7:45 a.m. : Coach leaves St Ambrose Church (for those who have booked)12 Noon : Solemn Pontifical Mass at St Silas’ Kentish Town(Members of CMMC welcome to concelebrate)Procession through the streets to Holy Trinity1.50 p.m. : Lunch in Holy Trinity Church Hall A £15 donation towards lunch is requested.3.30 p.m. : AGM of the Society4.00 p.m :. Vespers, Sermon & Pontifical Benediction at Holy Trinity(Preacher : The Rt Rev'd Luke Irvine-Capel, Bishop of Richborough)The May Devotion of the Society of Mary will be held at St Silas' Church, Kentish Town. The Principal Celebrant will be the Bishop of Richborough, the Rt Rev Luke Irvine-Capel. High Mass will be followed by a Marian Procession to Holy Trinity Church, Kentish Town, where lunch will be offered (c.£15) in the Hall. After lunch the AGM of the Society of Mary will take place in the church followed by Benediction and Tea in the Hall.As usual, there will be a subsidised coach from St Ambrose Church.
GUIDANCE ON SPIRITUAL COMMUNIONThe Book of Common Prayer instructs us that if we offer ourselves in penitence and faith, giving thanks for the redemption won by Christ crucified, we may truly ‘eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ’, although we cannot receive the sacrament physically in ourselves. Making a Spiritual Communion is particularly fitting for those who cannot receive the sacrament at the great feasts of the Church, and it fulfils the duty of receiving Holy Communion ‘regularly, and especially at the festivals of Christmas, Easter and Whitsun or Pentecost’ (Canon B 15).
