Enter the Mystery

On Saturday 12th August, many of us will walk from Llanwonno Church to the Shrine of Our Lady of Penrhys. It’s all part of our Assumptiontide weekend celebrations. When we arrive at Penrhys, we will meet with others to celebrate Mass on the mountain beneath the beautiful image of Mary “nursing Jesus for a kiss.”…

As we prepare for our Assumptiontide celebrations at St Mary’s Church in Butetown on August 13th, Fr Dean Atkins grapples with a Google Map journey and reflects on the travels of Mary, and her onward journey to Heaven where we are called to follow. Google maps tells me that the distance from Nazareth to Ain…

After four days of pilgrimage from South Wales to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Fr Dean reflects on the common ground we have shared and the community created. It’s early morning. There is no sign or sound of another human being. A bee buzzes it’s way through the honeysuckle which climbs the wall…

On Wednesday and the last evening of our pilgrimage, we celebrated Eucharistic adoration and Benediction. A gentle time of being in the presence of Love. Here’s Father Ben Andrew’s home H, I’m hungry!What do you want for dinner?I don’t know. What have we got in?Chicken, sausages?We had chicken last night. Don’t fancy sausages.Well What do…

On the feast of Ss Joachim and Anne (on our third Walsingham pilgrimage day) Fr Matthew Gibbon’s homily reflects on the love of the unconditional love of God which calls us also to give with no charge Are you sitting comfortably? There was a little boy who decided that he wanted to be paid for…

“God can work through our weakness,” says Fr Richard Green in his homily for the Feast of St James on Day 2 of our Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham One of the many joys of joining this pilgrimage to Walsingham every year is that I get to have a whole week…

On the first evening of our pilgrimage, Fr Dean’s homily at the Mass of Our Lady of Walsingham reflects on the Magnificat Song of Mary, and asks who it’s for, and what it means for us. Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18; Luke 1:39-56 His eyes lit upwhen he was told they’d be making kites in school that…

The theme of this year’s South Wales Walsingham Pilgrimage is Mary’s Magnificat Song which she proclaimed in the hill country of Judah. As we prepare to make the journey, here’s a reflection on Mary’s Magnificat which will accompany us throughout the week. Today, funerals are often characterised by music, favourite tracks are chosen, or music…

At the heart of the Shrine Church at Walsingham is the Holy House, a replica of the Nazareth Home of Mary where she received the angel’s greeting.  As many people from South Wales prepare to make pilgrimage to Walsingham on Monday, here’s a reflection on that divine encounter and Mary’s loving response , and what…