TIMES OF OFFICE & MASS HOLY WEEK & THE PASCHAL TRIDUUM 29 March – 11 April 2026 HOLY WEEK & EASTER TIMETABLE 2026 MAUNDY THURSDAY (2 APRIL) 6.45am VIGILS 8.30am LAUDS 12.30pm MIDDAY OFFICE 6.00pm MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER 8.15pm READING & COMPLINE GOOD FRIDAY (3 APRIL) 6.45am VIGILS 8.30am […]
He comes, the shepherd who will lay down his life for his sheep, the king who will proclaim peace, the Bridegroom for his wedding. He will drink the cup, give himself entirely, strip off his robe of equality with God, wash the feet of his bride, clothe her in his own royal dignity, feed and […]
One can’t get much more ‘laid low’ than a pile of dry bones scattered about in the desert. Yet, this unpromising state of affairs is just what the divine Physician needs to work with in order to restore a situation of hopelessness to one of resurrection. In the first Mass reading of Sunday V […]
O God, through your Word you marvellously reconcile the human race to yourself; grant that all Christian people may prepare for the coming solemnities with zeal and lively faith. (Collect Sunday IV Lent) So, we have now reached the fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday. A moment to reflect on our Lenten journey thus far. […]
Transfiguration – the end of the journey Why is our Lenten trek through the Desert interrupted at this point, just twelve days after we set out? Last week Jesus was in the wilderness, now he is seen transfigured on a mountain top. What’s going on? On any journey, especially one that is long and arduous, […]
1st Sunday of Lent Year A 22 February 2026 St Benedict in his Rule reminds us that we are in a fight, that the community is a battle line and that we need weapons. By being human, let alone monastic, we are already in a fight, one that started in the garden of Eden. […]
Ash Wednesday On the first day of Lent, my true love sent to me, ground ash and a fast that left me hungry… Yet, St Benedict mentions ‘joy’ twice in the chapter of the Rule about Lent (RB 49). Today is the only feria in the Church’s year when we have three readings and a […]
Saint Scholastica Scholastica was the sister of St Benedict of Nursia and is revered as the patron saint of Benedictine nuns. She was born about the year 480 in Nursia, the modern Norcia, in Italy and her death is given as the 10th February 547. There is little evidence about her life, apart from the […]
On January 1st we celebrate at least four things: Today is the Octave Day of Christmas. The event of the Incarnation, of Jesus Christ, fully human and fully divine, being born in time, is too mind-blowing to celebrate for just one day, so the Church celebrates for a whole week to allow us to enter […]
From the beginning the Word was of that eternity which had no beginning; we have heard him promised from the beginning of time; we have seen and touched with our hands the one who is now shown to us at the end of time. Sometimes I have noticed that God’s words arouse no interest when […]
Behold, I am doing a new thing; even now it is coming to light… Isaiah 43: 19 In the fullness of time, God sent his Son, born of a woman, that we might become his adopted children. Galatians 4: 4 The Incarnation of Jesus Christ is ‘the only new thing under the sun.’ […]
FOR MASS TIMES ONLY, please see the banner on the Home Page Compline at 7.30pm on 19, 20, 22 & 23 December CHRISTMAS EVE (Wednesday) 9.00 Mass 5:15 Vespers 10:50 Vigils MIDNIGHT MASS CHRISTMAS DAY (Thursday) 11:30 DAY MASS (Incorporating Midday Office) NB: 5:15 Vespers 7.00 Compline (Blessed Sacrament Chapel, crib) ST STEPHEN […]