13 Aug 2022 – Saturday of Week 19 Optional Memorials: Ss Pontian and Hippolytus; St Facthna (Ross, feast), founder of Ross Carbery monastery, West Cork. 1st Reading: Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13, 30-32 Each individual is responsible to God, for his or her own actions The word of the Lord came to me: What do you mean…
Presider’s Page for 14 August (20th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Following Jesus may not bring us happiness in this life, but we are challenged to follow him nevertheless. We come together to worship our gracious God and to ask for help in our Christian life this week. Penitential Rite We begin by calling to mind…
12 Aug 2022 – Friday of Week 19 Optional Memorials: St Jane de Chantel (Congregation of the Visitation); St Muredach (Killala, feast); St Attracta (Achonry, feast); St Lelia (Liadain). 1st Reading: Ezekiel 16:1-15 Israel is like a baby girl, neglected but later espoused and loved by God The word of the Lord came to me:…
11 Aug 2022 – Thursday of Week 19 Memorial: St Clare, 1193-1253, founder of the Poor Clares. 1st Reading: Ezekiel 12:1-12 Ezekiel mimes going into exile, as a warning to the people The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to…
10 Aug 2022 – St Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr Readings: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 111:1-2, 5-9, R/ v5. John 12: 24-26 St Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr He died at Rome on this day in 258, four days after Saint Sixtus II, with whom he was closely associated. Honoured for his almsgiving. Became, after the apostles, the…
9 Aug 2022 – Tues – Feast of Sister Teresa Benedicta (1891-1942) (Edith Stein), Patron of Europe Also St Nathy (Achonry), St Felim (Kilmore). 1st Reading: Hosea 2:16-17; 21-22 God’s love for his people, Israel, is like a husband’s love for a wife On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, “My…
8 Aug 2022 – Monday of Week 19 Memorial: St Dominic, 1170-1221, founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). 1st Reading: Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28 The vision of the four cherubim, bearing God’s glory on the wing On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin), the…
7 Aug 2022 – 19th Sunday (C) (1) Wisdom 18:6-9 Learn from the Exodus: God will save us from all dangers That night was made known beforehand to our ancestors, so that they might rejoice in sure knowledge of the oaths in which they trusted. The deliverance of the righteous and the destruction of their…
Presider’s Page for 7 August (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time) August 5 2022 We are challenged by today’s Gospel to stand ready for our Master’s return, in triumph at the end of time, or more immediately, in the least of his brothers and sisters. We gather to worship God who sustains us all the days…
Sat 6 Aug 2022 – The Transfiguration of the Lord Theme: Three apostles were privileged to witness the inner life of Christ, revealed to them in splendour 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…
5 Aug 2022 – Friday of Week 18 Optional Memorial: Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major. This basilica, erected by Pope Sixtus III (432-440) on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, in honour of the Holy Mother of God, is the oldest church in the west dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. 1st…
4 Aug 2022 – Thursday of Week 18 Memorial: St John Mary Vianney – Curé d’Ars 1st Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34 The new covenant will not be inscribed on rock but on the flesh of the heart; all will know the Lord and be forgiven their sins The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when…
3 Aug 2022 – Wednesday of Week 18 1st Reading: Jeremiah 31:1-7 Jeremiah foretells the joyful reunion of Israel’s northern tribes with Jerusalem At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus says the Lord: “The people who survived the…
2 Aug 2022 – Tuesday of Week 18 Optional Memorial: St Eusebius of Vercelli 1st Reading: Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 After the exile the Israelites will return home to their land The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words…
1 Aug 2022 – Monday of Week 18 Optional Memorial: St Alphonsus Ligouri, 1696-1787, founder of the Reds and popular preacher. 1st Reading: Jeremiah 28:1-17 By word and gesture Jeremiah predicts the end of his people’s exile In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the fifth…
1 Aug 2022 – Monday of Week 18 1st Reading: Jeremiah 28:1-17 By word and gesture Jeremiah predicts the end of his people’s exile In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, from Gibeon,…
