Wednesday of Week 2 of Lent
20 March:
All true prophets face resistance. Like Jeremiah, Jesus as a troublesome challenger of the status quo..
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St Joseph, Spouse of the BVM
19 March: St Joseph, Spouse of the BVM
Joseph listened to the quiet voice which spoke to him in his sleep and generously obeyed in what was asked of him...
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Monday of Week 2 of Lent
18 March: Monday of Week 2 of Lent
Two versions, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect", and "Be merciful, as your Father is merciful"…
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Presider’s Page for Sunday 17 March (Lá Fhéile Pádraig)
As the second week of Lent begins in other countries, we pause from our lenten penances to honour Patrick, the apostle of the Irish. In our celebration of this solemn feast, we worship God, creator, redeemer and sanctifier, who brought our ancestors into the Christian fold through the preaching of St Patrick.
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17 March: St Patrick, Patron of Ireland
St Patrick, Patron of Ireland
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Saturday of Week 1 of Lent
16 March: Saturday of Week 1 of Lent
The ideals of Jesus include loving our enemy, and praying for those who make life difficult for us…
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Friday of Week 1 of Lent
15 March: Friday of Week 1 of Lent
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Thursday of Week 1 of Lent
Esther’s story illustrates : “Ask and you shall receive.” God saved her people from mortal danger… 1st Reading: Esther 4:29-42 Queen Esther’s prayer wins God’s help in a time of crisis Queen Esther, seized with deadly anxiety, fled to the Lord. She prayed to the Lord God of Israel, and said: “O my Lord, you…
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Wednesday of Week 1 of Lent
13 March: Wednesday of Week 1 of Lent
The Jonah story weaves various themes together, into a Gospel lesson in tolerance and compassion…
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Tuesday of Week 1 of Lent
12 March: Tuesday of Week 1 of Lent
Lent is a time for hearing and pondering God’s word. Carefully listening to that WORD is a lifelong task…
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Monday of Week 1 of Lent
Monday of Week 1 of Lent
To reach perfection, the whole moral landscape of our social and economic life needs shaking up..
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Presider’s Page for 10 March (Lent 1)
The 40-day pilgrimage to Easter that began on Ash Wednesday is just a few days old. We pray that God, who sustained Jesus in his 40 days of temptations and suffering, will support us on our journey also.
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10 March: 1st Sunday of Lent
1st Sunday of Lent
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Saturday after Ash Wednesday
09 March: Saturday after Ash Wednesday
When we call, the Lord will answer; in our time of need he will say, ‘Here I am.’
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Friday after Ash Wednesday
08 March: Friday after Ash Wednesday
Whoever fasts for religious purposes must not oppress employees or subjects
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Thursday after Ash Wednesday
07 March: Thursday after Ash Wednesday
By walking in his ways, you shall live. Fidelity assures the future of God’s people…
1st Reading: Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Called to fidelity. Choose life so that you may live!
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Ash Wednesday
06 March: Ash Wednesday
*We begin Lent by receiving the ashes of repentance on our foreheads, and plan to prepare well for Easter…
1st Reading: Joel 2:12-18
Return to me with all your heart. Spare your people, Lord
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Tuesday of Week 8
05 March: Tuesday of Week 8
*To touch a leper might render us ritually unclean, unfit to enter the temple. Yet in another way it links us to the Jesus who befriended lepers…
1st Reading: Sirach 35:1-12
The wise person is generous to the poor and avoids extortion
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Monday of Week 8
04 March: Monday of Week 8
*The Lord can call us beyond where we are, to grow in our relationship with him, to be more generous in our response to his presence.
1st Reading: Sirach 17:24-29
Repent from sin while you still can. The dead cannot praise God
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Presider’s Page for 3 March (Ordinary Time 8)
Words matter. What we say has an effect on others, for good or ill. God’s word to us is spoken in Jesus, the Word made flesh, in whose name we gather this and every Sunday.