The Sunday morning Mass at Bedford on 5 February saw an unusual ceremony taking place. As it had been the feast of St Blaise only two days earlier, Fr Horgan, our visiting celebrant, invited the congregation to come forward after Mass for a blessing of their throats. Many of them did so. We knelt and the blessing was given with a pair of crossed candles which had been lit and extinguished a few moments before, with the candles either side […]
No Mass yesterday (next year, Godwilling!) but this sermon is beautiful: http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/lfric-on-candlemas-twofold-burgeoning.html?m=1 “LORD, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace; according to Thy word: for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people: to be a light to lighten the gentiles and to be the glory of Thy people Israel”
Father Patrick gets a biretta It all started over coffee in the hall after the Latin Mass a few months ago. Fr Patrick Hutton, the Parish Priest at Christ the King, admitted to losing his biretta at the cemetery a while back and regretting its loss. We were aware that Fr Patrick had a big birthday coming up on 8 December, and so I suggested we replaced his biretta as a gift from the Latin Mass congregation. As this was […]
For the first time in nearly half a century, a unique double took place at Christ the King, Bedford, on 1 and 2 November. We were delighted to welcome Fr Matthew Goddard of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter to celebrate an evening Missa Cantata for All Saints Day. For the first time, we had enlisted the services of Bedford Choral Society, who sang a setting by Adolfo Kaim, a 19th century German composer. The music was beautiful, Fr Goddard […]
There will be Sung Mass on November 1 at 7:30pm for All Saints’ Day. Mass will be celebrated by a priest from the FSSP in Reading (https://www.facebook.com/fssp.england/), and the choir will be from the Bedford Choral Society (http://www.bedfordchoralsociety.org.uk/). They will sing Adolpho Kaim’s Missa Jesu Redemptor. The next morning, there will also be a Mass for ALl Souls’ Day at 10am. Please spread the word and invite your friends!
This Sunday, we will welcome Fr. John Hunwicke to celebrate Mass in Bedford. If you haven’t read his blog, it’s well worth visiting! http://liturgicalnotes.blogspot.co.uk/
This is a very good video on Ad Orientem A MUST SEE Video on Ad Orientem!
Below is a text of the homily given by Fr. Diaz on September 4th We celebrate the ninth anniversary of the coming into effect of the Motu Proprio “Summorum Pontificum”. This important document has caused different reactions in the course of these years. Often we have heard the mistaken assertion that this document was just an answer to a “political” problem. But we can find deeper reasons that moved the Pope to promulgate it. When Joseph Ratzinger decided […]
There will be Mass on 8th September at 730pm for the Nativity of our Lady. All are welcome!
We were delighted to welcome Fr Anton Webb of the Oxford Oratory for the second time on 15 August to celebrate a Low Mass for the Feast of the Assumption. It was a beautiful sunny evening and some 60 people attended. Fr Webb looked resplendent in his red and gold chasuble and gave us a homily reminding us of how Our Lady longed to be in heaven with her Son between the time of His Ascension and her own Assumption […]