Presider’s Page for 19 May (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
We gather to praise God who raised his son Jesus from the dead. We celebrate this victory over sin and death, and pray for enthusiasm as we try to pass on the Good News.
Sunday Resources
The Mass Readings (from NRSV; Psalms from the Grail translation) plus some homily ideas prepared by Fr Pat Rogers. The Sunday AUDIO-files are a collaboration between Pat and Fr Bernard Cotter, who prepares the Presider’s Page.
Church should accept gay people as they are
Brian Fahy shares the lesson of accepting people as they are, which he learned from his late wife Margaret. He wishes the church would learn to accept all its gay members as they are — drawing on the story of the Prodigal Son to illustrate his message.
Is the Budget a topic for a homily on the Good News?
Pádraig McCarthy believes the Budget should figure in priests’ homilies and queries the silence of official church voices
Reflection on Mothering Sunday 2012
Mary O’Vallely sent in this beautiful reflection for Mother’s Day
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