The Rosminians Ask Your Prayers

Webmaster • October 23, 2021

The priests of the Order, which is here at St Peter’s since its foundation, are meeting in Domodossola, Italy, for a Chapter meeting this week, to elect a new Father General who will guide the members for the next period. Please pray for the Holy Spirit to inspire them in their work. At the back of church in the bookcase you will find plenty of literature about Antonio Rosmini and the Order. Please take one and read at home about the Order.


By Webmaster August 9, 2025
“Taken up into heaven, Mary shows us the way to God, the way to heaven, the way to life.” - Pope St John Paul II Solemnity of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Holy Day of Obligation  Friday 15 August Masses at 10am and 7pm All are Welcome
By Webmaster August 9, 2025
Eucharistic Miracle of Alcoy, Spain 1568 On the 29th of January in 1568, a citizen of Alcoy by the name of Juan Prats, who needed money, secretly entered the parochial Church and stole many sacred objects, among which was a precious silver box containing three consecrated Hosts. Juan consumed the three Hosts immediately and then hid the box in his stable underneath a pile of wood. The next day, the Parish Priest, Don Antonio, found out about the sacrilegious theft. Distressed, he sounded the Church bells to let the people know of the horrendous act. Soon after, all of the people of Alcoy were assembled in prayer in front of the Church. The searches began immediately, but were in vain. Near Juan's house lived a pious widow, María Miralles, who had a statue of the Holy Child. The woman, profoundly disturbed by the profane act, began to pray intensely in front of the statue of Jesus, pleading for the consecrated Hosts to be returned to the citizens of Alcoy. Few hours had passed when she started her fervent prayer when María saw the little hand of the statue of Jesus point its finger to the house of her neighbour, Juan Prats. The woman, suspicious, decided to tell the civil authorities of what had taken place. In that moment the pastor of the Church, moved by a mysterious force, went to the garden of the house of Juan and entered the stable. He rummaged through the pile of wood and immediately recovered the silver box with the three consecrated Hosts. Juan, not under-standing how the three Hosts were inside the silver box again, (as he remembered consuming them) repented deeply and confessed the misdeed. The miracle is still remembered every year by the inhabitants of Alcoy in a festival that is celebrated on the feast of Corpus Christi. The house of Juan was turned into an oratory and can be visited to this day. The documents relative to the miracle and the statue of Baby Jesus are still kept today in the monastery of the Holy Sepulchre of Alcoy. (Reference: www.miracolieucaristici.org)
By Webmaster August 9, 2025
Almighty ever-living God, whom, taught by the Holy Spirit, we dare to call our Father, bring, we pray, to perfection in our hearts the spirit of adoption as your sons and daughters, that we may merit to enter into the inheritance which you have promised. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you  in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
By Webmaster August 1, 2025
Meeting is next Sunday 10th August 2:30pm - 4pm St David's Chapel (Use side entrance off St Peter's Street) If you would like some support or feel able to support others, please join us for a cuppa and a chat.. just come.  Or for more information please Phone/Text 07566 735 162 Email stpeterslisteners@gmail.com
By Webmaster August 1, 2025
PLEASE CONSIDER  donating the following food items for needy families: Rice Pasta Pasta Sauces Cooking Oil Sugar Coffee Tea Hot Chocolate Tinned food (including beans, peas, fish, rice pudding, spaghetti and soups) Thank You
By Webmaster August 1, 2025
The Most Precious Blood of Jesus (4)  Although we, as children of God, should let ourselves be attracted and united to the most Precious Blood because It is the fountain of all graces and good things. But do you know there is someone who fears the Precious Blood and flee in terror from It? Yes, is the devil. Why? Because the Precious Blood of Jesus is so powerful that Satan and all his angels were thrown down, as we can see in the Bible: "...for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony..." (Revelation 12:10-11) Also in the Old Testament, we read that the Israelites put the blood of the lamb on the doorposts and lintels of their houses at Passover in order for their firstborn to be spared from death when God striked Egypt that same night. This is a prefigurement and a symbol that through the Precious Blood of the Spotless Holy Lamb of God our souls can be free from the devil's slavery and eternal death. God Loves us and wants us to come back to Him and share His eternal happiness, Satan is the enemy of God who wants to bring us down to eternal perdition and be his slave forever. But the Precious Blood of Jesus is a powerful weapon against Satan, because after we have sinned and wants to go back to God, the devil will show us God's Justice and discourage us with fear, yet the Crucifix reminds us of God's Merciful Love, as if saying to all those souls who are feeling guilty and burden after sinned: "Look at Me, for your sake I came down from My Throne in Heaven, took your human nature and shed all My Blood on this Cross to plead for your mercy. Why do you doubt I am not willing to forgive you? Do not despair, since I have not abandoned you. Come to me, as I invite you to receive this Sacrament of Reconciliation, so I can let My own Precious Blood to clean your soul and let it become beautiful once again, so I can strengthen you from sinning again. My Precious Blood is your victory over demons, your courage, your consolation, your hope and salvation. Do not let My Blood be wasted."
By Webmaster August 1, 2025
Draw near to your servants, O Lord, and answer their prayers with unceasing kindness, that, for those who glory in you as their Creator and guide, you may restore what you have created and keep safe what you have restored. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,  God, for ever and ever. Amen
By Webmaster August 1, 2025
Feast Day of the Transfiguration of the Lord Wednesday 6th August Mass at 10am All are welcome!
By Webmaster July 25, 2025
The Most Precious Blood of Jesus (3) On the Mount Calvary, after Jesus got stripped off His clothes, this Cross that was laid in front of His eyes, does He not know that It was a representation of cruelty, shamefulness and injustice? Yes, He knew better than anyone else. Yet, He most willingly to be nailed onto It, and so to pour out His Precious Blood. From then on, this Cross becomes a true sign of Love, Forgiveness and Salvation for us until the end of time. But that is not all, after Jesus gave up His Spirit on the Cross, His Most Sacred Heart was pierced by a lance from the side, blood and water gushed forth from it - this is the origin and growth of the Church. "For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the 'wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.'" As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam's side, so the Church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross." (CCC #766) Jesus, with His own Most Precious Blood bought the Church and made her His Holy Bride. He died, so she can be born. Jesus Christ Our Lord becomes the Church's Bridegroom and they become one body, one flesh. And we, members of the Church, become part of His Body. He Loves us, just as He Loves His Bride. He looks after us, just as His Beloved children. He nourishes us everyday, with His own Most Sacred Body and Most Precious Blood through our daily receiving of the Holy Eucharist, so our souls can be refreshed and strengthened and saved from dying of spiritual starvation. Many people in Jesus' time cannot understand when Jesus said to them: "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him." (John 6:56) But just like Jesus describe Himself as the vine and we are the branches, which means we all need to share the same food, nutrients and water, in order for us grow and flourish; and like all cells share the same flowing blood within the body, thus without Him to nourish us with His very Self, we will wither and die. Behold, on the front of the main altar a bas-relief carving of the Lamb of God shedding hid blood for us (Book of Revelation) can be seen, similarly it is portrayed in the holy vision at Knock, in Ireland. It reminds us that from this Blood flows all graces for each one of us down the ages, It is the courage of martyrs, the strength of Confessors, the purity of Virgins, the help of those in peril, the relief of the burdened, the hope of the penitent, the consolation of the dying… Therefore, let us approach and receive the Eucharist and Precious Blood every time with love and reverence.
By Webmaster July 25, 2025
One of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ And he said to them, ‘When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.’ (Luke 11:1-4)