Sunday after the Ascension
The Ascension - Gustave Doré 1879 Our Lord warns us today so that we will not be scandalised. "They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, the hour cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that...
View ArticleHolywell Pilgrimage 2020 - Notice of Cancellation
Our Pilgrimage to Holywell in 2018 This miserable virus continues to wreck havoc on life, health and the sense of what we accept as the norm and that obviously and painfully extends to the...
View ArticleThe Paraclete - Our great help
The Holy Ghost came to the Apostles to teach them and to help them understand. There were things that Jesus had not told them, that now the Holy Ghost reveals to them. Also, there were many things...
View ArticleThe Holy Trinity
The Most Adorable Trinity! "All things" good in nature or grace flow from and return to the Trinity; "from Him," God the Father, our Creator; "by Him," God the Son, our Redeemer; "in Him," God the...
View ArticleThe Sacred Heart of OLJC - Extenal Solemnity
The Sacred Heart for the world, the world for the Sacred Heart was the theme of last Friday’s Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Today, the Mass illustrates the mutual search between His Divine Heart...
View ArticleIV Sunday after Pentecost
The Mass of this Sunday 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...
View ArticleAd multos annos
Born 30 June 1948, Wisconsin, United StatesOrdination 29 June 1975 by Pope Paul VIConsecration 6 January 1995 by Pope John Paul IICreated cardinal-deacon 20th November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
View ArticleGod bless them and keep them - Priests forever!
10 deacons will be ordained priests forever on Thursday On Thursday, priestly ordinations for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest will take place in Florence. Minor Order and Diaconate...
View ArticleV Sunday after Pentecost
Our Lord instructs the disciples The theme of today’s Mass is love of neighbour. The Gospel should give us pause. Jesus tells us that hating our brother is equivalent to murder and put us in “danger...
View ArticlePublic Celebration of Mass in Wales
The Welsh Government has announced today that with effect from the 13th July 2020 that "Faith leaders can begin to gradually resume services when they are ready to do so safely."Hopefully, we are...
View ArticleThe Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
The Gospels record two instances when Our Lord multiplied bread and fish to feed the people. In the earlier account, He fed five thousand men with five loaves; here He feeds four thousand from seven...
View ArticleCatholicism in a Covid-19 World - an online conference from the Latin Mass...
An online conference “Catholicism in a Covid-19 World” will be hosted by the Latin Mass Society this Saturday, 18th July, from 12 noon until 4.45 pm featuring speakers Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Fr...
View ArticleA short liturgical reflection on the 7th Sunday after Pentecost
Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit. The Pentecostal Season is well on its way with the twelve “fruits” of the Holy Spirit. Hence, as summer also advances toward the harvest, today’s Holy Mass...
View Article8th Sunday after Pentecost
Today's Holy Gospel: Parable of the Unjust Steward The Holy Mass of this Sunday places before us the Christian's use or abuse of "goods," either of human nature or of Divine grace.The Introit recalls...
View ArticleThe 9th Sunday after Pentecost
Jesus weeps over Jerusalem This Sunday’s Mass emphasizes the theme that the great lesson of history is that men do not profit by its lessons. The Epistle describes the history of the many evils that...
View ArticleUpdate
There is no more news on the resumption of Extraordinary Form Masses in the Diocese of Wrexham at the present time. Furthemore, it is our understanding that Mass in the Ordinary Form has only resumed...
View ArticleCovid-19 Update
The situation within the Diocese remains unchanged from that of last week. There is a patchy network of churches providing the Novus Ordo Mass. The vast majority of churches remain either closed or...
View ArticleDominica X Post Pentecosten
The Pharisee and the Publican This Sunday might be regarded as “Mercy Sunday” as the liturgy shows us how humility and penitence on the part of man brings forgiveness from God. Sin cuts off the flow...
View ArticleXI Sunday after Pentecost
The theme of today’s Mass: Let your ears tune in on the Word of God speaking through His Church. Let your tongue broadcast the message of the Gospel in the “holy place” of your parish activities, in...
View Article12th Sunday after Pentecost
The Mass of this Sunday recalls the great Commandment, “Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and thy neighbour as thyself.” The...
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