Presider’s Page for 28 September (Ordinary Time 26)
God’s love is displayed for us in the life and death of Jesus. We rejoice in this love, and celebrate the victory over sin and death won for us. As a community, we praise God’s holy name.
Liturgy
The Presider’s Page for Sundays. Suggested introduction to the Mass; prayers of the Faithful. Also, Resources for Weekdays and Sundays (the Readings plus homily ideas).
Young people and the Liturgy
I was never too happy with herding the entire school community into a church for a beginning of year or end of year liturgical extravaganza.
A youth liturgy group was set up; not a children’s liturgy group, by the way, as the members range in age from sixteen to the mid twenties. This group was given the responsibility of organizing liturgies on five or six occasions during the liturgical year.
Presider’s Page for 21 September (Ordinary Time 25)
God’s ways are not our ways. God’s love and generosity are beyond our understanding. We acknowledge all God has done for us, and ask for the grace to grow into God’s likeness.
Presider’s Page for 14 September (Exaltation of the Holy Cross)
The Exaltation or Triumph of the Cross is celebrated each year on 14 September, when a church marking the site of the crucifixion was first dedicated in Jerusalem, in the year 335. We honour the cross today and reflect on its meaning in our lives.
Statement on the Synod, Association of Catholic Priests
Statement issued by the Association of Catholic Priests on the forthcoming Synod on the Family.
Presider’s Page for 23rd Sunday (7 September)
Opening Comment We gather as God’s family, concerned for each other, supporting one another in sadness and joy. The challenge of living as part of the Christian family is laid…
Ordinary Time, 22nd Sunday (31 August)
We gather to praise God and to ask for help and grace. We know the difficulties that can come when we try to live the right way. Often the road of life is like the way of the cross.
Catholic church must welcome ‘unconventional couples,’ top Italian bishop says.
Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service, reports in the NCR that Bishop Nunzio Galantino, leader of the Italian Bishops Conference, said that “that everyone should ‘feel at home’ in the church, and especially at Mass — including migrants, the disabled, the poor and those in unconventional relationships.”
Head of Vatican liturgy office moved back to Spain
Anthony Ruff OSB reports in praytellblog.com on what could be interesting times for the Congregation for Divine Worship.
Ordinary Time, 21st Sunday (24 August)
This Sunday’s worship brings us into the presence of the God whose mystery we can never comprehend. All we have comes from the Lord, and we can only bow down in awe, and bring forward the praise that is due to the Almighty.
Issues arising from the revised English of the Roman Missal
Thanks to Eugene Kennedy for providing this account of a study day organised by the Catholic Theological Society of Great Britain, with invited speakers, including both Roman Catholics and Anglicans, in Spring 2012 dealing with issues arising from the revised English of the Roman Missal.
Ordinary Time, 20th Sunday (17 August)
Everyone is welcome in God’s house, everyone who loves God’s name. We gather to experience the warmth of this embrace.
Assumption of the BVM (Friday 15 August)
On the feast of the Assumption, Catholics worship God who brought Mary to the glory of heaven this day. Celebrate her Assumption is a tangible reminder that the resurrection of Jesus brings victory over death for all who believe.
Ordinary Time, 19th Sunday (10 August)
We gather to celebrate our beautiful God, who was revealed to Elijah as a gentle breeze and who calmed the storm on the lake. We are grateful that this God takes our fears away and gives rest to our souls.
Ordinary Time, 18th Sunday (3 August)
Great wonders are proclaimed in today’s Liturgy. God’s love and God’s care for humanity are made manifest.
Ordinary Time, 17th Sunday (27 July)
God has given us many gifts, including the promise that we will share in Christ’s glory. We give thanks for these treasures, as we continue on our journey to the fullness of the kingdom of heaven.
Ordinary Time, 16th Sunday (20 July)
Christians are called together by the Spirit of God on this and every Sunday, to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. The Spirit teaches us to pray, and moves us to glorify the Lord’s name.
Ordinary Time, 15th Sunday (13 July)
Christians gather this Sunday as pilgrims on a journey, asking God to keep us steadfast until we reach our eternal home. In the Spirit, let us worship God who cares for us according to our needs.
Ordinary Time, 14th Sunday (6 July)
There is much good news in today’s Gospel. We’re told we can bring all our troubles to Jesus and find rest. God will make our burden light. We praise God for the care promised us.
Presider’s Page for Ss Peter & Paul (29 June)
Every year on 29 June we honour St Peter and St Paul, two ‘Founding Fathers’ of the Church. Tradition tells us that on this day, the two met and embraced before marching off toward their deaths. As we honour them now, we ask for a little of their faith and their courage
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