Presider’s Page for 13 December (Advent 3 – Gaudete)
Traditionally, today is called Gaudete Sunday, which means ‘a day for rejoicing.’ The reason for celebration is that the day of the Lord’s coming is nearer.
13/12. 3rd Sunday of Advent
Like to post some homily-notes? See below. 1st Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18 Jerusalem rejoices because salvation is near and God himself will protect his people Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away the judgments against you, he has turned away…
12/12. Saturday in Week 2 of Advent
Our Lady of Guadalupe, optional memorial 1st Reading: Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11 Lyrical praise of Elijah, whose prophetic word burned like a torch Then 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…
11/12. Friday in Week 2 of Advent
Saint Damasus, optional memorial 1st Reading: Isaiah 48:17-19 If you kept my commandments, your name would last forever Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you for your own good, who leads you in the way you should go. O that you had…
10/12. Thursday in Week 2 of Advent
1st Reading: Isaiah 41:13-20 The Lord says to his weary people, “Do not fear, for I will help you” For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Do not fear, for I will help you.” Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you insect Israel! I will…
9/12. Wednesday in Week 2 of Advent
1st Reading: Isaiah 40:25-31 Encouragement for the weary people, from God, who strengthens the powerless. To whom then will you compare me, or who is my equal? says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by…
8/12. The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady
1st Reading: Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Enmity between the serpent and the woman But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that…
7/12. Monday in Week 2 of Advent
St Ambrose, optional memorial First Reading: Isaiah 35:1-10 They shall see the glory of the Lord, and the ransomed exiles shall return to Zion The desert and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of…
Presider’s Page for 6 December (Advent 2)
It’s just one week since the season of Advent began. Our time of waiting continues. We try to prepare a way for the Lord, encountering John the Baptist, his messenger, during this Sunday’s liturgy.
6/12. 2nd Sunday of Advent
1st Reading: Baruch 5:1-9 God will level out a highway for the exiles to return The Lord says this: Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God. Put on the robe of the righteousness that comes from God; put on your…
5/12. Saturday in Week 1 of Advent
1st Reading: Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 Future days of blessed enlightenment, when the people turn aside from idolatry. Truly, O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you. Though the Lord may…
4/12. Friday, Week 1 of Advent
Saint John Damascene, optional memorial 1st Reading: Isaiah 29:17-24 A promise of good times, when deaf shall hear and blind shall see Shall not Lebanon in a very little while become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be regarded as a forest? On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a scroll,…
3rd December. Thursday in Week 1 of Advent
Saint Francis Xavier, optional memorial 1st Reading: Isaiah 26:1-6 A hymn of confidence in the Lord God .”our everlasting rock.” On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; he sets up victory like walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, so that the righteous nation that…
2nd December. Wednesday in Advent Week 1
1st Reading: Isaiah 25:6-10 “God will wipe away the tears from all faces.”– a Messianic vision of the final age. On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. And he…
1st December, 2015. Tuesday in Week 1 of Advent.
On sending us homilies, please see below. 1st Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10 They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and…
30th November. Feast of St. Andrew, apostle
1st Reading: Romans 10:9-18 How will they hear the faith, unless it be preached? If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with he heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the…
Presider’s Page for 29 November (Advent 1, C)
Advent begins today. During these days, we look forward, waiting in hope. We watch for the end times, when Christ will come in glory, Christ who was born for us just a little over 2,000 years ago.
29th November. First Sunday of Advent
On sending us homilies, please see below. Theme: Advent is a time for new thoughts, new beginnings, new projects, as we start a new year of Christian prayer and worship. The Gospel calls us to be ready to welcome Jesus as the anchor of our lives, our true Saviour, and prepare for his return at…
28th November. Saturday of Week 34
1st Reading: Daniel 7:15-27 Daniel begs for an explanation of the vision. The persecuted saints, loyal to the covenant, will receive the kingdom. As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me, and the visions of my head terrified me. I approached one of the attendants to ask him the truth concerning all this….
27th November. Friday of Week 34
First Reading: Revelation 20:1-4; 21:1-2 Those who reject the beast will reign with Christ, 1000 years. Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him…