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Palm Sunday was another key point in our journey. The morning found us again at St Agnes for the mass and then we were back at Christ Church for lunch. Several things hit me — some not for the first time. Firstly, yet again I was grateful for all those people that have been part […]
The theme of Christ’s self-giving has been a reoccurring one this Lent. Not surprisingly it turned up again on Friday as our class was on the Mass. It got me thinking about how Christ’s sacrificial love for us, demonstrated on the cross, requires a response. What happens to me when I discover this God who […]
On Confession: I have spent quite a lot of time, since last Friday, reflecting on our class on confession and baptism. For many of us these are big issues. In the next few weeks there will be several baptisms and first confessions. For me the thoughts that have been going round my head are to […]
Imagine there are two ships carrying the faithful on a pilgrimage to the Promised Land. One is a large ship, carrying the vast majority of the world’s Christians. The other boat is far smaller, a trimaran carrying Evangelicals, Anglo-Catholics and Liberals each in their own hull. Some people in the Catholic hull of the small […]
This Lent exploring something of the nature of fasting has been at the forefront of my mind. Fasting can so easily become about ourselves instead of the real objective of putting aside distractions and allow greater attention to be paid to attending to God. “I’ll give up beer and save myself some money,” or “it’s […]
Julianne Chatfield writes about the first week… We have had a whirlwind of a week: Ash Wednesday; the first Formation class; Rite of Election; first mass at St Agnes. All sorts of thoughts and feelings have come into play. As the dust begins to settle I have found myself thinking over Friday’s presentation on the […]
Today
Tomorrow is the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, and Mass will be celebrated according to Divine Worship at 11:30am at Christ the King Church Langney. We’d love to see you! The pew sheet is available at the link below. We’re using the Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena this weekend, the music for which is in the printed Mass booklets. This Sunday, we’re starting a Children’s Liturgy!
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people, ‘What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, “Son, go and work in the vineyard today.” And he answered, “I will not”, but afterwards he changed his mind and went. And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, “I go, sir”, but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?’
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
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The Solemnity of Our Lady of Walsingham
From Richeldis' vision in 1061, through the trials of the Reformation, to the restoration of the Catholic Shrine and the founding of our Ordinariate in 2011, this feast carries the whole of that story with it. Today we give thanks to God for the Mother He gave us, and for the countless prayers offered at England's Nazareth through the centuries.
Small as we are, we are part of something old, faithful, and still very much alive. Happy feast day to all our brothers and sisters in the Ordinariate.
O Mary, recall the solemn moment when Jesus, thy Divine Son, dying on the Cross, confided us to thy maternal care. Thou art our Mother, we desire ever to remain thy devout children. Let us, therefore, feel the effects of thy powerful intercession with Jesus Christ. Make thy Name again glorious in that place once renowned throughout our land by thy visits, favours, and many miracles. Pray, O Holy Mother of God, for the conversion of England, restoration of the sick, consolation for the afflicted, repentance for sinners, and peace to the departed. O blessed Mother of God, O Lady of Walsingham, intercede for us. Amen.
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Tomorrow is the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, and Mass will be celebrated according to Divine Worship at 11:30am at Christ the King Church Langney. We’d love to see you! The pew sheet is available at the link below. We’re using the Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena this weekend, the music for which is in the printed Mass booklets. This Sunday, Fr Neil is away leading the parish pilgrimage to Poland, and we welcome Fr Nicholas Leviseur from Saint Anselm's Roman Catholic Church in Pembury to celebrate Mass.
Jesus told his disciples this parable, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. He did the same at the third, sixth, ninth and eleventh hours. And at the end of the day he paid them. When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house. But he replied to one of them, “Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?” So the last will be first, and the first last.’
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
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