24 July 2025 – Thursday of Week 16 Optional memorials: St Sharbel Makhlūf, ordained in 1859 at Annaya Monastery, a hermit from 1875 until his death in 1898, great devotee of the Blessed Sacrament. Also (feast in Waterford & Lismore) St Declan, pre-Patrician saint, nobleman baptised by Colman, studied in Europe, settled in Ardmore and…
23 July 2025 – Saint Bridget of Sweden Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) was a mystic also given to works of charity and founder of the Bridgettine nuns after the death of her husband, to whom she had borne eight children. She is one of the six patron saints of Europe, along with Benedict of Nursia,…
Presider’s Page for 27 July (Ordinary Time 17) July 22 2025 We can ask God for help whenever we need to, today or any day. We gather to worship God who is always concerned for us. • Today, the Sunday closest to the feast of St Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus, is the…
22 July 2025 – St Mary Magdalene 1st Reading (Option 1): Song of Songs (3: 1-4 I have found him whom my heart loves. The bride says this: On my bed, at night, I sought him whom my heart loves. I sought but did not find him. So I will rise and go through the City;…
21 July 2025 – Monday of Week 16 Optional Memorial: St Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor of the church, 1559-1619, Capuchin who preached the Counter-Reformation. 1st Reading: Exodus 14:5-18 Is it better to be slaves in Egypt than risk death in the desert? When the king of Egypt was told that the people had…
20 July 2025 – 16th Sunday (C) (1) Genesis 18:1-10 Welcoming the strangers, Abraham was really in the presence of God The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near…
19 July 2025 – Saturday of Week 15 1st Reading: Exodus 12:37-42 Israel’s escapes from Egypt is a night to commemorate The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. A mixed crowd also went up with them, and livestock in great numbers, both flocks and herds. They…
18 July 2025 – Friday of Week 15 1st Reading: Exodus 11:10-12:14 Passover is a reminder of our deliverance from slavery and death Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land. The Lord said…
17 July 2025 – Thursday of Week 15 1st Reading: Exodus 3:13-20 The name Yahweh : I am who/what I am Moses said to God, “If I come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall…
Presider’s Page for 20 July (Ordinary Time 16) As we gather, we are challenged to be hospitable, welcoming people. We worship the God who always has a welcome for us. Penitential Rite Supported by this divine care, we call to mind our own shortcomings in love: (pause) Lord Jesus, you raise us to new life:…
16 July 2025 – Wednesday of Week 15 Optional memorial: Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Readings in Lect 11:198 1st Reading: Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12 Revelation to Moses at the burning bush, at Mount Horeb/Sinai Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the desert,…
15 July 2025 – Tuesday of Week 15 Memorial: St Bonaventure, 1221-74, born in Tuscany, minister general of the Frans, Cardinal Archbishop of Albano, theologian of the Council of Lyons. 1st Reading: Exodus 2:1-15 Moses flees from the Egyptian court to the desert after killing an Egyptian A man from the house of Levi went…
14 July 2025 – Monday of Week 15 Optional Memorial: St Camillus de Lellis, 1550-1614, converted soldier, under St Philip Neri, priested and set up Servants of the sick. Patron of nurses, hospitals and the sick. 1st Reading: Exodus 1:8-14, 22 A new Pharaoh enslaves the Israelites and threatens them with extinction Now a new…
13 July 2025 – 15th Sunday (C) (1) Deuteronomy 30:10-14 To God’s chosen people the commandments are not a burden but a privelege Moses said to the people: “When you obey the Lord your God by observing his commandments and decrees that are written in this book of the law, because you turn to the…
12 July 2025 – Saturday of Week 14 1st Reading: Genesis 49:29-32; 50:15-26 Then Jacob gave his sons this charge, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors – in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave in the field at Machpelah, near Mamre,…
11 July 2025 – Saint Benedict of Nursia Benedict: c. 480-547, Abbot and 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…
10 July 2025 – Thursday of Week 14 1st Reading: Genesis 44:18-21, 23-29; 45:1-5 After Judah’s report, Joseph reveals himself to his brothers Judah went up to [his brother Joseph] and said, “O my lord, let your servant please speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for…
09 July 2025 – Wednesday of Week 14 Optional Memorial: St Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions: Born in 1746 Augustine was martyred in 1815; also celebrates memorial to 119 companions martyred in China over several centuries, but especially during teh Boxer Rising. 1st Reading: Genesis 41-42 When Joseph’s brothers come to buy grain, he sends…
Presider’s Page for 13 July (Ordinary Time 15) The beautiful story of the Good Samaritan is told again at today’s Mass, with its challenge to us to look after others, as the Good Samaritan did. We gather to worship God who showed us what love means. Penitential Rite We take a moment to call mind…
08 July 2025 – Tuesday of Week 14 Optional Memorial: St Killian, from Mullagh, Kilmore Diocese. Left with 11 others and became the Apostle of Thuringia and eastern Franconia. Put to death with Kolonat and Totnan in 689. Big devotion to him in Würzburg, where his remains are, and throughout Bavaria. 1st Reading: Genesis 32:23-33…
