Change of Mass time: Henceforth will the Sunday Mass be celebrated at nine o’clock in the morning instead of at ten o’clock. 

The month of March being traditionally the month of St Joseph, and the month of May to the Blessed Virgin, it is an excellent practice to adorn their respective images with flowers and to recite special prayers and litanies in their honour. 

Easter Duties: The laws of the Church bind Catholics under pain of mortal sin to receive Holy Communion between Ash Wednesday and Trinity Sunday. A good confession is a highly recommended preparation for the discharge of this duty.

Dear Friends in Christ,

As we follow our course through the liturgical Easter cycle this year, it will be profitable for us to reflect on the meaning of this season through which we relive the life of our Lord. The liturgical year began with the expectation of the Christ at Advent, and continues through to the last Sunday after Pentecost, when we consider the Second Coming of our Lord. Each year, we follow, the human career of the Word of God, as it were, in miniature. Yet this is not the only purpose of the liturgical year. This course of readings that are put to us each Sunday are also symbolic of the work of salvation through the entire history of the world, and more immediately, in our own souls. (more…)