16 Sept 2024 – Monday of Week 24 Optional Memorial: Ss Cornelius, pope and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs. 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:17-26, 33 The Eucharistic meal can be profaned by divisions based on class and wealth In the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the…
15 Sept 2024 – 24th Sunday (Year B) (1) Isaiah 50:5-9 The suffering servant did not rebel or turn aside The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward. I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I…
14 September 2024 – The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 1st Reading: Numbers 21:5-9 When the serpents bit the people, the statue of a bronze serpent brought them healing The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is no…
13 Sept 2024 – Friday of Week 23 Memorial: St John Chrysostom, 347-407, one of the four Great Doctors, the ‘Golden-Mouthed’ Preacher was Archbishop of Constantinople. Patron of preachers. 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27 Paul’s total dedication to his preaching ministry If I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For…
12 Sept 2024 – Thursday of Week 23 Optional Memorials: The Holy Name of Mary (Lect 11:1438; 1435; 1444.) St Ailbe (Feast in Cashel & Emly), Pre-Patrician? Yet his death is noted in 528. Ordained bishop in Rome by the pope, set up a monastery in Emly. A 9th century Rule bears his name. 1st Reading:…
Presider’s Page for 15 September (Ordinary Time 24) In our journey through life we walk the path Jesus walked, so it is hard for us to escape suffering, no more than he could. We remember his suffering and death, knowing that it brought him glory and that it will do the same for us. Penitential…
11 Sept 2024 – Wednesday of Week 23 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:25-31 Christians are free to marry or not, but remember anyway that this world is passing About the unmarried, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. I think that…
10 Sept 2024 – Tuesday of Week 23 Optional Memorial: St Peter Claver, SJ, 1580-1654, born in Verdú, Catalonia, worked in Colombia among the slaves in Catagena, where he is reported to have baptised more than 300,000. 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 A people saved by Jesus must have high standards of love and respect…
09 Sept 2024 – Monday of Week 23 Memorial: St Ciarán, (Feast in Clonmacnoise) Roscommon born circa 512, founded Clonmacnoise in 545, died aged 33 while the monastery was being built. 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 Applying church discipline to a scandalous case (incest) It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and…
08 Sept 2024 – 23rd Sunday (Year B) (1) Isaiah 35:4-7 Take courage, for God will save his people Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.” Then the eyes of…
07 Sept 2024 – Saturday of Week 22 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:6-15 By his his lifestyle and manner, Paul seeks to win back the loyalty of the Corinthians I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written,…
06 Sept 2024 – Friday of Week 22 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 As God’s servant, Paul must not be judged by mere human judgment This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. But…
05 Sept 2024 – Thursday of Week 22 Optional Memorial: St Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on 26 Aug 1910, in Macedonia to a financially comfortable Albanian family. When she was 18, Agnes left home and joined the Sisters of Loreto in Rathfarnham, Ireland for a year before moving to Darjeeling,…
04 Sept 2024 – Wednesday of Week 22 Memorial: St Mac Nissi (Feast in Down & Connor), claimed that St patrick taught him the psalms and baptised him. Chose a hermitage in the Connor area and died early in the sixth century. 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Avoiding envy and strife; collaboration should marks God’s…
Presider’s Page for 8 September (Ordinary Time 23) God’s healing power was seen in the ministry of Jesus, and continues in the sacraments, in advances in medicine and in the work of the caring professions. Today we pray for strength, trusting that God will continue to show compassion to the whole world. Penitential Rite At…
03 Sept 2024 – Tuesday of Week 22 Memorial: St Gregory the Great, 540-604, Prefect of Rome, monk and pope, patron of musicians. 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 If taught by the Spirit of God we can judge rightly and know our inmost self These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For…
02 Sept 2024 – Monday of Week 22 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Paul came to them in a weakened state, but still preached with the power of the Spirit When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided…
01 Sept 2024 – 22nd Sunday (Year B) (1) Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 Listening to God’s word brings life and wisdom Moses said to the people: “So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the…
31 Aug 2024 – Saturday of Week 21 Optional Memorial: St Aidan of Lindisfarne, bishop and missionary, a monk of Iona of Irish descent, set up in Lindisfarne with the support of King Oswald. Died in 651. 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 God chose the world’s despised, so that our wisdom, justice, and holiness would…
30 Aug 2024 – Friday of Week 21 Optional Memorial: St Fiacre, monk, passed through Normandy, met Faro, patron of Irish pilgrims at Meaux. Fiacre was given a hermitage near Breuil where he died in 670. 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 The mystery of the cross is wiser and stronger than us My brothers and…
