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.
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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….
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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…
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26th November. Thursday of Week 34
1st Reading: Daniel 6:12-28 Daniel is saved from the lion’s den; the king recognizes Yahweh as deliverer and saviour, working signs and wonders in heaven and on earth Then they approached the king and said concerning the interdict, “O king! Did you not sign an interdict, that anyone who prays to anyone, divine or human,…
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25th November. Wednesday of Week 34.
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, optional memorial 1st Reading: Daniel 5:1-6 etc While Belshazzar was drinking from the temple vessels stolen from Jerusalem, the writing appears on the wall and Daniel interprets its meaning King Belshazzar made a great festival for a thousand of his lords, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the…
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24th November. Tuesday of Week 34.
Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and co., optional memorial 1st Reading: Daniel 2:31-45 In a vision, Daniel sees four kingdoms destroyed by a stone falling from the mountain, which proceeds to fill the whole earth “You were looking, O king, and lo! there was a great statue. This statue was huge, its brilliance extraordinary; it was standing…
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23rd November. Monday of Week 34
St. Columban, optional memorial 1st Reading: Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 For keeping God’s laws, Daniel and his companions are more respected than all magicians and counselors in the Babylon In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. The Lord let King Jehoiakim…
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Presider’s Page for 22 November (Christ the King)
We celebrate the feast of Christ the King today, acclaiming Jesus as our king, the one who died for us and rose triumphant. We offer praise and worship — and ask for the grace to live as worthy citizens of his kingdom of justice, truth, love and peace.
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22nd November. Christ the King of the Universe
On sending us homily-outlines, see below A Kingdom of Justice, Love and Peace Christ is portrayed at the end of time handing over the kingdom to God the Father. Our Preface repeats this, describing this kingdom as one of truth and life, holiness and grace, justice, love and peace….. 1st Reading: Daniel 7:13-14 Glorious vision…
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21st November. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1st Reading: Zechariah 2:14-17 Rejoice, O daughter Zion! For I will dwell in your midst Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! For lo, I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord. Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord on that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in…
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20th November. Friday of Week 33.
1st Reading: 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 The temple is purified and rededicated, at the first ever celebration of the feast of Hannukah Then Judas and his brothers said, “See, our enemies are crushed; let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and dedicate it.” So all the army assembled and went up to Mount Zion….