March 25 The Annunciation of the Lord
March 25 The Annunciation of the Lord 1st Reading: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 King Ahaz refuses to ask a sign of the Lord; Isaiah promises a child to be called Immanuel…
Year: 2022
This Evening!!! ACI Zoom with Linda Hogan – Human Rights and the Challenges for the Church – Thursday March 24th
Human Rights and the Challenges for the Church LINDA HOGAN More than ever, the intersection between human rights and religious traditions and their importance in a global context remains…
24 March 2022 – Thursday of Week 3 of Lent
24 March 2022 – Thursday of Week 3 of Lent Optional Memorial: St Macartan (1) Jeremiah 7:23-28 Life’s highest goal is obedient response to God But this command I gave…
Chris McDonnell: A cold coming we had of it…
A cold coming we had of it TS Eliot Journey of the Magi Chris McDonnell MARCH 18 2022 “A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of…
Séamus Ahearne: Burning bushes, burning cars…revelations
REVELATIONS THE BURNING BUSH I was walking along on Sunday morning, by the Tolka, trying to disentangle my unruly mind. The wonder of the transfiguration was dangling before me. The…
23 March 2022 – Wednesday of Week 3 of Lent
23 March 2022 – Wednesday of Week 3 of Lent Optional Memorial: St Turibus of Mongrovejo (1) Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 God’s people have clear duties and a high destiny So…
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…
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…
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