Message of Abbot Paul - Monday 19th September 2022
Abbot Paul • September 19, 2022
Message from Fr Paul for Monday, 19th September 2022
It’s a sad day for us all as we lay our Beloved Queen to rest today. We are sad for ourselves and for our world at this time of uncertainty and confusion, yet it’s a sadness that through faith is transformed into thanksgiving for the past, hope for the present and joy for the future, for we cannot help but believe that Queen Elizabeth is with God, gracing the courts of heaven. From heaven may she continue to guide and protect us and urge us on to live according to God’s will as she did as a faithful follower and disciple of Jesus. Yesterday, after a very busy morning and short siesta, I was grateful to have some quiet time to myself and, using my iPad, tune into the BBC to join the crowds filing past Her Majesty lying in state. I was moved by their reverence and respect and was able to join them for an hour or so in prayer and, to be honest, veneration of a saint of our age. Today, together with the whole world, we we be present in spirit at her funeral and burial. May she rest in peace. Amen.
At a solemn Mass, the feast of St Basil and St Gregory, Br Alban makes his promises as a claustral oblate.
Belmont Abbey Organ is the second largest organ in the County of Herefordshire. It has 3 manuals (keyboards) and 54 stops and is second only to the organ of Hereford Cathedral (4 Manuals and 67 stops) - Belmont has the largest organ in our Catholic Diocese.