Thanksgiving

 

 Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say rejoice

 

so says St Paul, and that is just what we have been doing in Lancaster with a wonderful celebration at St Thomas More's for my Golden Jubilee. The Gospel for the Mass was John 15.4-17 which concluded with the words "love one another." It was indeed an evening when much love was experienced by all. Thanks be to to God and to all my Ursuline sisters, my family and friends and the priests who gave us an inspiring Mass. Alleluia!





A wonderful celebration

Following a wonderful Mass of thanksgiving the celebrations continued.  This great celebration made was made possible by so many people, family, friends, Ursulines, Members of the Company of St Angela, Angelinas, parishioners from St Thomas More, the Cathedral and members of St George's Congregation all came together for a celebration Mass.  

Cutting the cake 

Golden Jubilee

Today Sr Frances and I celebrate fifty years as Ursuline Sisters,Frances with our community in Westgate- on- Sea and I with the North West Cluster and the parish of St Thomas More in Lancaster. Please join with me in thanking God for his goodness to me over all these years and  pray for all who have supported me in my journey to this day of rejoicing. Thank you

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Saying Yes To God

 

Today we keep the transferred feast of the Annunciation: Mary's YES to God. She did not know where that " Yes" would lead her.We know it led her to the Cross and Resurrection. 

 

Angela's "Annunciation" took place in a field at Brudazzo: a vision of a ladder that stretched from earth to heaven. On it were ascending  and descending  angels and women. Angela was to learn that she was to be that ladder, the way others would find their way to God. Her "yes" to the inspiration of that moment was to lead, many years later, to the foundation of the "Company of St Ursula."

 

Since then many people, from all walks of life, have found their way to God through the ministry of Angela's daughters scattered throughout the world.

 

 

Angela and Hope

 

Easter is a time when we rejoice in Christ's victory, a time for renewing hope. The late Basil Hume wrote:

 

"Christian hope makes us have confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph,and in his goodness and love,which nothing  can shake." 

 

He might have been quoting St Angela who had great confidence in God's goodness.She tells us in Chp X of her Rule to place

 

" all our love and delight .......

in God alone and in his gentle and ineffable Providence alone."