Come and See Weekends 2024 at Holy Cross Abbey
Welcome to
Holy Cross Abbey Whitland
Holy Cross Abbey is set on the side of a hill overlooking a broad valley with the Preseli Hills as a backdrop beyond. It is a place of peace and great natural beauty and provides a perfect environment for a monastic life of prayer and praise: a place of rest and refreshment for those who visit us. We are about 5 hours from London, 2 hours from Cardiff, by road or rail, but a million miles away if you compare the bustle of capital city with the gentle landscape of Pembrokeshire in West Wales.
Please Pray for Peace
Almighty father,
You are the Lord of history, and we place in your hands the distress of our times.
Do not allow war cries and threats to triumph,
but enlighten us that we may recognise the human family across the world as one family.
Welcome those who have died,
comfort those who mourn,
be with refugees and those driven from their homes,
heal the wounds of those injured in body and soul
and be close to all who seek to aid them.
Send your Holy Spirit over the earth,
the Spirit who defeats division,
who overcomes war.
Now, Lord, please come to our aid,
guide us into the way of peace, trusting always in
Your Word, Our Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns for ever and ever,
Amen.
Mass Times
Fr Liam Bradley Mass 9am
Tuesday 16th April
Fr Liam Bradley Mass 8am
Thursday 18th & Friday 19th April
Fr Liam Bradley Mass 8am
Fourth Sunday of Easter 21st April
Fr Liam Bradley Mass 9am
*** Days not mentioned above
Eucharistic Service 8am
May God bless us all.
Weekly Thought
So let the spirit of us all rise and come to life again,
whether to watchfulness in prayer or to constancy in work,
so that by a certain revived and lively alacrity each may prove himself anew to have received a share in Christ’s resurrection.
The first sign of life’s return to a man is energy and diligence in action,
and his perfect resurrection,
as long as he is in this mortal body,
is to open his eyes to contemplation.
This however the understanding only wins when the affections have been opened wide by frequent sighs and vehement desires,
that they may be able to contain such great majesty.
Guerric of Igny, Liturgical Sermons, Volume 2, Page 96