Presider’s Page for 15 July (Ordinary Time 15)
God has blessed us in very many ways: God has showered grace upon us. During today’s gathering, we give thanks to the Lord for all we have received.
15 July. 15th Sunday
1st Reading: Amos (7:12-15) Amos is called by God to be a prophet Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there; but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.” Then…
14 July. Saturday, Week 14 1st Reading: Isaiah (6:1-8) While praying in the temple, Isaiah is called to his great prophetic ministry In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him;…
13 July. Friday, Week 14
1st Reading: Hosea (14:2-9) A call to repentance and renewal Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our…
12 July. Thursday, Week 14
1st Reading: Hosea (11:1-4, 8-9) In tender imagery, God declares motherly care for his beloved child, Israel When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. But the more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to…
11 July. St Benedict, abbot, Patron of Europe
1st Reading: Proverbs (2:1-10) The value of wisdom, devotion and fear of the Lord, so exemplified in Saint Benedict My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your…
10 July. Tuesday, Week 14
1st Reading: Hosea (8:4-7, 11-13) For their sins, they shall return to slavery in Egypt. But Hosea intercedes with God for them They made kings, but not through me; they set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction. Your calf is rejected, O Samaria….
09 July. Monday, Week 14
1st Reading: Hosea (2:16-18, 21-22) Israel will again show loving fidelity to her God On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, “My husband.” For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more. I will make for you a covenant on…
09 July. Monday, Week 14
1st Reading: Hosea (2:16-18, 21-22) Israel will again show loving fidelity to her God On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, “My husband.” For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more. I will make for you a covenant on…
Presider’s Page for 8 July (Ordinary Time 14)
As weak and sinful people, we gather to ask the Lord’s mercy. We know his grace is sufficient for us. Together, we praise and thank our God for the constant care we receive.
• (In Ireland) Today is the National Day of Commemoration of those who died in past wars or on service of the United Nations.
08 July. 14th Sunday
1st Reading: Ezekiel (2:2-5) God sends Ezekiel to tell people of their sins and call them to repentance When he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me. He said to me, “Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel,…
07 July. Saturday, Week 13
1st Reading: Amos (9:11-15) David’s dynasty will be restored, and the land will be blessed On that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen, and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old; in order that they may possess the remnant…
06 July. Friday, Week 13
Friday Week 13
05 July. Thursday, Week 13
Thursday Week 13
04 July. Wednesday, Week 13
Wednesday Week 13
03 July. St Thomas, Apostle (Feast)
1st Reading: Ephesians (2:19-21) The church is built on the foundation of the Apostles 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 apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the…
02 July. Monday, Week 13
Monday Week 13
Presider’s Page for 1 July (Ordinary Time 13)
As summer takes hold of us, we give thanks to God for all the gifts we enjoy. We rejoice in God’s saving power: death itself is in his hand and all the living depend on God alone.
01 July. 13th Sunday
1st Reading: Wisdom (1:13-15, 2:23-24) Whatever God makes is wholesome. We are meant for immortality God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison…
30 June, 2018. Sat. of Week 12
1st Reading: Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19) A survivor of Jerusalem’s destruction laments in mournful tones The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of daughter Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonour the kingdom and its rulers. The elders of…