SIR – Nowadays one rarely sees Saturday Masses of Our Lady in parishes. Masses celebrated on Saturday are mostly vigils of the Sunday, and even genuine Saturday Masses are usually kept as ferias, the commemoration of Our Lady now being an optional memorial. I count no regular Saturday Masses of Our Lady in the entire deanery of the Diocese of Westminster from which I write. Indeed, England probably now celebrates fewer Masses of the Mother of God than at any time since the Emancipation; and this is an especial travesty as we prepare for the re-dedication of England as the Dowry of Mary in 2020.
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Letters: Do English Catholics still cherish Our Lady?
sir – nowadays one rarely sees saturday masses of our lady in parishes. masses celebrated on saturday are mostly vigils of the sunday, and e...
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