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 11th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Tuesday 12th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Wednesday 13th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Thursday 14th May - The Ascension of the Lord - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Friday 15th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Saturday 16th May - Fr Carlito Mass 8am
Sunday 17th May - 7th Sunday of Easter - Fr Carlito Mass 9am
Weekly Thought
To remain clothed means to wait with alertness,
ready for the coming of the Lord,
like those who are preparing themselves for a long march through the wilderness.
Equipping oneself for a Christian life,
getting ready for the journey,
amounts to a simple faith that makes one conscious of the presence of God,
with that consciousness being the fear of God,
and thus makes it possible to be tested in doing good.
Faith is to be realized in action.
Georg Holzherr, OSB, The Rule of Benedict - An Invitation to the Christian Life, Pages 22 to 23