Presider’s Page for 30 September (Ordinary Time 26)
All are welcome in this place: anyone who is not against us is for us. All may gather here to worship God our Saviour.
30 September. 26th Sunday
1st Reading: Numbers (11:25-29) Moses shares the leadership with others who share in his prophetic gift Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But…
29 September. Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael
Some of the angels have distinctive names to denote their special service to mankind.. Michael means “Who is like God?” Gabriel is “The Strength of God;” and Raphael is “God’s Remedy. Perhaps today we might each honour our Guardian Angel. 1st Reading: Daniel (7:9-10, 13-14) The splendour of the Ancient One.. and the glorious Son…
28 September. Friday, Week 25
Friday, Week 25
27 September. Thursday, Week 25
Thursday, Week 25
26 September. Wednesday, Week 25
Wednesday, Week 25
25 September. Tuesday, Week 25
Tuesday, Week 25
24 September. Monday, Week 25
Monday, Week 25
Presider’s Page for 23 September (Ordinary Time 25)
We gather to remember the passion and death of Jesus, and to celebrate his resurrection with joy. He calls us to move beyond rivalry and conflict, to be true followers of the Christian way.
23 September. 25th Sunday
1st Reading: Wisdom (2:12, 17-20) The cruelty of the wicked against good people [The wicked say to each other], “Let us lie in wait or the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training. Let…
22 September. Saturday, Week 25
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (15:35-37, 42-49) The seed that dies rises to new, incorruptible life. Our bodies will resemble the risen Jesus But some one will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And…
21 September. St Matthew, apostle and Evangelist
1st Reading: Ephesians (4:1-7, 11-13) The Church is one body, under the leadership of the apostles I Paul, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort…
20 September. Thursday, Week 24
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (15:1-11) The passion and resurrection, as the basic faith of the Church I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered…
19 September. Wednesday, Week 24
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (12:31-13:13) The excellence of love (agapé) Earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers,…
18 September. Tuesday, Week 24
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (12:12-14, 27-31) Many gifts are meant for service to the community, the body of Christ For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized…
17 September. Monday, Week 24
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (11:17-26, 33) The Eucharistic meal can be perverted by distinctions of class and wealth But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first lace, when you assemble as a church, I…
Presider’s Page for 16 September (Ordinary Time 24)
In our journey through life we walk the path Jesus walked, so it is hard for us to escape suffering, no more than he could. We remember his suffering and death, knowing that it brought him glory and that it will do the same for us.
16 September. 24th Sunday
1st Reading: Isaiah (50:5-9) The redemptive suffering servant was not rebellious. did not turn away from sacrifice The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward. I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did…
15 September. Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of Sorrows
14 September. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross