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Today’s Homily Resources
14 May 2025 – Saint Matthias, Apostle
14 May 2025 – Saint Matthias, Apostle 1st Reading: Acts 1:15-17; 20-26 Matthias is selected to take the place of Judas Iscariot Then Peter stood up among the believers (numbering about one hundred twenty persons) and said, “Friends, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became...
Read MoreInvitation from Peadar O’Callaghan to Art Exhibition in Cobh Library, Co Cork
My paintings/images of the Earth are not framed but ‘boxed’. In this way I want to show that the Earth is a gift we receive, a ‘present’ from the Creator…
National Catholic Reporter Online: Will Pope Leo XIV make the call on women deacons?
By Phyliss Zagano Link to ncronline: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/will-pope-leo-xiv-make-call-women-deacons Yes, our new pope said something about women deacons. He said it is under study. Anyone looking for a quick answer from Pope…
Presider’s Page for 18 May (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
We gather to praise God who raised his son Jesus from the dead. We celebrate this victory over sin and death, and pray for enthusiasm as we try to pass on the Good News.
Open letter to Pope Leo XIV: “The time has come again to break down walls”
Taken from Religión Digital this is a letter from a religious sister to Leo our new Pope. Click on the English translation within the link: https://www.religiondigital.org/vaticano/Carta-Papa-Leon-XIV-nuevamente-mujeres-iglesia_0_2778622120.html
Jim Cogley Reflections – Tues 13 May – Mon 19 May 2025
Greetings to you all. Hoping you are experiencing these reflections as food for the soul. By passing them on to others they don’t stop with you but take on a life of their…
Why “She” Matters
Novelist Sue Monk Kidd describes why cultivating an image of the Sacred Feminine is so important, particularly for women raised within Christianity: Taken from the website of Richard Rohr: https://cac.org/daily-meditations/why-she-matters/ A…
Dr John O’Loughlin Kennedy: Is Mary McAleese Being Fair?
Mary McAleese is reported as saying the exclusion of women from ordination is based on “fake theology”. Ireland’s former President has formal qualifications in both Civil and Canon Law but…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV TO THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS
Saturday, 10 May 2025 Thank you very much, Your Eminence. Before taking our seats, let us begin with a prayer, asking the Lord to continue to accompany this College, and…
Bidding Prayers for Sunday 11 May (New Pope)
Fourth Sunday of Easter – prayers of the faithful Introduction (by the Presider) As Rome welcomes its new bishop, we pray a blessing on the Church and the whole world:…
Fourth Sunday of Easter – prayers of the faithful
Fourth Sunday of Easter – prayers of the faithful Introduction (by the Presider) As the people of God welcomes a new pope, we pray a blessing on the Church and the whole…