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 23rd February - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Tuesday 24th February - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Wednesday 25th February - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Thursday 26th February - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Friday 27th February - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Saturday 28th February - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Sunday 1st March - 2nd Sunday of Lent - Fr Carlito Mass 9am
Weekly Thought
Let me tell you, then, that fasting gives us devotion and confidence at prayer.
And notice how prayer and fasting assist each other like two allies,
according to what is written,
“When a brother helps a brother, both shall be comforted.”
Prayer obtains the strength for fasting
and fasting merits the grace to pray.
Fasting renders prayer more powerful,
and prayer responds by sanctifying the fast and presenting it to the Lord.
St. Bernard’s Sermons for the Seasons & Principal Festivals of the Year, Vol. II,
Fourth Sermon for Lent On Fasting and Prayer, page 90