25 Sept 2024 – Wednesday of Week 25 1st Reading: Proverbs (30:5-9 In praise of moderation and sobriety Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, or else he will rebuke you, and you will be found a liar. Two…
24 Sept 2024 – Tuesday of Week 25 1st Reading: Proverbs (21:1-6, 10-13) Advice about self-control from Solomon’s proverbs The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart….
23 Sept 2024 – Monday of Week 25 Memorial: St Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), priest, died 23 Sept 1968. Capuchin friar, stigmatist, confessor, friend of all who suffer. St Eunan (Adomnán) – Feast in Raphoe – born in Donegal circa 624, died in 704, Abbot in Iona, wrote a life of Colum Cille 1st Reading:…
22 Sept 2024 – 25th Sunday (Year B) (1) Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 The cruelty of the wicked against the just The godless say to themselves, “Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us…
21 September 2024 – Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist 1st Reading: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 The Church is one body, under the leadership of the apostles I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience,…
20 September 2024 – Friday of Week 24 Memorial: Kim Taegon Andrea, martyr. Kim (1821, 1846) was the first Korean-born Catholic priest and is the patron saint of Korea. His parents were converts and his father was martyred for practising Christianity.Kim was ordained a priest in Shanghai then returned to Korea to preach and evangelise….
Presider’s Page for 22 September (Ordinary Time 25) We gather to remember the passion and death of Jesus, and to celebrate his resurrection with joy. He calls us to move beyond rivalry and conflict, to be true followers of the Christian way. Penitential Rite As we enter into the celebration, we call to mind the…
19 Sept 2024 – Thursday of Week 24 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 The Gospel Paul preached as the basic faith of the Church I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast,…
18 Sept 2024 – Wednesday of Week 24 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 Paul’s hymn to charity, as the supreme virtue Earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way…. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy…
17 Sept 2024 – Tuesday of Week 24 Optional memorials: St Robert Bellarmine, SJ, 1542-1621, bishop and doctor of the church. Patron of catechists. St Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179, musician, composer, writer and mystic; also a church reformer. 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31 Many gifts, all at the service of the community, the body of Christ…
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…
