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 4th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Tuesday 5th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Wednesday 6th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Thursday 7th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Friday 8th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Saturday 9th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Sunday 10th May - 6th Sunday of Easter - Fr Carlito Mass 9am
Weekly Thought
Keep watch then, brethren, intent in prayer;
keep watch and carefully guard your actions;
especially since the morning of that day
which has no sunset has already shown upon us…
Keep watch, I say,
that the morning light may rise for you, that is Christ,
whose coming forth has been made ready like the dawn,
ready to renew often the mystery of the morning of his resurrection
in those who keep watch for him.
Guerric of Igny, Liturgical Sermons, Book 2, The Third Sermon for Easter, Page 94