FSSP
United Kingdom and Ireland

« Go Back

Archive

September 8, 2017

Birth of Mary – a beautiful prayer

On Our Lady’s birthday the Church celebrates the first dawning of redemption with the appearance in the world of the Saviour’s mother, Mary. The Blessed Virgin occupies a unique place in the history of salvation, and she has the highest mission ever commended to any creature. We rejoice that the Mother of God is our Mother, too. Let us often call upon the Blessed Virgin as “Cause of our joy”, one of the most beautiful titles in her litany. “Impart […]

September 7, 2017

Ancient Prayer In Honour of Our Lady’s Nativity by St. Anselm

Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, O sacred Virgin; give me strength against thine enemies, and against the enemy of the whole human race. Give me strength humbly to pray to thee. Give me strength to praise thee in prayer with all my powers, through the merits of thy most sacred nativity, which for the entire Christian world was a birth of joy, the hope and solace of its life. When thou wast born, O most holy Virgin, then was […]

September 3, 2017

The Pope’s Intentions for September

The Intention of the Holy Father for September is for parishes at the service of the mission: “That they not be simple offices, but that animated by a missionary spirit, may be places where faith is communicated and charity is seen. Parishes must be in contact with homes, with people’s lives, with the life of society. They have to be houses where the door is always open so as to go forth toward others. And it is important that this going-forth […]