Presider’s Page for 23 September (Ordinary Time 25)
We gather to remember the passion and death of Jesus, and to celebrate his resurrection with joy. He calls us to move beyond rivalry and conflict, to be true followers of the Christian way.
23 September. 25th Sunday
1st Reading: Wisdom (2:12, 17-20) The cruelty of the wicked against good people [The wicked say to each other], “Let us lie in wait or the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training. Let…
22 September. Saturday, Week 25
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (15:35-37, 42-49) The seed that dies rises to new, incorruptible life. Our bodies will resemble the risen Jesus But some one will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And…
21 September. St Matthew, apostle and Evangelist
1st Reading: Ephesians (4:1-7, 11-13) The Church is one body, under the leadership of the apostles I Paul, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort…
20 September. Thursday, Week 24
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (15:1-11) The passion and resurrection, as the basic faith of the Church I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered…
19 September. Wednesday, Week 24
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (12:31-13:13) The excellence of love (agapé) Earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers,…
18 September. Tuesday, Week 24
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (12:12-14, 27-31) Many gifts are meant for service to the community, the body of Christ For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized…
17 September. Monday, Week 24
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (11:17-26, 33) The Eucharistic meal can be perverted by distinctions of class and wealth But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first lace, when you assemble as a church, I…
Presider’s Page for 16 September (Ordinary Time 24)
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.
16 September. 24th Sunday
1st Reading: Isaiah (50:5-9) The redemptive suffering servant was not rebellious. did not turn away from sacrifice The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward. I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did…
15 September. Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of Sorrows
14 September. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
13 September. Thursday, Week 23
1st Reading: 1 Corinthians (8:1-7, 11-13) Avoid causing another person to fall from grace Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if one loves God, one is known by him. Hence, as to the eating of…
12 September. Wednesday, Week 23
Wednesday, Week 23
11 September. Tuesday, Week 23
Tuesday, Week 23
10 September. Monday, Week 23
Monday, Week 23
Presider’s Page for 9 September (Ordinary Time 23)
God’s healing power was seen in the ministry of Jesus, and continues in the sacraments, in advances in medicine and in the work of the caring professions. Today we pray for strength, trusting that God will continue to show compassion to the whole world.
9th September. 23rd Sunday
1st Reading: Isaiah (35:4-7) Those who fear the future may take heart, for God will save his people Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.” Then the eyes of the…
08 September. The Nativity of Our Lady
1st Reading: Micah (5:1-4) Bethlehem, from you shall come one who is to rule in Israel But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore…
07 September. Friday, Week 22
07 September. Friday, Week 22