33rd Sunday Ordinary Time – Bidding Prayers
As we move into the darker times of the year, the readings at Mass remind us more and more of the the end of time, and the glory awaiting believers. We trust that God stays with us always.
As we move into the darker times of the year, the readings at Mass remind us more and more of the the end of time, and the glory awaiting believers. We trust that God stays with us always.
Gerry Moloney analyses the pressures many priests experience today and their causes, reflecting on the recent tragic death of a Mayo priest.
Peter McVerry imagines a parish where everyone’s needs are met, in which everyone felt loved and valued and respected, no-one was marginalised or made to feel unwanted, where everyone’s views were listened to with respect and discussed in love and tolerance: the Kingdom of God on earth
I was at this last year, and it was a lovely event. A good way to start Advent
Rosaline Redican believes everyone should be invited to receive from the chalice at every Mass and asks why the bishops have not followed through with their teaching in 1998 that this should be the case.
Jo O’Sullivan attended the first meeting of the ACI (Association of Catholics in Ireland) on Sat 10 November. When the meeting was disturbed by a man worried about the direction the movement was aking, she found herself reflecting on her own view of the Church
Seamus Ahearne appeals to ACP members to take responsibility for the church at local level
The Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI)’s first general meeting took place on 10 November after the ACP’s AGM at the Regency Hotel in Dublin
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.
Fr James Martin SJ has written a ‘New Serenity Prayer’ — recommended to ACP and ACI members, bishops etc.
Conalo, a columnist in the Carlow Nationalist, sees the pope’s recent wearing of the pre-Vatican II fanon as indicative of a culture with the Church that is determined to ignore the spirit of the Second Vatican Council: a hierarchy that refuses to engage is another indication.
(First published in the Carlow Nationalist of 7 November 2012)
A forum to be held in Dennehy’s Cross Church in Cork will address the next steps to be taken towards reform in the Irish Church
Ted Schmidt gives a strong reaction to the Irish Bishops’ refusal to meet with the ACP. His comments were first published on 6 November, in his blog, Theology in the Vineyard
Brian Fahy asks priests to consider how well we speak to our gathered people at Mass. A former teacher of homiletics, he asks how important public speaking is in the training of priests today.
Tony Hoey, an Irishman living in England, invites members to sign his petition for married priests. He explains why he set up his website.
This account, prepared by the Leadership Team, describes the efforts at dialogue which the ACP have attempted with the Irish Bishops.
Introduction (by the Presider): The Lord has worked marvels for us, so we bring forward our prayers with confidence 1. For all who suffer, in mind, body or spirit, that…
The meeting on Friday, Nov. 9th with Peter McVerry speaking at the Regency Hotel begins at 7.30pm.
Sean McDonagh reports on the AGM of the Austrian priests’ initiative, Pfarrer, at which he represented the ACP and conveys the thoughts of Fr. Helmüt Schueller, one of Pfarrer’s leaders.
Fr Sean McDonagh and Fr Donal Dorr will shortly launch books that focus on Christians’ relationships with our planet earth
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