A Voice to Reflect
The ACP is an association for Catholic Priests who wish to have a forum, and a voice to reflect on, discuss and comment on issues affecting the Irish Church and society today. We welcome any feedback you may have. If you are an existing member, you can pay your membership fee here. If you would like to support the ACP with a donation, you can do so here.
Today’s Homily Resources
29 Mar 2024 – Good Friday
29 Mar 2024 – Good Friday (1) Isaiah 52:13-53:12 The humiliations of the suffering servant, who bore the sins of his people See, my servant will prosper, he shall be lifted up, exalted, rise to great heights. As the crowds were appalled on seeing him — so disfigured did he look that he seemed no...
Read MoreGood Friday
O King of the Friday whose limbs were stretched on the cross, O Lord who did suffer the bruises, the wounds, the loss, we stretch ourselves beneath the shield of…
Holy Thursday – Last Supper – Who Set the Table?
Who Set The Table? Were there women at The Last Supper? If not, who set the table? Who laid out the cutlery The cups and plates? Who made sure the…
Presider’s Page for 31 March (Easter Sunday)
This Easter morning we celebrate the central mystery of our faith, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He suffered on the cross and died for us, but now he is risen! Filled with the spirit of Easter joy, we proclaim the might and glory of God.
Presider’s Page for 30 March (The Easter Vigil)
We gather around the Easter candle, celebrating the Lord’s resurrection. With that light to illumine our way, we remember how God has cared for humanity from the dawn of time. The readings from both testaments remind us what happened at the highpoints of our history.
Presider’s Page for 28-29 March (Easter Triduum)
The liturgy that begins this Thursday evening continues until we reach Easter. We are at the start of a three-day celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. We journey from the Last Supper to Gethsemane tonight, from there to Calvary tomorrow, and from the tomb to resurrection and new life at the Vigil of Easter Sunday.
Before tackling troublesome issues, Pope Francis insists on synodality
NCR Online: THOMAS REESE 25 March 2024 After raising expectations with his Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis is punting on a number of controversial issues that the synod process invited…
Jim Cogley: Reflections Tues 26 Mar – Mon 1 April 2024
Holy Week ceremonies will be available online at ourladysisland.ie Holy Thursday 7.30 Good Friday 3pm Holy Sat 7pm Many thanks and a happy Easter, Jim C Entering the way of the…
Brendan Hoban: The daffodil symbolises the cycle of life
Western People 19.3.2024 As I write, a sea of daffodils outside the window reminds me that, though yet early enough in the year, Winter has begun to pay its reluctant…
The future of Catholicism?
How can Catholicism become more relevant in today’s world? This is the fundamental question that will be addressed by Tony Flannery, the Galway priest who was silenced and forbidden to…
Brendan Hoban: John Bruton wasn’t an ordinary politician
Western People 12.3.2024 As the RTÉ cameras scanned the crowd at the State funeral of the former Taoiseach, John Bruton, it lingered on faces of the great and the good…