28 Oct 2026 – Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles 1st Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22 God has appointed apostles so that his people’s needs will be served So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the…
25 Oct 2026 – 30th Sunday, (A) Our Gospel celebrates the great commandment of love. To love our neighbour as God does, prejudices based on race, religion or colour have to go. The revelation at Mount Sinai prompted a sense of fairness towards others, deeper than specific commandments. Jesus demonstrates a life of utterly unselfish…
18 Oct 2026 – 29th Sunday, (A) World Mission Sunday Today’s Christians are called to live in a very pluralist world, that presents us with huge challenges. Only the grace of God and the depth of our convictions will enable our faith to survive and to thrive in a secular society. But then, throughout history…
11 Oct 2026 – 28th Sunday, (A) Prisoners’ Sunday By baptism we have been called to salvation, and to take our place in the future kingdom of God. Somehow, we must get a wedding garment, so as to take our place at the wedding feast. Our eucharist recalls that invitation and prompts us to reflect…
10 Oct 2026 – Saturday of Week 27 1st Reading: Galatians 3:22-29 In Christ, all the baptized are equally children of God The scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Now before faith came, we…
09 Oct 2026 – Friday of Week 27 Optional Memorials: St Denis (first bishop of Paris and a patron of France) & his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius, beheaded and thrown into the Seine in 258, later buried at Montmartre; St John Leonardi, 1541-1609, Trent reformer, published a catechism and helped to found the Propagation of the Faith in Rome….
08 Oct 2026 – Thursday of Week 27 1st Reading: Galatians 3:1-5 Is the Spirit received by law-abidingness or by trusting faith? You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified! The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you…
07 Oct 2026 – Our Lady of the Rosary This feast commemorates the Christian naval victory over the Turks (at Lepanto 1571). Our Lady is daily honoured in the Rosary, which invites us to meditate the mysteries of the life, death and resurrection of Christ her son. 1st Reading: Acts 1:12-14 Our Lady with the…
06 Oct 2026 – Tuesday of Week 27 Optional Memorial: St Bruno, born Cologne 1033, Prof of Theology in Rheims Uni and later its head. Founded the Carthusians at La Grande Chartreuse where he died in 1101. 1st Reading: Galatians 1:13-24 Paul once persecuted the church but later met Cephas (Peter) in Jerusalem You have…
Presider’s Page for 11 October (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time) • Prisoners’ Sunday is marked today, beginning Prisoners’ Week We gather as fellow-pilgrims at this Sunday’s Eucharist, all journeying to the great banquet of heaven. In our Communion today, we get a taste of what is to come. Penitential Rite The Lord feeds us in…
05 Oct 2026 – Monday of Week 27 Optional Memorial: St Faustina Kowalska, borin in Poland in 1905, died inKrakow in 1938, a Sister of Our Lady of Mercy, she inspired the Divine Mercy movement. 1st Reading: Galatians 1:6-12 Paul’s Gospel message came to him directly from the Lord I am astonished that you are…
04 Oct 2026 – 27th Sunday, (A) The church is the choice vineyard of the Lord, planted for a noble and productive purpose. Here we can grow to maturity in the sunshine of God’s grace. But the vineyard can fall into disuse, or fail to produce the expected fruits of loving mercy. We pray that…
Presider’s Page for 4 October (27th Sunday in Ordinary Time) October 3 2026 There are reassuring sentiments for us in God’s Word, with Paul reminding us that there is no need for us to worry. If there is anything we need, we can pray for it and God’s peace will be ours. • Today is…
03 Oct 2026 – Saturday of Week 26 Optional Memorial: Bl Columba Marmion, abbot, a Dub born in 1858, ordained in Rome in 1881, Served in Dundrum, prof in Holy Cross College, Clonliffe then in 1886 entered the Abbey of Maredsous, Belgium. Became abbot in 1909, died on 30 Jan 1923 – influential spititual writer…
02 Oct 2026 – The Holy Guardian Angels 1st Reading: Exodus 23:20-23 I am going to send an angel in front of you, to guard you on the way The Lord spoke to Moses and the people during their journey across the desert desert: ‘I am going to send an angel in front of you,…
01 Oct 2026 – Thursday of Week 26 Memorial: St Thérese of Lisieux – The Little Flower, Doctor of the Church, died on 30 Sept 1897, patron of missions, florists, aviators and France. 1st Reading: Job 19:21-27 Job appeals to God to vindicate him Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my…
30 Sept 2026 – Wednesday of Week 26 Memorial: St Jerome, 340-420, translated the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate), wrote commentaries on Scripture. Patron of librarians. 1st Reading: Job 9:1-12, 14-16 God’s omnipotent control of the universe and his mysterious guidance of life When Bildad had finished speaking Job answered: “Indeed I know that…
29 September 2026 – The holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael 1st Reading: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 The vision of the Ancient One and the Son of Man, in glorious splendour As I watched, thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne, his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of…
28 Sept 2026 – Monday of Week 26 Optional Memorials: St Wenceslaus, 905-25, Prince of Bohemia, martyred by his brother. Patron of brewers. Ss Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, between 1633-37 these 16 martyrs she dtheir blood in the Nagasaki, Japan. 1st Reading: Job 1:6-22 Job’s patience is tested to the uttermost One day the heavenly…
27 Sept 2026 – 26th Sunday, (A) Jesus warns that prostitutes and tax-collectors may be closer to God than their supposed betters. Social or religious standing means little in the sight of God. The parable of the two sons, neither of whom does what he says he will do, highlights the dictum that “actions speak…
