Totus Tuus - To Jesus through Mary.

To impel the beauty of the new evangelization – this is the charism of the Heralds of the Gospel; Its founder, Monsignor João Dias explains."The Heralds of the Gospel is a private association of faithful with a very special charism based essentially on three points: the Eucharist, Mary and the Pope."

The Heralds of the Gospel are an International Association of the Faithful of Pontifical Right, the first to be established by the Holy See in the third millennium, during a ceremony which occurred during the feast of the Chair of St. Peter (February 22) in 2001.

The Heralds of the Gospel strive to be instruments of holiness in the Church by encouraging close unity between faith and life, and working to evangelize particularly through art and culture. Their apostolate, which differs depending upon the environments in which they work, gives pride of place to parish animation, evangelizing families, providing catechetical and cultural formation to young people, and disseminating religious Iiterature.



Sunday 4 July 2010

Centenary of the Consecration of Westminster Cathedral


Westminster Cathedral was built in honour of the Most Precious Blood
This year marked the Centenary of the Consecration of Westminster Cathedral and the occasion was marked by a solemn Mass of thanksgiving at which Archbishop Vincent was the principal celebrant, Cardinal Cormac preached, and many priests from the diocese concelebrated.

The Mass included the prayer used in the rite of Consecration a hundred years ago which spoke of the Cathedral, ‘built in honour of thy Most Precious Blood’ and the two red pillars, immediately visible to the visitor entering the Cathedral, remind us of the Precious Blood.

The Letter to the Hebrews says: ‘how effectively the blood of Christ, who offered himself as the perfect sacrifice to God through the eternal Spirit, can purify our inner self from dead actions so that we do our service to the living God.’

This is a most powerful devotion, and the dedication of the Cathedral to the Precious Blood is a reminder of the unstoppable love that flowed from Christ on the Cross, and flows from him still. At the very moment when the Roman soldier pierced the side of the dead Christ, and blood and water that flowed from his side, God’s plan of salvation was at work.

‘O Blood and Water which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus, we trust in you!’
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