1st Reading: Isaiah (49:1-6) The Lord called me before I was born; in my mother’s womb he named me Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me. He made my mouth like a…
1st Reading: 2 Chronicles (24:17-25) King Joash murders the son of the priest who had saved his life After the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and did obeisance to the king; then the king listened to them. They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and served the…
1st Reading: 2 Kings (11:1-4, 9-18, 20) Athaliah seized the crown by violence. When she is executed, the covenant is renewed When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family. But Jehosheba, King Joram’s daughter, Ahaziah’s sister, took Joash son of Ahaziah, and stole him…
1st Reading: Sirach 48:1-14) The miracles of Elijah… He will introduce the messianic era Elijah arose, a prophet like fire, and his word burned like a torch. He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few in number. By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and…
(The Irish Martyrs (Memorial) 1st Reading: 2 Kings (2:1, 6-14) After crossing the Jordan, Elijah is taken up to heaven, and his mantle falls to Elisha When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to him, “Stay here;…
1st Reading: 1 Kings (21:17-29) Ahab is blamed for murdering Naboth; then he repents The word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying: Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria; he is now in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession. You shall say…
1st Reading: 1 Kings (21:1-16) After condemning poor Naboth, King Ahab seized his precious vineyard Later the following events took place: Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. And Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, so that I may have it for a vegetable…
Throughout these summer months, trees, plants and grasses grow and flourish.Our faith is also to grow and flourish during these Sundays of Ordinary Time. The green vestments worn signify continuing growth in faith.
• Today is celebrated as Father’s Day, so in the Mass we remember and pray for the fathers of our community.
1st Reading: Ezekiel (17:22-24) It is God who plants and makes fruitful, who raises up and humbles Thus says the Lord God: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I…
1st Reading: 1 Kings (19:19-21) Elijah chooses Elisha as his attendant and successor Elijah set out and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was ploughing. There were twelve yoke of oxen ahead of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle over him. He left the oxen, ran…
1st Reading: 1 Kings (19:8-16) Elijah’s encounter with God, at the cave on Mount Horeb Elijah got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there….
1st Reading: 1 Kings (18:41-46) Elijah predicts the rain that ends the drought Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of rushing rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; there he bowed himself down upon the earth…
1st Reading: 1 Kings (18:20-39) Elijah’s faith in the living God is confirmed by fire from heaven Ahab sent to all the Israelites, and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. Elijah then came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God,…
1st Reading: 1 Kings (17:7-16) The widow of Zarephath provides Elijah with water and bread After some time the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there; for I have commanded…
1st Reading: Acts (11:21-26; 13:1-3) The zealous beginnings of the church in Antioch The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw…
Now that Easter and all the feasts that follow it have been celebrated, the journey through the Sundays of the year starts again. From now until next Advent, we will listen to St Mark’s Gospel most Sundays, and discover Jesus through the eyes of Mark, whose account was the first to be written.
Moral evil is too widely provable to dismiss it as merely a religious notion. It can thrive because so many choose to ignore its existence. Like the Psalmist, we recognise it in ourselves and seek forgiveness. 1st Reading: Book of Genesis 3:9-15, 20) Enmity between the serpent and the woman; its offspring and hers The…
1st Reading: Romans (12:1-2; 9-13) Offer to God your spiritual worship I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that…
1st Reading: Hosea (11:1-4, 8-9) God’s love for His people is portrayed in warm, emotional terms Hear the word of the Lord, O people. ‘When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more I called them, the more they went from me. Yet it was I…
1st Reading: 2 Timothy (2:8-15) Remenber and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David – that is my gospel, for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. Therefore I endure…
