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…
29 Aug 2024 – The Passion of St John the Baptist 1st Reading: Jeremiah 1:17-19 Like Jeremiah, we must speak out against domineering rulers But as for you, [Jeremiah], gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not break down before them, or I will break you before…
28 Aug 2024 – Wednesday of Week 21 Memorial: St Augustine, 354-430, Bishop of Hippo, huge theological influence on the Church, especially on the understanding of God’s grace. Patron of theologians. 1st Reading: 2nd Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18 Disciples of Christ should work for their living and live at peace with others Now we command you,…
Presider’s Page for 1 September (Ordinary Time 22) As we move from summer to autumn, we praise God who sustains us all year round. We ask for help with new undertakings and perseverance with continuing projects, knowing that nothing will work well without God’s grace. • Today is World Day for the Care of Creation,…
27 Aug 2024 – Tuesday of Week 21 Memorial: St Monica, 332-87, converted her husband Patricius to the faith, and also ger son, St Augustine. Patron saint of Mothers. 1st Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3, 14-17 Do not be unduly excited about the second coming of the Lord As to the coming of our Lord Jesus…
26 Aug 2024 – Monday of Week 21 1st Reading: 2nd Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12 By their faith and love, the name of Jesus Christ is glorified Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and…
25 Aug 2024 – 21st Sunday (Year B) (1) Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18 When they reach the Promised Land, will they serve the true God? Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. Then Joshua said…
24 Aug 2024 – Saint Bartholomew, Apostle 1st Reading: Revelation 21:9-14 The City of God has 12 gates, representing the 12 apostles Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the…
