Lost Chord 25 years – St Gerards

We are now into the part of our liturgical year known as ‘Ordinary Time’. The word ‘ordinary’ in our common use implies something plain, unimpressive or unexciting. However, in the context of the Church’s year it means following the activities of Jesus’ public life through our Sunday worship and living our daily lives according to…

This special devotion is traditionally associated with the month of June. Mary of the Divine Heart, a member of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd received several visions of Jesus Christ during the 19th Cent. She passed on requests to Pope Leo XIII to consecrate the World to the Sacred…

The month of July is dedicated to the precious Blood of Our Lord. The early Fathers of the Church described the Church as being born from the pierced side of Christ that the sacraments were brought forward through His Blood. The Precious Blood we worship is the Blood which our Saviour shed for us on…

Ordinary Time A large part of the Liturgical Year is not taken up by either of the two great celebratory seasons of Christmas and Easter or by their two seasons of preparation, Advent and Lent. This large period is known as Ordinary Time. It runs from the end of Christmastide to the beginning of Lent…