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 8th June - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Tuesday 9th June - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Wednesday 10th June - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Thursday 11th June - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Friday 12th June - The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Saturday 13th June - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Sunday 14th June - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Fr Carlito Mass 9am
Weekly Thought
We should not expect every celebration of the Eucharist to affect us profoundly.
But every Eucharist should make clear that
the mystery of God and of humanity is being celebrated here and now.
Then, as the Greek author of Luke understands,
each celebration of the Eucharist will help to bring the healing,
saving presence of Jesus Christ into this malign and calamitous world.
Then, we shall re-enter everyday life after each Mass as more upright beings
who are able to deal justly and effectively with the things of this world.
Anselm Grun, The Seven Sacraments, Pages 86 to 87