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
Monday 17th August - Fr Aodhan Mass 8am
Tuesday 18th August - Fr Aodhan Mass 8am
Wednesday 19th August - Fr Aodhan Mass 8am
Thursday 20th August - St Bernard - Fr Aodhan Mass 8am
Friday 21st August - Fr Aodhan Mass 8am
Saturday 22nd August - Fr Aodhan Mass 8am
Sunday 23rd August - 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Fr Aodhan Mass 9am
Weekly Thought
Now with regard to the Virgin's humility,
that virtue shines forth clearly enough from her meekness.
These two virtues of humility and meekness are foster-sisters,
suckled at the same breast,
nay, they have been united yet more intimately in Him Who said,
“Learn of Me because I am meek and humble of heart”.
St. Bernard’s Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year, Vol. III, Sermon for the Sunday within the Octave of the Assumption, page 275