Book of Memories

We have created a virtual book of memories for Canon Isaac which can be access here. In it you can read memories written from the heart by many of the people whose lives he touched both here in St. Teilo’s with Our Lady of Lourdes and beyond. If you would like to add your memories to the virtual book please email whitchurch@rcadc.org with Memory of Canon Isaac in the title of the email.

The Canon’s body now rests in peace in the monastic cemetery at Belmont Abbey. Images below

Canon William Isaac’s Coffin resting in the grave

The gravediggers have completed their tasks and the flowers from Parishioners and friends mark Canon’s Isaac’s final resting place.

Canon’s grave is next to that of his friend Br Bernard Wassall OSB who died last September.

Another photo of Canon’s grave with the graves of the monks of Belmont beyond. The graves include that of Fr. Anthony Tumelty OSB from St. Teilo’s Parish.

The Requiem Mass at St. David’s Cathedral took place on Thursday, April 8^th at 5pm

You can download and keep, or print, the Order of Service:

The web format is designed to be read on PCs or mobiles.

The print format will enable you to print a hard copy 8 page A4 booklet. Please note that there are some pictures in both versions. We would recommend printing in Greyscale (i.e. black and white) to avoid excess costs of colour printing.

The Pre-burial Mass at Belmont Abbey on Friday, April 9^th at 11.30am

The pre-burial mass at Belmont Abbey was recorded and can be viewed again by clicking here.

May the soul of Canon William Isaac, and of all the faithful departed, Rest in Peace. Amen

Fr Dwayne would like to wish a Happy and Blessed Easter to all the Parishioners of St. Teilo’s with Our Lady of Lourdes and to all those from beyond the parish who have and are joining us via the live streaming of the Mass.

Easter Masses will be celebrated today at 9am and 11am. Only those who have already had their booking confirmed are able to attend the Masses, but they will be live streamed on the Parish Website.

May the Risen Christ live in the heart of each of us as we gain the grace to overcome sin and death and to live lives of joy and peace following the Risen Lord.

Today the Church celebrates the greatest event in its calendar as the Gospel of today says:

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’ Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. John 20:1-9

The beloved disciple saw and he believed in the Risen Lord Jesus, we too are called to see and believe that Jesus is alive and is with us.

At this time when we remember Canon Isaac, who died last Sunday, we remember his words to us on Easter Sunday last year:

Easter is a special time for us as Catholics, it is the time when we feel within ourselves the strength, beauty and truth of our Faith. Normally St. Teilo’s and Our Lady of Lourdes would be full for the Easter Masses and we would be enjoying the celebration of the great days of the life of Jesus Christ. Even in constrained circumstances we still practise our faith. We are strong in faith and hope, we can look forward with hope to the time when the pandemic is over and we can all come together to Mass and receive our Saviour Jesus Christ in Sacramental Communion as a fulfilment of all our Spiritual Communions. One day this faith will lead us to meet with our Saviour Jesus Christ in the glory of the Father’s Kingdom, entry to which was won for us by his death and resurrection. Alleluia.

Canon William Isaac – 12/04/2020

Easter Joy

From ancient times Christians have sung songs of praise on this day. One of the oldest of them is the Easter Sequence. We can do no better than joining in the ancient hymn in our own prayers:

Sequence
Christians, to the Paschal Victim
offer sacrifice and praise.
The sheep are ransomed by the Lamb;
and Christ, the undefiled,
hath sinners to his Father reconciled.

Death with life contended:
combat strangely ended!

Life’s own Champion, slain,
yet lives to reign.

Tell us, Mary:
say what thou didst see
upon the way.

The tomb the Living did enclose;
I saw Christ’s glory as he rose!

The angels there attesting;
shroud with grave-clothes resting.

Christ, my hope, has risen:
he goes before you into Galilee.

That Christ is truly risen
from the dead we know.
Victorious king, thy mercy show!

Another more recent hymn puts it like this:

Easter glory fill the sky! Alleluia!
Christ now lives, no more to die! Alleluia!
Darkness has been put to flight, Alleluia!
by the living Lord of light! Alleluia!

Mary, Mother, greet your Son, Alleluia!
Radiant from his triumph won! Alleluia!
By his cross you shared his pain, Alleluia!
So for ever share his reign! Alleluia!

Shepherd, seek the sheep that strayed! Alleluia!
Come to contrite Peter’s aid! Alleluia!
Strengthen him to be the rock; Alleluia!
Make him shepherd of your flock! Alleluia!

Seek not life within the tomb; Alleluia!
Christ stands in the upper room! Alleluia!
Risen glory he conceals Alleluia!
Risen body he reveals! Alleluia!

Though we see his face no more, Alleluia!
He is with us as before! Alleluia!
Glory veiled, he is our priest, Alleluia!
His true flesh and blood our feast! Alleluia!

May you sing Alleluia to the Lord throughout this day and for the Fifty days of Eastertide which we have just begun.

For more information please see the newsletter for Easter Sunday and Easter Week.

At 3pm today, the Church throughout the world gathers, both virtually and physically, to remember that “Christ our Passover was sacrificed.” Only those who have already had their booking confirmed are able to attend this afternoon, but the Liturgy of the Passion will be live streamed from St. Teilo’s at 3.00pm.

Together we meditate on the Passion of the Lord, adore His Holy Cross and commemorate the origin of the Church, flowing from the side of Christ dead on the cross.

We intercede for the salvation of the whole world. In those special prayers made once a year on Good Friday. This year as with last, a special prayer has been added:

IX b. For the afflicted in time of pandemic

Let us pray also for all those who suffer the consequences of the current pandemic, that God the Father may grant health to the sick, strength to those who care for them, comfort to families and salvation to all the victims who have died.

Prayer in silence. Then the Priest says:

Almighty ever-living God,
only support of our human weakness,
look with compassion upon the sorrowful condition of your children
who suffer because of this pandemic;
relieve the pain of the sick,
give strength to those who care for them,
welcome into your peace those who have died
and, throughout this time of tribulation,
grant that we may all find comfort in your merciful love.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Once Fr. Dwayne has kissed the Cross, he will elevate it so that all of those in attendance and those who are viewing the service at home can venerate Jesus who died for us and for our salvation. The normal kissing of the cross is suspended due to the pandemic.

Please remember that Good Friday is a day of penance observed by the whole Church. It is a day of fasting and abstinence