Welcome to the webpages of the Roman Catholic Church of St Anselm and St Cæcilia, Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Here you will find information about us including normal Mass times as well as Parish contacts.
Our postal address is 70 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3JA. The post code for satnav or google maps is WC2B 6DX. We are adjacent to Greggs.
You will find us on the east side of Kingsway, a few steps from Holborn Station (LT).
You can contact us on 020 7405 0376. Our email address is lincolnsinnfields@rcdow.org.uk
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MONDAY – FRIDAY 6pm.
SATURDAY 6pm and SUNDAYS 10am & 6pm.
EXTRA MASS! As from SUNDAY 6th NOVEMBER, there will be an additional Mass (In Latin) on Sundays at 8:30am
ADORATION 5pm, ROSARY 5.20pm, Mass at 6pm
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (CONFESSIONS)
Saturday 5.00-5.45pm. Half an hour before all weekday Masses
MONDAY-FRIDAY 5.30pm-5.50pm, SATURDAY 5.00pm – 5.40pm or by appointment,
(020 7405 0376).
EACH MASS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED https://www.churchservices.tv/lincolnsinnfields
CHURCH OPENING TIMES (for Silent Prayer)
7.30am DAILY (Monday – Friday), (Saturday 12 Noon) and (Sunday: 8am)
CLOSING AFTER EVENING MASS EACH DAY
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+ 6th SUNDAY OF EASTER EMMAUS MASS SHEET
5th May 2024
The Ascension of the Lord – THURSDAY 9TH May
“…HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN…” (Creed)
THURSDAY’s celebration of Our Lord’s Ascension gives us much to ponder and treasure in our heart. Our Lord has completed everything the Father had given Him to do, crowned by the Paschal Mystery, and now He is returning to the Father. His joy is complete, and He invites us to share His joy.
Our true joy is to share His joy!
He goes to prepare a place for us. Heaven is where we truly belong, to be with God for all eternity. Our Lord has prepared a place for us. He is calling us “so that where I am, you may be too”.
Do I live with heaven as my goal and true homeland?
We are never alone: in his Ascension He promises that He will be with us always, “Yes, to the end of time”.
He is always present to us: are we always wanting to make ourselves present to Him?
My Mission and purpose in this world is to share in the Mission Jesus gave the infant Church at His Ascension: “Go out into the whole world and proclaim the Good News…”
Our Lord shares His life fully with us through the Church: do we seek to bring others to share His life through the Church?
“Gladden us with holy joys, Almighty God, and make us rejoice with devout thanksgiving, for the Ascension of Christ your Son in our exaltation, and where the Head has gone before in glory, the Body is called to follow in hope”. (Thursday’s Collect)
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD – THURSDAY 9th MAY MASS TIMES:
WEDNESDAY 8th MAY – VIGIL MASS: 6:00pm
THURSDAY 9th MAY – 12:30pm (Lunchtime) and 6:00pm
CONFESSIONS: 12:00 noon -12:20pm and 5:30-5:50pm
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MASS INTENTIONS: 4th – 12th May 2024
Saturday 4th May:
English Martyrs
6:00pm Vigil Mass
Corazon Abina Bday
Sunday 5th May:
6th SUNDAY OF EASTER
8:30am Mass (In Latin)
Special Int
10:00am Mass
Pro Populo
6:00pm Mass
Special Int
Monday 6th May:
BANK HOLIDAY ONLY
10:00am Mass
Tuesday 7th May:
6:00pm Mass
Wednesday 8th May:
6:00pm Vigil Mass
Raphael Jason De Asis RIP
Thursday 9th May:
ASCENSION OF THE LORD
12:30pm Mass
6:00pm Mass
Geoff Fox RIP
Friday 10th May:
St John of Avila, Priest, Doctor
6:00pm Mass
Saturday 11th May:
6:00pm Vigil Mass
Sunday 12th May:
7th SUNDAY OF EASTER
World Communication Day
8:30am Mass (In Latin)
10:00am Mass
Pro Populo
6:00pm Mass
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CAFOD ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CRISIS APPEAL: Donate to CAFOD’s Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal at www.cafod.org.uk/ipc or call 0303 303 3030 to support those affected and get funds to local trusted experts in Gaza and southern Israel who have been working alongside communities helping those most in need. Your donation will help support aid workers providing urgent humanitarian aid including food, water and emergency shelter to those in need. Thank you for your prayers.
PRAY FOR PEACE
God of peace, bearer of hope,
We seek your help
For the peoples of the Middle East.
Quiet the clamour of war
And guide us towards peace.
Where there is hatred and division
Sow seeds of calm and openness.
Where there is destruction
Help us to rebuild.
Where children are crying
Bring an end to tears.
Shelter your peoples and protect them
Guide them and keep them from harm.
Show us how to break down the barriers of history and fear
And breathe whispers of hope.
Amen.
Linda Jones / CAFOD
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PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Lord Jesus Christ, Guide and Shepherd of your people,
touch the hearts of our young people, that they may, for the love of you
give their lives in the service of the Church.
Renew the hearts of priests, that they may model their lives on the mystery of the Cross
and imitate the Sacred Mysteries they celebrate at the altar.
Strengthen our families, that they may generously support those of their sons
whom you call to serve you as priests. Amen
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PRAYER OF ST THERESE OF LISIEUX FOR PRIESTS (please pray often for this intention)
O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
for your unfaithful and tepid priests;
for your priests labouring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;
for your tempted priests; for your lonely and desolate priests;
for your young priests; for your dying priests;
for the souls of your priests in Purgatory.
But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me;
the priest who baptised me; the priests who absolved me from my sins;
the priests at whose Masses I assisted
and who gave me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;
the priests who taught and instructed me;
all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way.
O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart, and bless them
abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen