Bishop Peter Doyle of Northampton celebrated a special Mass in Northampton Cathedral on December 8 for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Mass was also celebrated in thanksgiving for the recent visit of the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, to Great Britain. The bishop referred in his homily to a verse in the second reading for the feast from St Paul to the Ephesians: “Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ to be holy and spotless.” (Eph 1.4).
