Presider’s Page for 15 August (Assumption of the BVM)
We worship God who brought Mary to the glory of heaven this day. We celebrate her Assumption, the tangible reminder that the resurrection of Jesus brings victory over death for all who believe.
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14 August. Tuesday, Week 19
1st Reading: Ezekiel (2:8-3:4) The prophet eats the scroll, so he can speak the word of God The Lord said to me, “But you, mortal, hear what I say to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.” I looked, and a hand was stretched…
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13 August. Monday, Week 19
1st Reading: Ezekiel (1:1-5, 24-28) The four cherubim that carry God’s glory on the wing In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. On the fifth day of…
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Presider’s Page for 12 August (Ordinary Time 19)
We gather together as friends, called by the Lord to forgive each other as quickly as God forgives us.
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12 August. 19th Sunday
1st Reading: 1 Kings (19:4-8) Elijah is a dispirited; but revived by food and drink, he reaches the mountain of God Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life,…
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11 August. Saturday, Week 18
1st Reading: Habakkuk (1:12–2:4) The prophet questions God and learns that the just will live by faith Are you not from of old, O Lord my God, my Holy One? You shall not die. O Lord, you have marked them for judgment; and you, O Rock, have established them for punishment. Your eyes are too…
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10 August. Saint Lawrence
1st Reading: 2 Corinthians (9:6-10) Whoever sows richly will also reap richly Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows richly will also reap richly. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to…
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09 August. Saint Teresa Benedicta
1st Reading: Hosea (2:16-17; 21-22) God’s love for his people is like a husband’s love for a wife On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, “My husband,” and no longer will you call me, “My Baal.” For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be…
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08 August. Wednesday, Week 18
1st Reading: Jeremiah (31:1-7) Jeremiah foretells the reunion of Israel’s northern tribes with Jerusalem At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus says the Lord: “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought…
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07 August. Tuesday, Week 18
1st Reading: Jeremiah (30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22) After the exile the people will return home to their own land The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. For thus says the Lord: Your hurt…
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06 August. The Transfiguration of the Lord (Feast)
1st Reading: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14) Daniel sees the Ancient One giving power to the Son of Man 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 his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels…
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Presider’s Page for 5 August (Ordinary Time 18)
From the days when the Jewish people wandered in the desert to this very day, God has been food to the hungry and meaning to those who lose their way. We celebrate our Lord’s loving-kindness today.
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05 August. 18th Sunday
1st Reading: Exodus (16:2-4, 12-15) God feeds the Israelites in the desert by sending them manna and quails The whole congregation of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat…
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04 August. Saturday, Week 17
1st Reading: Jeremiah (26:11-16, 24) Jeremiah suffers opposition for his warning messages The priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the sentence of death because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.” Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials…
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03 August. Friday, Week 17
1st Reading: Jeremiah (26:1-9 ) Jerusalem will be ruined like Shiloh, Israel’s national shrine At the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came from the Lord: Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that…
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02 August. Thursday, Week 17
1st Reading: Jeremiah (18:1-6) The Lord is like a potter, forming Israel anew from clay that was earlier spoiled The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he…
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01 August. Wednesday, Week 17
1st Reading: Jeremiah (15:10, 16-21) Jeremiah’s lament and God’s encouraging reply Woe is me, my mother, that you ever bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. Your words were found, and I ate them, and your…
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31 July. Tuesday, Week 17
1st Reading: Jeremiah (14:17-22) Jeremiah laments his people’s destruction and begs God for mercy You shall say to my people this word: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter, my people, is struck down with a crushing blow, with a very grievous wound….
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30 July. Monday, Week 17
1st Reading: Jeremiah (13:1-11) A warning, through the symbol of the discarded loincloth Thus said the Lord to me, “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth, and put it on your loins, but do not dip it in water.” So I bought a loincloth according to the word of the Lord, and put it on…
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Presider’s Page for 29 July (Ordinary Time 17)
United with Christians all over the world, we acknowledge one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God as our Father. We worship as one family, and pray for greater charity and love among all the baptised.