Centenary Mass

Visiting the relics of St Bernadette

Reflections from the Mass to welcome
St Bernadette's Relics

 “At Westminster Cathedral we saw
Relics that filled us with awe
The singing I found
A beautiful sound –
A holy experience, I’m sure!”
“During this pilgrimage, I experienced an amazing thing. As we arrived at the cathedral, everyone was elated at the size of the colossal, picturesque building.
 
Inside the church, people were pouring in but luckily we prepared and came early. It was 11:30, the procession started and at the extreme far end; there lay the relics of Saint Bernadette in a shining gold covenant.
 
Mass continued on, there was beautiful singing from the choir an infringement of that, a wave of people listening gracefully.
 
Mass was coming to an end, the bishop, priests and altar servers walked peacefully down the aisle and everyone commended the amazing choir for their great singing in English and Latin.
 
Peering at Saint Bernadette’s relics was good but that was not the end of our day. As a reward for going to mass, our president kindly offered us an opportunity to get McDonald’s McFlurry ice-cream. We all thoroughly enjoyed our treat and was all satisfied. That day was truly a great day!”
“Visiting the relics of St Bernadette was a great experience. It was exciting to go to Westminster Cathedral, which had a really stunning interior!
We were lucky enough to arrive early, skip the queues and get good seats from which to watch the Mass.
The entire cathedral was filled with a sense of anticipation for the arrival of the relics – and once they came, there was a hushed awe upon us all.
Mass was then said, and included lots of beautiful singing (in Latin) from an excellent choir.”
“The Mass to welcome St. Bernadette’s relics was a spiritual blessing.
The relics were delayed in traffic, so the Mass started 45 minutes late.
A priest announced that Bernadette was on her way. And Bernadette came alive. Her presence was real.
 
Cardinal Nichols reminded us that Bernadette’s witness showed us that God reveals Himself often in extreme poverty and suffering.”