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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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT EMMAUS MASS SHEET
3rd December 2023
ADVENT
TODAY, Sunday, the great season of Advent begins. The word comes from the Latin verb “advenire” meaning “to come to:” so Advent calls us to ponder Our Lord’s THREE “comings to us”.
• the Incarnation when “the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us” ie. Our Lord’s Nativity in Bethlehem.
• Our Lord’s daily coming to us in the Holy Mass.
• the Second Coming, when “He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead”.
ADVENT is sometimes called “Little Lent” because it is properly a time of prayer, fasting and good works, a time of repentance. This is why purple is the colour of Advent. Do your best to keep Advent in this way, even though secular society is making merry around us, the celebration of Christmas begins with the Vigil of Christmas, and is celebrated for the 12 days that lead up to the Epiphany on 6th January.
THE ADVENT WREATH, with the build-up of lighting the candles, reminds us of the coming of Our Lord into this world in His Nativity– He is “the Light of the World” who dispels the darkness of the world.
ADVENT is a time of HOPE as we come understand better that God is always faithful to His promises.
OUR LADY “believed that the promises made her by the Lord would be fulfilled:” We pray that we may have faith like hers, and invoke her powerful intercession.
Fr David Barnes, Rector
FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION is this Friday 8th December: Our Lady is conceived free from every stain of sin. Mass at 6:00pm
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CHRISTMASTIDE LITURGIES 2023
4th SUNDAY OF ADVENT: (24th December)
Saturday Confessions 5.00 – 5.45pm
Vigil Mass (Saturday 23rd December) 6.00pm
Mass (in Latin) 8:30am
Mass 10.00am
CHRISTMAS EVE: SUNDAY (24th December)
Confessions 4.00 – 4.45pm
Carols 4:45 – 5:00pm
VIGIL MASS of CHRISTMAS (with music) 5.00pm
Carols 7:45 – 8:00pm
MASS of CHRISTMAS NIGHT (with music) 8.00pm
CHRISTMAS DAY: MONDAY (25th December)
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
Mass (in Latin) 8:30am
Mass (with music) 10.00am
NO EVENING MASS
Tuesday 26th December (Bank Holiday)
St Stephen, the First Martyr
with Guild of St Stephen 10.00am ONLY
Wednesday 27th December
St John, Apostle & Evangelist 10.00am ONLY
Thursday 28th December
The Holy Innocents 10.00am ONLY
Friday 29th December:
St Thomas Becket 10.00am ONLY
Saturday 30th December
6th DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS
Saturday Confessions 5.00 – 5.45pm
Vigil Mass of the Holy Family 6.00pm
SUNDAY 31st DECEMBER:
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH
8:30am Mass (in Latin), 10.00am Mass and 6:00pm Mass
MONDAY 1st JANUARY: (Bank Holiday)
SOLEMNITY of MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
Mass 10.00am ONLY
Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd, Thursday 4th & Friday 5th January
Mass 10.00am ONLY
SATURDAY 6th JANUARY
Saturday Confessions 5.00 – 5.45pm
Vigil Mass of the Epiphany 6.00pm
SUNDAY 7th JANUARY:
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Mass at 8:30am Mass (in Latin), 10.00am & 6pm
NORMAL WEEKDAY MASS TIMES resume on Monday 8th January (6pm Mass
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions)
Saturday 5.00-5.45pm. Half an hour before all weekday Masses
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MASS INTENTIONS 3rd – 10th December 2023
Saturday 2nd December:
6:00pm Vigil Mass
Private Ints
Sunday 3rd December:
1st SUNDAY OF ADVENT
8:30am Mass (In Latin)
Jimmy Newton RIP RD
10:00am Mass
Charlie Game Birthday & Family in Poland Ints
6:00pm Mass
Pro Populo
Monday 4th December:
6:00pm Mass
Marie G Fernandez RIP (Anniv)
Tuesday 5th December:
St. Nicholas, Bishop
6:00pm Mass
Mary Meloni birthday
Wednesday 6th December:
St. Ambrose, Bishop. Doctor
6:00pm Sung Mass
Holy Souls
Thursday 7th December:
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
6:00pm Mass
Catherine Bray (Anniv)
Friday 8th December:
St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
6:00pm Mass
Lila McCusker RIP
Saturday 9th December:
6:00pm Vigil Mass
Emma Cornish RD
Sunday 10th December:
2nd SUNDAY OF ADVENT
8:30am Mass (In Latin)
Private Int
10:00am Mass
Pro Populo
6:00pm Mass
Private Intention
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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