Are you planning on giving the woman of your dreams a gift?

What's it going to be?

I mean, this has got to be a gift for a very special occasion...so you're really going to push the boat out, right?

Well, here are one or two suggestions so that you may be good and ready for the special day -
August 15th - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary:-

First and foremost has got to be the gift of reciting the Rosary on her great day. And, a pledge to continue to do so, daily from then on.

Secondly, reach the mother through the Son......acts of mortification are in order, made as a thanksgiving or, for a special cause such as the return of the Latin Mass or on behalf of those who blaspheme the Holy Name.

Thirdly, attend Mass, not just because it is an obligation but out of love for your mother.

And, fourthly, stand and sing the 'Salve Regina' at the top of your voice in your local supermarket - you will find that it will make a huge impression.

NB: The fourth point may not be such a great idea....just humming it would please Our Lady, though.

BREAKING NEWS....BREAKING NEWS....BREAKING NEWS.....

There will be a Low Mass on 15th August at 11.30am at St Edmund of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, Old Hall Green, Nr Ware.

And after the Feastday Mass - a feast!

I was prompted, by Fr Tim Finigan's post (see HERE) to remind all about the Latin Mass in England for the great feast of The Assumption, that we, here in wild and woolly Wales, also have a Latin Mass on that great day.

                                                       Source: The Hermeneutic of Continuity

It is, in fact, the ONLY EF Mass to be celebrated in Wales on 15th August.....shame on you Cardiff and Wrexham.
What are you thinking of? A country of an estimated 250,000 Catholics and it can only lay claim to one TLM on this great feast of Our Blessed Mother?

It's a real SP failure, I mean, of course, a Supremely Pathetic failure.

Cardiff has a relatively new Archbishop and Wrexham a very new Bishop, time for them to follow the lead of the Bishop of Menevia (Thomas Burns) and extractum digiti (or whatever).


But...I nearly forgot the good news......Mass in the Extraordinary Form at the parish of the Sacred Heart, Morriston, just outside Swansea at 12 noon...to be followed by a bunfight feast of decorous proportions.

All solvent and insolvent Catholics and those interested in the Catholic Faith are welcome...but bring a pork pie or something in the way of a provender contribution.

You will meet an array of interesting folk from all walks of life and also have the chance of kicking a Catholic blogger in the shins!

Of course, you may also wish to bring what in Somerset they used to call a bit of "O be joyful" - whatever that may mean.

* Please note: I have been informed that there will be a 7pm EF Mass at Abergavenny on 15th August but, sorry to appear ungrateful, that is not an appropriate time for families with children.