Resources

Mass for Dead

Fr Denis McBride celebrate Mass for those who have died here.

Resources to help us at this time

  1. Prayer in time of illness here or via the English and Welsh Bishops' pages here.

  2. There are many prayer resources on line: e.g. Daily Mass Reading and the Prayer of the Church: Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer

  3. To stream Mass try here (churchservices.tv), here (shalomworld) or here (Walsingham).

  4. To learn about making a spiritual communion click here.

  5. Scroll down the page here to find: a) thought for the day; b) saint of the day; c) today's reading; d) Sunday's reading.

  6. Stations of the Cross

  7. Web site: A guide to isolation and social distancing from those who know

On receiving God's forgiveness.

Pope Francis said at Mass on 20 March:

“I know that many of you go to confession before Easter… Many will say to me: ‘But Father…I can't leave the house and I want to make my peace with the Lord. I want Him to embrace me… How can I do that unless I find a priest?’. Do what the catechism says. It's very clear. If you don't find a priest to go to confession, speak to God. He's your Father. Tell Him the truth: ‘Lord. I did this and this and this. Pardon me.’ Ask His forgiveness with all your heart with an act of contrition, and promise Him, ‘afterward I will go to confession.’ You will return to God's grace immediately. You yourself can draw near, as the catechism teaches us, to God's forgiveness without having a priest at hand.”

See the report here; or watch the Mass (with English voice over) here.