The parish
priest of Cisterna in Latina,Don Livio
Fabiani caused a bit of sensation with his words at the funeral of the two
children killed by their father.

Yet perhaps
– for Catholics – the homily of Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of
Florence, at the funeral of the Fiorentina’s Captain, Davide Astori, who died
two Sundays ago of a heart attack, ought to be a source of more amazement.

These two
tragedies have made us face sudden death, the eruption of evil and the suffering
of the innocents. We are all dumbstruck. The words “waste and void” repeated by Thomas
S. Eliot in his poem describe our hearts in these situations.

The Holy Fire is lit outside the church's back door, from which it is a short processionthrough the streets of the City of London to the church's front door.

ThisHoly Week in London, a rare opportunity to experience one of the oldest services in the Catholic Church along with a feast of sacred music rarely sung in its proper context.

Beginning on ‘Spy Wednesday’ with the ancient office of Tenebrae, The Latin Mass Society will be celebrating Holy Week with a wealth of traditional Latin liturgy at St. Mary Moorfields in the heart of the City of London.This year’s Triduum celebration will be directed by professional musician and classical pianist, Matthew Schellhorn with his group ‘Cantus Magnus.’

Matthew Schellhorn, the LMS Director of Music for London, said:

“It is once again a great pleasure to be making the musical preparations for the Latin Mass Society’s flagship celebration of the Sacred Triduum in the Archdiocese of Westminster.

“Music by Franco-Flemish renaissance Orlande