Portsmouth Roman Catholic

O Jesus I believe your words that change the bread and wine Into your Body and your Blood, both human and Divine What mighty wonders here on earth or in the stars above Compare to this, the humble God who gives Himself in love But who am I, do I deserve this love you give  to me  I call you Lord, I call you God, but never bend my knee I take your when my heart is cold and I am stained with sin How little do I understand the holiness within. You come to me despite  my faults and feeble as I am                                        You come to be a shepherd to a lost and lonely lamb Then put me in your fold of love that I can spend my days Just knowing you and trusting you and lost in prayer and praise O take my heart its yours my Lord, and from this moment on I vow to mend my sinful ways till heaven I have won And all my prayers and all my works and all I say and do Are treasures when my life is done that I will give to you.

I came down to London in the early 1960's to find work.  I was very much on my own but I joined the parish Legion of Mary and soon found myself with many many young friends of my own.  That is what the Church was like in those days, there were many young people who attended.   Indeed it was through the Church I found my wife. One day I heard a talk on an audio tape recorder from Cardinal Heenan.   He had just returned from Vatican II and was addressing the priests in his diocese.   I and many others were shocked by what we heard.  He did not mention any changes in the Mass, the bulldozing of altars, standing for Holy Communion, the removal of the Tabernacle from its place as head of the community or his Body.    What he did speak on was the German bishops who stood up to oppose a schema on Our Lady in the Church.   "This will put the Ecumenical Movement back ten years" they cried.    The Cardinal went on to say that if we lost devotion to Mary we would lose devotion to

MARIAN  MOVEMENT Meeting on 16th October     St Joseph’s  7.30pm Introduction - Why a Marian Movement?  Is Devotion to Mary something Medieval or was she  honoured in the early Church?  Questions Rosary Discussion on meeting of all Basingstoke Parishes once a month for Rosary and Adoration.   Involvement of families and children. The Special Relationship of Basingstoke  to the National Shrine of Walsingham.  Why Basingstoke should be involved in the Rededication of England as the Dowry of Mary. Prayer for the Conversion of England O most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our most Gentle Queen and mother, look down in mercy upon England they Dowry, and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in Thee.    By Thee it was that Jesus  our  Saviour and our hope was given unto the world and he has given Thee to us that we might hope still more.   Plead for us thy children whom thou did receive and accept at the foot of the Cross, O Sorrowful Mother.    Inter

The secular news at the moment is full of rise in suicides among young people, the rise in knifing crimes, the rise in drug addiction, and so many young girls, especially those who have been in care being used and abused sexually and becoming prostitutes.     Of course on TV we have pundits trying to solve the problems, and any of them are sincere in what they say but there is just one thing that is never said and that is that the young people feel unloved and unwanted and society perhaps carries the blame. But what is love ?   How can we learn love?   And how can we pass it on to others.   Because society is focussed o the 'rights' of adults the rights of children are not taken into account.   What does it matter if two adults with children decide to divorce, the children will get over it and after all the father will have access to them.   As far as the adults are concerned it is OK then.   Yes, the children will benefit from the love of a father  when he takes them out, a

When a soul finds itself drawn to Mary it can be confused.  Should they imitate the humility of Mary only and be silent when false teachings are put forward, to belittle her place in the plan of God for our Salvation. St Louis Marie de Montfort has this to say about the Last Days in his True Devotion. These great souls, full of grace and zeal, shall be chosen to match themselves against the enemies of God, who shall rage on all sides. and they shall be singularly devout to our Blessed Lady, illuminated by her light, nourished by her milk, led by her spirit, supported by her arm, and sheltered under her protection, so that they shall fight with one hand and build with the other.    With one hand they shall fight, overthrow, and crush the heretics with their heresies, the schismatics with their schisms, the idolators with their idolatries, and the sinners with their impieties.    With the other hand they will build the Temple of the true Solomon, and the mystical City of God; that is

In 1846 the Virgin Mary appeared to two children Maximim Giraud aged 11, and Melanie Calvat aged 14.  They found her weeping at the side of the road.  The lady told them an almost unbelievable story the Rome would fall to the Anti-Christ and the pope would be driven from the Vatican.   Of course such a story could be laughed at then for the position of the Pope and the Vatican was very strong and seemed unassailable.   Yet so earnest and truthful was their account that five year later Pope Pius IX approved of the apparition of Our Lady of La Salette.  But why did Our Lady appear?   At the same time the Vatican had obtained a document from the Alta Vendita branch of the Freemasons in Italy which read: The Pope, whoever he may be, will never come to the secret societies   It is for the secret societies to come first to the Church, with the aim of winning them both   The work we have undertaken is not the work of a day, nor of a month, nor of a year.  It must last many years, a century 

O Little Flower of Jesus, your stem grew strong with love And filled the air with fragrance but meant for God above  Please help me fight temptation but if I ever fall Then Little Flower of Jesus I’ll need you most of all That love for your Creator that shone from you each day And sparkled brightly in a world where faith had gone astray Still sets the sinner yearning for heaven as their goal And shines forth like a beacon to guide the wandering soul.  O Little Flower of Jesus your life has brought me shame For I have shared the pleasures of a world that sneers God’s name O help me find that sorrow for a dark and sinful past Which isn’t just a moments thought but sorrow that will last. Now you may ask what 'dark and sinful past' an 11 year old had, so I will confess.   I went to a birthday party at that age and they started a kissing game.   I found myself in the lobby with the most beautiful girl in the school.  So I kissed her on the lips and so