Posts by Andrew Leach

Prayer Vigil: Morning Prayer (Lauds)

Saturday 24 January 2015

Members and friends of the Ordinariate in Eastbourne are gathering to pray for the world, the Ordinariate and the group for 12 hours today [Saturday]. The Hours of the Divine Office are said during that time. Throughout the day we are using a version of the Office which is based on that published by Universalis. […]

Prayer Vigil: Office of Readings (Mattins)

Saturday 24 January 2015

Members and friends of the Ordinariate in Eastbourne are gathering to pray for the world, the Ordinariate and the group for 12 hours today [Saturday]. The Hours of the Divine Office are said during that time. Throughout the day we are using a version of the Office which is based on that published by Universalis. […]

Blessing of the House at Epiphany

Sunday 4 January 2015

Chalk was blessed at the Epiphany mass so that we could mark our houses with a blessing for the coming year. Suitable prayers are available from a variety of sources. These are from The Twelve Days of Christmas by Elsa Chaney. Peace be to this house, and to all who dwell herein. From the east […]

Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts 2015

Sunday 4 January 2015

Part of the Anglican tradition which has been accepted into the Catholic Church with the Ordinariate is the announcement of the year’s liturgical calendar after the Gospel reading in the Mass of the Epiphany. Know, dear brothers and sisters, that, as we have rejoiced at the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, so by leave […]

Joining the living history: Missa de Angelis

Saturday 25 October 2014

Gerhardt Muller, Prefect of the Congregration for the Doctrine of the Faith, met the three Ordinaries of the Personal Ordinariates in March 2014 just before he was made a cardinal and told them It is your delicate, but all-important task both to preserve the integrity and distinctiveness of your parish communities and, at the same […]

Prayers for the Synod on the Family

Sunday 5 October 2014

Pope Francis has composed a Prayer to the Holy Family for the Synod, and the Church also offers the following proposed intentions for use during the Prayers of the Faithful at Mass during the synod. These intentions can also be included in the petitions at Lauds and Vespers. The recitation of the Holy Rosary is […]