22 March 2022 – Tuesday of Week 3 of Lent
22 March 2022 – Tuesday of Week 3 of Lent (1) Daniel 3:25, 34-43 Nebuchadnezzar admires the miraculous escape of the young Jews Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose…
Month: March 2022
Pope Francis promulgates Apostolic Constitution on Roman Curia ‘Praedicate Evangelium’
Pope Francis promulgates Apostolic Constitution on Roman Curia ‘Praedicate Evangelium’ Pope Francis promulgates the text of the Apostolic Constitution ‘Praedicate Evangelium’, which gives a more missionary structure to the Roman…
21 March 2022 – Monday of Week 3 of Lent
21 March 2022 – Monday of Week 3 of Lent Optional Memorial: St Enda (1) 2 Kings 5:1-15 Naaman the Syrian takes the prophet’s advice and is cured of leprosy…
Presider’s Page for 20 March (Third Sunday of Lent)
Today, as we gather to listen to the Lenten call to repentance, we worship our God of kindness who, like a patient gardener, always gives people a second chance.
20 March 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Lent, Year C
20 March 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Lent, Year C (1) Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15 God pities his people in Egypt and will free them, through Moses Moses was keeping the…
Synod: Listening is key…
Bishop Denis Nulty affirms that listening to people’s experience of faith and Church at local level is a key first step on the Synodal pathway… An invitation to get involved….
March 19 – Saint Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin
March 19 – Saint Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin 1st Reading: 2 Samuel 7:4-6, 12-14, 16 From King David’s offspring will come the universal spiritual King But that same…
Brendan Hoban: Sooner or later, Putin must be confronted.
Sooner or later, Putin must be confronted. Western People 15.3.2022 ‘Not too many people know that’ is a phrase attributed to the film actor, Michael Caine. Applying it to a…
18 March 2022 – Friday of Week 2 of Lent
18 March 2022 – Friday of Week 2 of Lent Optional Memorial: St Cyril of Jerusalem (1) Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13 17-28 Jacob’s sons envy their brother Joseph, and sell him…
The Pope’s Prayer for Ukraine – in English and Italian
The Pope’s Prayer for Ukraine – in English and Italian Pope Francis prays for Ukraine From America Magazine via Pádraig McCarthy, also with Italian original. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2022/03/16/pope-francis-prayer-ukraine-242607 VATICAN CITY (CNS) —…
Bi-lingual Presider’s Page for Thursday 17 March (Lá Fhéile Pádraig)
We pause from our lenten penances in Ireland, to honour Patrick, our national apostle. In our celebration of this solemn feast, we worship God, creator, redeemer and sanctifier, who brought our ancestors into the Christian fold through the preaching of St Patrick.
17 March: St Patrick, Patron of Ireland
17 March: St Patrick, Patron of Ireland 1st Reading: Amos 7:12-15 Amos is called by God to be a prophet Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to…
Lá Fhéile Pádraig – Happy St Patrick’s Day
Croagh Patrick with Westport in the foreground Lá Fhéile Pádraig – Happy St Patrick’s Day St Patrick’s Breastplate I bind unto myself today the strong name of the Trinity by…
Pope to Russian Patriarch: ‘Church uses language of Jesus, not of politics’
Pope Francis holds a video call with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to discuss the war in Ukraine, and calls on Church leaders to use the language of Jesus, not that…
16 March 2022 – Wednesday of Week 2 of Lent
16 March 2022 – Wednesday of Week 2 of Lent (1) Jeremiah 18:18-20 In desperate straits, Jeremiah pins his hope on God “Come, let us decide what to do with…
First German Catholic diocese allows women to perform baptisms
America Magazine reports: BERLIN (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen has become the first in Germany to allow women to perform baptisms, citing a lack of priests. The…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘Get a Bit of God Into Us’
It’s only words and words are all I have (Maurice Gibb) Kingfishers: I went down to the Tolka this morning (Sunday). No one else had ventured out. The park and…
15 March 2022 – Tuesday of Week 2 of Lent
15 March 2022 – Tuesday of Week 2 of Lent (1) Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 A call to personal conversion, to remove our sins from God’s sight Hear the word of…
Chris McDonnell: The Stark Choice Before Us
The stark choice before us Chris McDonnell March 12th 2022 La Croix International Tanks in the city streets. Blocks of flats on fire. Wrecked and burnt-out trucks, twisted metal and…
14 March 2022 – Monday of Week 2 of Lent
14 March 2022 – Monday of Week 2 of Lent (1) Daniel 9:4-10 Daniel’s prayer of shame and repentance I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying,…
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