The Nativity of the Lord
7pm Evensong and Benediction (Ordinariate)
Mon 25th 12midnight Holy Mass of Christmas Night
in candlelight
8.30am Holy Mass of Christmas Dawn (Latin)
10am Holy Mass of Christmas Dawn (Shepherds' Mass)
12noon Holy Mass of Christmas Day (Ordinariate)
Most Catholic learn that grace is needed for salvation, and that we receive grace through sacraments, prayer and meritorious good works. However when we get more specifics about this things become a bit more vague generally speaking. In this talk Father Ian begins to explain that the gift of grace brings about a new life in our souls, and that this life is not just a random sequence of blessings from God, but that the Holy Spirit creates an 'organism' within - that is the spiritual life has a kind of structure. This is what is known as the Spiritual Organism - and this is what a living soul is like.
Fri 5th May 6pm Holy Mass offered for King Charles III and Queen Camilla
Sunday Mass - prayers for the King to be offered with the National Anthem
Food-bank : the King has asked people to do something for the community to commemorate his coronation and I invite members to bring items for the food-bank over the weekend
Bank Holiday Tea Party at 3pm - either in the Church garden or the Hall if wet. If you like baking please bring something to share if you like.
A series of talks regarding what the Church teaches regarding how we grow in the spiritual life, or grow in holiness.
The talks are found on the podcast platform called "soundcloud.com" and the channel called "StEdwards".
Next... Temptations and their sources....
8.30 Low Mass (Usus antiquor, Latin)
10am Sung Mass with procession of palms (beginning in the parish hall)
12noon Sung Mass in the Ordinarite rite (with procession of palms)
5pm Low Mass (with hymns)
9am Low Mass
7pm Sung Mass of the Lord's Supper
Watch until midnight
9am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
10.30am Stations of the Cross
3pm Good Friday Liturgy (Veneration of the Cross, and Communion)
8.30pm Easter Vigil with Baptism
8.30 Low Mass (Usus antiquor, Latin)
10am Sung Mass
12noon Sung Mass in the Ordinarite rite
5pm Low Mass (with hymns)
See below for the links to the audio recording of my talks given in the parish.
Talk 1a - The nature of Angels
Angels and Demons, the Natural and Supernatural
Natural
vs Supernatural
Natural That which is part of nature, or, that which proceeds out
of nature. That which is owed to nature. This is what creatures receive by the
Creator in their creation. We might think of it as ‘ordinary’. Sin is contrary
to nature.
Natural order The orientation of all creatures to their ultimate end in
accordance with their nature.
Supernatural That which is neither part of nature, nor proceeds as effects from
nature, nor can be claimed by nature. The supernatural is super-added by God
over the claims and endowments of nature to the natural gifts of the creature. The
supernatural is entirely gratuitous on the part of God. It requires direct
divine intervention. Without secondary or natural causes. God is not bound to
grant supernatural gifts.
e.g
knowledge of the Triune God, actual grace, sanctifying grace, the immediate
vision of God (beatific vision).
Also,
effects upon the natural, e.g. miraculous healing of a person
Some
things are not supernatural for other creatures, e.g. infused knowledge is
supernatural for men and natural for angels.
Relatively
supernatural belong the preternatural gifts of man’s primitive state (lost at
Fall), i.e. Adam and Eve’s freedom from concupiscence and bodily immortality.
The visible and invisible of Creation
As used in the Nicene Creed.
Visible = material Part of God’s creation which is made of
matter. Both living and dead.
Invisible = spiritual Part of God’s creation which is
immaterial. It does not have a physical, material existence. (Does not mean
things we cannot currently see or detect, but that which we could never
materially detect.)
Angels Spiritual creatures
Animals Material creatures
Men Material
and spiritual creatures (animals with spiritual souls)
