Presiders Page 15 August (Assumption of the BVM)
We worship God who brought Mary to the glory of heaven this day. We celebrate her Assumption, the tangible reminder that the resurrection of Jesus brings victory over death for all who believe.
15th August. The Assumption of Our Lady
1st Reading: Revelation 11-12 The image of woman and dragon is applied to the Assumption Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail. A great portent appeared in heaven: a…
14th August. Friday, Week 19
Feast: Maximilian Kolbe (see below) 1st Reading: Jos 24:1-13 God’s help to Israel, from the patriarchal era to entering the Promised Land. Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to…
13th August. Thursday, Week 19
Feast: Ss Pontian, Hippolytus and Fachtna (see below) 1st Reading: Jos 3:7-10, 11, 13-17 Carrying the Ark into the Jordan allowed the people cross safely The Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with you…
12th August. Wednesday, Week 19
Feast: Ss Jane Frances de Chantal; Attracta, and Muredach (see below) 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 The great Moses dies within sight of the Promised Land. Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead…
11th August. Tuesday, Week 19
Feast: St Clare of Assisi (see below) 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 31:1-8 Before his death, Moses promises that God will lead his people into the promised land. When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, he said to them: “I am now one hundred twenty years old. I am no longer able to…
10th August. Monday, Week 19
Feast: St Lawrence, deacon and martyr (see below) 1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10 The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver….
Presiders Page 9 August (Ordinary Time 19)
This Sunday, Christians gather together as friends, called by the Lord to forgive each other as quickly as God forgives us.
9th August. 19th Sunday, Ordinary Time
1st Reading: First Book of Kings 19:4-8 Revived by food and drink Elijah reaches the mountain of God But he himself went a day’s journey into the desert, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for…
8th August. Saturday, Week 18
Feast: St Dominic (see below) 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 6:4-13 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them…
7th August. Friday, Week 18
Feast: Sts Sixtus and Cajetan (see below) 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 4:32-40 For ask now about former ages, long before your own, ever since the day that God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of heaven to the other: has anything so great as this ever happened or has its like ever…
6th August. Feast of the Transfiguration
Theme: The apostles were priveleged to witness the inner life of Christ, when his splendour was revealed to them on the holy mountain. We pray for a deeper experience of God in our own lives, and to share in his divine life. 1st Reading: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Daniel sees f the Ancient One conferring power…
5th August. Wednesday, Week 18
Dedication of the basilica of Saint Mary Major This is the largest of the Roman churches dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. It is sometimes called Our Lady of the Snows, (Sancta Maria ad Nives) from the story of a childless Roman nobleman who vowed to donate his property to the Virgin Mary and prayed her…
4th August. Tuesday, Week 18
Feast: Saint John Vianney, priest (see below) 1st Reading: Numbers 12:1-13 Despite the envy of Aaron and Miriam God appoints Moses as supreme leader of his people. While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had indeed married a Cushite woman);…
3rd August. Monday, Week 18
1st Reading: Numbers 11:4-14 A rebellion during the Exodus from Egypt The people said to one another, “Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt.” Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the Israelites. And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh,…
Presiders Page 2 August (Ordinary Time 18)
From the days when the Jewish people wandered in the desert to this very day, God has been food to the hungry and meaning to those who lose their way. We celebrate our Lord’s loving-kindness.
2nd August. 18th Sunday, Ordinary Time
1st Reading: Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 God feeds the hungry Israelites with manna and quails The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the desert. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots…
1st August. Saturday, Week 17
Our Mass Readings app installs on Android or iPhone (Feast: St Alphonsus Ligouri; see below) 1st Reading: Leviticus 25:1, 8-17 Land can never be sold or mortgaged beyond the next Jubilee year The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying: You shall count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that…