (CMS). 

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

21 hours per week, on a flexible working pattern, with the possibility of additional hours at certain times of the year. Occasional Saturday and evening work. 

A full job description and application details are available from:

Stephen Moseling, General Manager, The Latin Mass Society, 11-13 Macklin Street, London WC2B 5NH stephenlms.org.uk Tel. 020 7404 7284. 

Closing date for applications is Friday 3rd July. Interviews will be held in London during the week beginning 12th July.


Act of Reparation to The Sacred Heart Of Jesus

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O, Sweet Jesus, whose overflowing charity for men is requited by so much forgetfulness, negligence, and contempt, behold us prostrate before Thy altar eager to repair by a special act of homage the cruel indifference and injuries to which Thy Loving Heart is everywhere subject.

Mindful alas! that we ourselves have had a share in such great indignities, which we deplore from the depths of our hearts, we humbly ask Thy pardon and declare our readiness to atone by voluntary expiation not only for our own personal offenses, but also for the sins of those, who, straying far from the path of salvation, refuse in their obstinate infidelity to follow Thee, their Shepherd and Leader, or, renouncing the vows of their baptism, have cast off the sweet yoke of Thy law.

We are now resolved to expiate each and every deplorable outrage committed against Thee; we are determined to make amends for the manifold offenses against Christian modesty in unbecoming dress and behavior, for all the foul seductions laid to ensnare the feet of the innocent, for the frequent violations of Sundays and holy days, and the shocking blasphemies uttered against Thee and Thy saints. We wish also to make amends for the insults to which Thy Vicar on earth and Thy priests are subjected, for the profanation, by conscious neglect or terrible acts of sacrilege, of the very Sacrament of Thy Divine Love; and lastly for the public crimes of nations who resist the rights and the teaching authority of the Church which thou hast founded.

Would, O Divine Jesus, that we were able to wash away such abominations with our blood. We now offer, in reparation for these violations of Thy Divine Honor, the satisfaction Thou didst once make to Thy Eternal Father on the cross and which Thou dost continue to renew daily on our altars; we offer it in union with the acts of atonement of Thy Virgin Mother and all the saints and of the pious faithful on earth; and we sincerely promise to make recompense as far as we can, with the help of Thy grace, for all neglect of Thy great love and for the sins we and others have committed in the past. Henceforth, we will live a life of unwavering faith, of purity of conduct, of perfect observance of the precepts of the Gospel and especially that of charity. We promise to the best of our power to prevent others from offending Thee and to bring as many as possible to follow Thee.

O loving Jesus, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our model in reparation, deign to receive the voluntary offering we make of this act of expiation; and by the crowning gift of perseverance keep us faithful unto death in our duty and the allegiance we owe to Thee so that we may all one day come to that happy home, where Thou, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.

St Anthony of Padua

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“If things created are so full of loveliness,
how resplendent with beauty must be the One who made them!”


St Anthony of Padua, Confessor and Doctor of the Church.
Celebrated as a teacher and preacher of the highest calibre, St Anthony was the first teacher in the Franciscan Order and was afforded the special approval and blessing of St. Francis to instruct his brother Franciscans.

St Anthony is very dear to me, in addition to him being one of the more popular Saints, it was on his feast day, the 13th June, in my local parish church which boasts his name as its patron, that I was received into the Roman Catholic Church.

St Anthony - Pray for us!

III Sunday after Pentecost

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The Sacred Heart for the world, the world for the Sacred Heart was the theme of Friday’s Feast.

This Sunday, the Mass illustrates the mutual search between His Divine Heart and our heart. The Introit voices the sinner’s sense of being “alone” due to his inner struggles, usually beyond all human aid. The Prayer, a synopsis of Christian life, recognizes the right use of “the good things of this life” and asks God in His Mercy to “guide” us against their abuse. This life, therefore, becomes a warfare against the anti-Christ (Epistle), but “humbled” by afflictions, nevertheless be “strong in faith” since ultimate victory is “in Christ Jesus.” Who of us could ever doubt the Love of the Sacred Heart after reading the Gospel? Who of us would refrain from doing “penance” to make His “find” complete? Who of us on earth would not add to His joy in Heaven (Communion) by leading some soul back to the Sacred Heart?

Prior to 1960 the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus had an octave and was commemorated in the Mass for the edification of those unable to go to Mass on the feast day. At the election of the priest two II cl. Votive Masses of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, with commemoration of the Sunday, are permitted in each church or chapel in accordance with the 1962 rubrics of the Roman Missal.

Mass for the III Sunday after Pentecost takes place at St Francis of Assisi, Llay at 12.30pm on Sunday 14 June 2015.

IV Sunday after Pentecost

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The Mass this Sunday [IV after Pentecost] reflects the call of St. Peter as a fisher of men.

The Introit expresses our confidence in God to overcome enemies that oppose us. The Collect is a prayer that the course of the world may be ordered by the Lord and “joyfully serve Thee to quiet devotion.”

In the Epistle we ask for “deliverance” from corruption into the “liberty” enjoyed by a child of God.

The Gradual continues the theme of asking for help from God lest the “Gentiles” ridicule our religion.

The Gospel teaches that Christ is the great Fisher of Men who relies upon the Apostles, priests and Bishops, for success. We are the fish drawn out of the water by the teaching of Christ from the sea of the world. In the Offertory we ask Jesus to “enlighten my eyes” and in the Secret entreat Him to “draw our rebellious wills” to Him. The Communion reflects the sentiment that the Lord is my “firmament...and ...refuge,” while the Postcommunion tells us that the Mass and Holy Sacrament of the Altar will “purify” our hearts and protect us.

Today, although not commemorated in the Mass is the Feast Day of St. Aloysius Gonzaga C., one of the Patrons of Catholic youth. A nobleman, the Saint gave up his right of inheritance to enter the Society of Jesus. He died on 21 June 1591, during an epidemic, while ministering to the sick.

Mass this Sunday at Holywell - Ss Peter and Paul

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The feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Princes of the Church, awakens in our souls a greater love for the Church and for our Holy Father the Pope.

The liturgy today gives the place of honor to St. Peter, the head of the Apostles; tomorrow it will speak to us of St. Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles. Thus it presents to us those who have established the Church, not only by their labors, but even by their blood. The Gospel (Mt 16:13-19) recalls the scene at Caesarea, where Jesus, for the first time, proclaimed Peter as the foundation stone of the Church: “I say that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church,” words which have had a magnificent repercussion down through the centuries, and which, even today, bear witness to the primacy of Peter and his successors over the whole of Christianity–not over a number of small churches, but over one great, unique Church, the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Church. One only Church, whose sole Founder and Head is Christ, who chose Peter to represent Him. “Where Peter is, there is the Church” (St. Ambrose). This means that wherever the Pope, Peter’s successor, is, there the Church is. Rightly, then, should we consider the [Solemnity] of St. Peter as the Feast of the Church, the Feast of our Holy Father the Pope, and one which should awaken in every Christian soul a profound sense of belonging to the Church and of devotion to the Sovereign Pontiff. At the moment of her death, St. Teresa of Jesus repeated: “I am a daughter of the Church!” After having labored so much for God and souls, this was the only title that made her sure of the divine mercy. To be a child of the Church! This is our title to salvation, this is our glory, after that of being a child of God. Or rather, not after, but together with, for, as the Fathers of the Church say, “He cannot have God for Father who does not have the Church for Mother” (St. Cyprian). He is not a true Catholic who does not feel the joy of being a child of the Church, whose heart does not vibrate for the Church and for the Vicar of Christ upon earth, who is not ready to renounce his own personal views in order to “sentire cum Ecclesia,” to think with the Church, always and in all things.


First High Mass of a Newly Ordained Priest

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Next week 11 new priests will be ordained for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in Florence.

One of the new priests will be Rev. Guillaume Fenoll.

The soon to be titled Canon Fenoll will celebrate a first High Mass as detailed below, what a wonderful uplifting thing, graces in abundance!

Don't Forget ....

May God bless them all

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This week is ordination week at the International Seminary of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest at Gricigliano near Florence, Italy. Please do pray for all concerned!

29th June - Reception of Cassock.
30th June - Minor Orders.
1st July - Ordination of subdeacons and deacons.
2nd July - Ordination of eleven new priests.
3rd July - First Masses.
The names of the ordinands are:
Priests
  1. Abbé Hubert de SALABERRY
  2. Abbé Frédéric DE MARTIN
  3. Abbé Rémi TEQUI
  4. Abbé Pierre DUMAIN
  5. Abbé Guillaume FENOLL
  6. Abbé Damien de LA PINTIERE
  7. Abbé Edward GARDNER
  8. Abbé Scott TANNER
  9. Abbé Vianney POUCIN de WOUILT
  10. Abbé Jean-Baptiste COMMINS
  11. Abbé Adrian SEQUEIRA

Deacons
  1. Abbé Erwan WAGNER
  2. Abbé Erwan JOSSEAUME
  3. Abbé Grégoire de GUILLEBON
  4. Abbé David SILVEY
  5. Abbé Florian BRAUN
  6. Abbé Joseph de PONCHARRA
  7. Abbé Martial PINOTEAU
 
Subdeacons
  1. Abbé Charles EZE NWOKO
  2. Abbé John O’CONNOR
  3. Abbé Scott SMITH
  4. Abbé Bertrand SIGROS
  5. Abbé Jean-Guillaume de LA CROCHAIS
  6. Abbé Jonathon FEHRENBACHER
  7. Abbé Benoît BELIGNÉ
  8. Abbé Christian MAHLBERG
 
Acolytes
  1. Abbé Peter HEIDENREICH
  2. Abbé James HOOGERWERF
  3. Abbé Fernando FERNANDES DE ALMEIDA
  4. Abbé Matthew LANCASTER
  5. Abbé Luke ZIGNEGO
  6. Abbé Matthew WEAVER
  7. Abbé Daniel KOTSKO
  8. Abbé Baudouin CHAPTAL de CHANTELOUP
  9. Abbé Pablo PIAGGIO KOKOT
  10. Abbé Paul d’AUBIGNY
  11. Abbé Joseph HEPPELLE
  12. Abbé Alex Barga, oblate
 
Exorcists
  1. Abbé Daniele FIORE
  2. Abbé Joseph HEPPELLE
  3. Abbé Ryan POST
  4. Abbé Maximilien VUYLSTEKE
  5. Abbé Edward TURNER
  6. Abbé Arnaud JAMINET
  7. Abbé Miguel Angel CAÑADAS
  8. Abbé Bruno de MALLERAY
  9. Abbé Jorge VELA MARTIN
  10. Abbé Ross BOURGEOIS
  11. Abbé Andrea DE PASCALE
  12. Abbé Benjamin McEVILLY, oblate
 
Ordination : 1st minor orders
  1. Axel REVEILLET
  2. Abbé Justin ONG
  3. Abbé David SAMPAYO
  4. Abbé Axel RINGEVAL
  5. Abbé Edouard STRODIJK
  6. Abbé Stephen SHARPE
  7. Abbé Henri CAMBOURNAC
  8. Abbé Sean KENNEY
  9. Abbé Samuel GARCIA VEGA
  10. Abbé Christian JUNEAU
  11. Abbé Jean MAÏDANATZ
  12. Abbé Jean DESPAIGNE
  13. Abbé Jonasz ZUREK
  14. Abbé Francis Bennell, oblate
  15. Abbé Colin Brown, oblate

Reception of Cassock and tonsure
  1. Esteban SAAVEDRA de ASTIGARRAGA
  2. Edward PEERS de NIEUWBURGH
  3. Nicholas PHILLIPS
  4. Bastien NISSILLE
  5. Ashley RITCHIE
  6. Francisco PALOMAR ANDRES
  7. David LE
  8. James WALTHER
  9. Bryan SILVEY
  10. Jehan-Adrien LE PICARD
  11. Godefroy DUCRET
  12. Abbé John Ciambrano, oblate

With Best Wishes to Cardinal Burke

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Many Happy returns to His Eminence, Raymond Leo, Cardinal Burke, Cardinal Patron of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Prefect Emeritus of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Cardinal Deacon of S. Agata dei Goti.

The Latin Mass Society in Wrexham offers heartfelt good wishes for your birthday and please God, many more of them!

FSSP to come to North West

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PictureSt Mary's, Warrrington
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.


VI Sunday after Pentecost

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6th Sunday will be commemorated with the Pilgrimage Mass at Holywell
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).

Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest ordinations

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The diaconal ordinations took place on Wednesday 1st July
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The priestly ordinations took place on Thursday 2nd July
PictureCanon Scott Tanner
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.

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The view from the garden of the Convent of the Sister Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus

Report: LMS Holywell Pilgrimage

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Altar at St Winefride's set for the 2015 LMS Pilgrimage
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.



Holywell Pilgrimage: Photographs

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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.

Mass at Llay this Sunday

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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost : Be on your guard againt false prophets Our Lord explains to the disciples
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

Reminder: LMS AGM and High Mass

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Westminster Cathedral
The Society's Annual General Meeting will be held in Westminster Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, London SW1P 1QH at 11.00am.

The guest speaker will be Prof. Roberto de Mattei, on 'The importance of Tradition in our times'.

This will be followed by High Mass in the Cathedral at 2.00pm, celebrated by The Rt Rev. Mark Jabalé O.S.B., Emeritus Bishop of Menevia.

The timetable is as follows:

AGM in Westminster Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, London SW1P 1QW.

10.30am Doors open

11.00am AGM (you must be an LMS member to be present at the AGM).
Speaker: Prof. Roberto de Mattei, on 'The importance of Tradition in our times'.

This will be followed by a buffet lunch, which will be provided for all paid-up LMS members. There is a nominal charge of £5 per person and this MUST be booked in advance. To do so, please complete the BOOKING FORM here, and make payment here.

Ss John Fisher and Thomas More

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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.
O GOD, who didst raise up from among the English people, Thy blessed Martyrs, John and Thomas, to be the zealous defenders of the true Faith and of the primacy of the Roman Church: grant through their merits and prayers that, by the practice of the same Faith, we may all become and remain united in Christ. Through our Lord.
DEUS, qui beátos Mártyres tuos Joánnem et Thomam, vetæ fídei et Románæ Ecclésiæ principátus propugnatóres, inter Anglos suscitásti: eórum méritis ac précibus concéde; ut ejúsdem fídei professióne, unum omnes in Christo efficiámur et simus. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum …
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