
Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum! Alleluia.
Let every spirit praise the Lord, alleluia.
πᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Kύριον, αλληλουια.
כֹּ֣ל הַ֖נְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּ֥ל יָ֜֗הּ הַֽלְלוּיָֽהּ
(Psalm 150)


| Date | Calendar liturgical celebration | |
| Sunday the 28th 09.00 Mass at Louth S. Mary 11.30 Mass at Mablethorpe S. Joseph | Sunday I of Christmas (Holy Family Sunday) | White |
| Monday the 29th | S. Thomas of Canterbury | Red |
| Tuesday the 30th 10.00 Mass at Mablethorpe S. Joseph | Octave day of Christmas | White |
| Wednesday the 31st 10.00 Mass at Louth S. Mary 18.15 Mass at Mablethorpe S. Joseph (first Mass of Christmas) | Holy Father S. Sylvester | White |
| Thursday the 1st 00.00 Mass at Louth S. Mary 9.00 Mass at Louth S. Mary 11.30 Mass at Mablethorpe S. Joseph | Solemnity of the BVM | White |
| Friday the 2nd | S. Basil the Great and S. Gregory Nazianzen | White |
| Saturday the 3rd 10.00 Mass at Louth S. Mary (with confessions heard after) 18.15 Mass at Louth S. Mary | Most holy Name of Jesus | White |
| Sunday the 4th 09.00 Mass at Louth S. Mary 11.30 Mass at Mablethorpe S. Joseph | Sunday II of Christmas | White |
Love and humility within the family (Holy Family Sunday)
As we meditate upon the Holy Family created at Bethlehem (where the Child was born) and Nazareth (where He grew up), we turn our minds to the very concept of family and family life as the Church looks at it. We look at the Holy Family as the ideal that we all reach for, while we…
S. Anthony on human suffering
“…recognising that everything happens as it should and for our benefit according to His providence…”
Giving and receiving (Christmas Day)
We once more celebrate Christmas Day, with the popular and commercialised figures such as of ‘Santa Clause’ – or the Coca-Cola man, as I sometimes call him, after those television advertisements – and reindeer, and mistletoe and wine, and children singing Christian rhyme. I’m really glad, there are still children singing Christian rhyme, because as…

