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Weekday Homily Resources

30th June. Tuesday in the 13th Week

The First martyrs of the Church in Rome. Since 1969, the anonymous “proto-martyrs” who died under emperor Nero in the 60s are commemorated as a group on June 30. Since Peter and Paul both died in this persecution, the others are collectively remembers on the day after their feast. 1st Reading: Genesis 19:15-29 Before destroying…

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29th June (Monday). Saints Peter and Paul

In these two apostles, we see how the faith can spread through the life of generous, faithful hearts. We get a glimpse of each of them in turn, in prison for the faith, prepared for martyrdom for the Gospel of Christ; followed by the famous declaration of faith, for which Jesus gives Peter (“Rock”) the…

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Presider’s Page 28 June (Ordinary Time 13)

As summer takes hold, we give thanks to God for all the gifts we enjoy. We rejoice in God’s saving power: death itself is in his hand and all the living depend on God alone.

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Sunday Homily Resources

28th June. 13th Sunday, Ordinary Time

1st Reading: Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24 All that God does is wholesome, and he intends us to enjoy a blessed immortality. God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and…

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27th June. Saturday in the 12th Week

1st Reading: Genesis 18:1-15 Abraham becomes a paradigm of hospitality, as he entertains the travellers The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he…

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26th June. Friday in the 12th Week

1st Reading: Genesis 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 Abram’s name is changed. The promised child will be God’s special gift. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram again, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.” God said to Abraam, “As for you, you shall keep my…

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25th June. Thursday in the 12th Week

1st Reading: Genesis 16:1-12, 15-16 Hagar is driven out, but an angel is sent to rescue her Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar, and Sarai said to Abram, “You see that the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl;…

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24th June. Tuesday. Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

1st Reading: Isaiah 49:1-6 The Lord called me before I was born; in my mother’s womb he named me. Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me. He made my mouth like a…

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23rd June. Tuesday in Week 12

1st Reading: Genesis 13:2, 5-18 The herdsmen of Abram and Lot quarrel, so the two groups must go their separate ways. Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, so that the land could not support both of…

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22nd June. Monday in Week 12

1st Reading: Genesis 12:1-9 God calls Abram to “go to the land that I will show you.” This brings blessing on all mankind. Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great…

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Presider’s Page for 21 June (Ordinary Time 12)

The sight of people being rescued from ricketty boats in the Mediterranean brings home the plight of immigrants and refugees; seeing rescuers coming to their aid inspires us. God is master of the deep; Jesus stilled the storm. May all in need of help be saved through his power today. (On Father’s Day we pray especially for fathers.)

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Sunday Homily Resources

21st June. 12th Sunday, Ordinary Time

1st First Reading: Job 38:1, 8-11 Job’s pride is curbed by awe The Lord addressed Job out of the storm and said: Who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb; when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling bands? When I set limits for it and…

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20th June. Saturday, Week 11

1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 Paul continues to boast, but says a thorn in the flesh has forced him to find his strength in Christ. It is necessary to boast; nothing is to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a person in Christ…

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19th June. Friday in Week 11

1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30 Paul boasts about his hardships in carrying out his ministry My brethren, since many others boast according to human standards, I will also boast. To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone dares to boast of–I am speaking as a fool–I also…

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18th June. Thursday in Week 11

1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 11:1-11 Paul asks for their patience; he will not be a financial burden to them. I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a…

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17th June. Wednesday of Week 11

1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 Reaping what we have sowed Brothers and sisters, here is the point: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God…

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16th June. Tuesday in the 11th Week

1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 Those who generously helped to finance Paul’s mission were richly blessed. We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been granted to the churches of Macedonia; for during a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in…

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15th June. Monday in the 11th Week

1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 Paradox of the apostolate: a poor man who enriches many. As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, “At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped…

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Presider’s Page for 14 June (Ordinary Time 11)

This is the first Sunday on which green vestments have been worn at Mass since last February. Green is the colour of growth: the Kingdom of God grows slowly in our world and in our hearts…

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14th June. 11th Sunday, Ordinary Time

1st Reading: Ezekiel 17:22-24 It is the Lord who plants and grows; who raises and humbles. Thus says the Lord God: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself…

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    Chris McDonnell: Permission to read

    June 3 2023
    Seamus Ahearne
    Chris. It is so good to see you returning to the site. We missed you. Stay with us. We need your reflections. Seamus
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    From National Museums Scotland: Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see one of the most important documents in Scottish history – the Declaration of Arbroath.

    June 3 2023
    Paddy Ferry
    Eddie, I am surprised you didn't mention why Adrian IV was able to grant Ireland to Henry II. In those days the Popes "owned" the world after the first Christian Emperor, Constantine, gifted the world to Pope Sylvester after his miraculous cure from leprosy. I suppose he -- Constantine -- felt it was the least he could do -- The Donation of Constantine!!
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    Brendan Hoban: Pomp and ceremony belong in another era                    

    May 30 2023
    Paddy Ferry
    Another excellent article, Brendan, thank you. I do remember you describe the Burke Mass at Knock on this site in the early days of the ACP. I thought you had watched on TV. Anyway, "..the flamboyant cappa magna (great cape) of violet silk; the pre-Mass disrobing of the celebrant of his cardinal’s clothes; and the re-robing in medieval-type vestments, all of which was attended by a retinue of exclusively male clerics surrounding him with crosses and candles." How could anybody with a modicum of intelligence -- common sense, even -- ever imagine that such embarrassing nonsense could have anything to do with the simple message of love from a humble carpenter's son. Or that it could, in any way, help restore the standing or credibility of our discredited church. "They enlarge their tefillins and lengthen their tassels" (MT 23.5) You mention John Charles McQuaid and "his" retinue of clerical underlings. Fintan O'Toole tells a great story in his excellent book, "We Don't Know Ourselves". Fintan was an altar boy in his parish of St. Bernadette's on Clogher Road in Dublin. He was walking along the road one morning on his way to the church to serve at the requiem Mass of the deceased PP. Fr. Joseph O'Connor when he saw this grand Humber Pullman limousine parked outside the church and a man in a grey uniform kneeling on the cold pavement and leaning in towards the interior of the car. Then he saw two dainty feet poking out from the passenger compartment. These two dainty feet belonged to non other than Archbishop John Charles McQuaid and the poor chauffeur was on his knees polishing his shoes. How royal these guys must have felt. It is said that Prince Charles always had someone put toothpaste onto his toothbrush. I wonder did one of his underlings do the same for John Charles. You mention the winter years of John Paul and Benedict and what very bleak winter years they were! The piece from the NCR, recommended by an ACP subscriber, on the influence of the extreme right wing zealots -- culture warriors -- who lead some dioceses in America is well worth a read. And we should never forget who appointed these outrageous men and the damage they have caused.
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    America Magazine: We can have both: Due process for accused priests and justice for sex abuse survivors

    June 3 2023
    Sean O'Conaill
    In some cases false allegations of abuse can occur in cases of 'Munchausen by proxy' - i.e. the seeking of sympathetic attention by claiming illness in someone else, e.g. a child. It stands to reason that there could also be cases of false allegation from someone with a variant of Munchausen itself, the claiming of an illness or injury in oneself, for the very same reason of gaining attention - in that case not from medics but from the police. It's also called 'factitious disorder' - a tendency to invent circumstances that will evoke sympathy for and attention to oneself. See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1029260/ Even in cases where false allegation occurs merely out of malice, or in an attempt to extort, the person suffering false allegation is in a position very close to that of Jesus himself and needs to remember this. To have suffered a medieval theology that does not interpret the crucifixion as an expression of solidarity with all true victims, but as due to the Father's 'dissatisfaction', must add to the torture, by making false allegation an utterly lonely and inexplicable experience. Everyone in ministry these days therefore needs to read James Cone's 'The Cross and the Lynching Tree' - an account of how African American theology came to see the cross as God's identification with those lynched on the basis of false allegation. The Creed badly needs to be recited from that perspective also - as a prayer for resilience - and not as a recital of 'six impossible things before breakfast'. Its essence was composed not by theological fundamentalists but by people in danger of being accused of treason for calling Jesus 'Lord' (instead of Caesar) and of cannibalism in a secret ritual known as the Eucharist.
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