Posts by Andrew Leach

The Ordinary’s Easter Message

Friday 17 April 2020

Joy is one of the great words of this Easter season. But it is not shallow joy; it’s a joy which recognises the world’s sorrows, and longs to shine the light of Christ’s love into the darkest places of the world.

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Mary, Gate of Heaven: Homily for the Annunciation

Saturday 28 March 2020

The omnipotent God chose Mary.

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Healing of the Blind Man, El Greco 1567

Light for the blind

Friday 27 March 2020

Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.”

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Anglia dos Mariae: Why England needs Mary

Friday 27 March 2020

It all began with a ‘yes’. Our Lady’s consent to the angel: “Be it done to me according to thy Word” is the moment the world changes. In agreeing to become the Mother of God, Mary allows the plan of salvation to take place. God called her into existence for no other reason than to fulfil this most awesome of all vocations.

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Behold the Dowry

Saturday 18 January 2020

England will rededicate itself as the Dowry of Mary on 29 March 2020. This Re-dedication is both a personal promise of the people of our country, and a renewal of the entrustment vows made by King Richard II in 1381.

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Presbyteral Ordination and First Mass

Sunday 19 June 2011

[album id=1 template=extend] The Order of Service for the Ordination is available.

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