15 April, 2020. Wednesday of Easter Week
The places we try to get away from are where the seeds of new life will be found, for God can always bring light out of darkness….
Author: Pat Rogers
Patrick Rogers, a Passionist, lectured on Holy Scripture in Milltown Institute, Dublin, 1971-2012. His website biblical.ie is meant to continue that teaching work. He serves on the Irish-language "Coiste Tréadach" for celebrating the sacraments in Irish; and helps in Mount Argus church and other parish supplies.
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14 April, 2020. Tuesday of Easter Week
We need to let ourselves be met by our risen Lord, as Mary Magdalene was. She has something to teach us about seeking the Lord even in our grief.
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Lockdown: the Holy Saturday experience
This year millions of us are locked in our homes. We are not going out to work, not going out to play, going nowhere to socialise. It is a bit like a big blank space, a shapeless empty time between BTV (‘Before the Virus’) a few weeks ago (aka ‘normality’) and ATV (‘After the Virus’) . . .
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Celebrating Good Friday locked down at home
Disciples not only pray for one another, but seek to present the needs of suffering humanity before the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here is a set of intercessions specially for this coronavirus year…
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Celebrating Holy Thursday in the home
This is not a ‘normal‘ Holy Thursday, but we may have discovered new aspects of our discipleship – and recovered long-forgotten parts of our tradition – through celebrating in this very unusual way.
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Holy Week in 2020
If you are in lockdown this Holy Thursday and Good Friday., you or someone with you will have to act as a leader in prayer if you are to actually celebrate – which is more than tuning in to a celebration – these great days.
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Guide us please, dear Office-holders
Even at this late stage, a message from the Irish Episcopal Conference would be a great help to laity and clergy alike. It would also be picked up by the media and could provide a spiritual uplift for many.
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Liturgical Texts for Smartphones
I find the section with Cemetery Prayers most useful on a rainy day, to avoid rain falling on the Funeral book.
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Our Podcast Menu
The “Podcast” category is a collection of audio-recordings germane to the aims of our Association.
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Contributing ACP Podcasts
As we discussed briefly at our AGM (30/10/2019) it’s proposed to have a Podcast category on the website, to further our aim of sharing ideas about the present and future…
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ACP Annual General Meeting 2019
Association of Catholic Priests: Annual General Meeting 2019
Wednesday, 30 October, 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
The Bounty, Dubarry Park,
2 Coosan Rd, Cornamagh, Athlone, Co. Westmeath.
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Lost for Words when God Whispers
Seamus Ahearne lets his mind (and fingers on the laptop) wander as he explores how we find God in those moments when God whispers to us. Seamus like many found inspiration from the late Fr. Tony Coote.
“Tony Coote’s ‘Walk while you can’ and his book ‘Live while you can’ stirred many of us. He put the spirit into us with his courage, his honesty and his ability to find hope. He saw God and treasure in the midst of Motor Neurone Disease. So yes. ‘Wow’ and ‘Amazing’ is sometimes all we can respond. God-moments and Good- moments are precious. Treasure them as Tony did.” -
Saints of the Month (December)
Saints in December 03 December St Francis Xavier, Priest, Missionary Born in 1506 in Navarre (Spain); died on this day in 1552 off the coast of China. Francis Xavier met…
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Saints of the Month (November)
Saints in November 01 November All Saints Day This feast began in the East to commemorate all martyrs and was progressively adopted in the West. Celebrated on this day in…
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Saints of the Month (October)
Saints in October 01 October St Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor of the Church Born at Alençon (France) in 1873; died of tuberculosis at Lisieux on 30 September…
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Saints of the Month (August)
Saints in August 01 August St Alphonsus Ligouri, Bishop, Doctor of the Church Alphonsus (1696-1787) from Marianella near Naples studied law and practiced as a lawyer until the age of…
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Invitation to supplement our homily notes
In principle, we try to upload on the website at the start of each month that month’s full quota of Mass Readings and Homily Ideas. For example, on Aug.1st, something…
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A true shepherd, Fr Pat Burke
In memory of a true shepherd … homily given by Fr. Tod Nolan, Newport, at the month’s mind for Fr Pat Burke (Westport, 25th July, 2018)
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Saints of the Month (July)
Saints in July 01 July St Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr Oliver Plunkett was born in 1625 in County Meath. He went to Rome in 1647 and was ordained in…
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Saints of the Month (June)
Saints in June 01 June St Justin, Martyr Born about 100 at Nablus (Palestine); died about 165 in Rome. After lengthy study of Greek philosophies, he acknowledged Christ as the…
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