22 Oct 2024 – Tuesday of Week 29 Optional memorial: St John Paul II, pope, from 1978-2005. Visited Ireland in 1979. 1st Reading: Ephesians 2:12-22 God has broken down all barriers, to form one new people Remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to…
21 Oct 2024 – Monday of Week 29 1st Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10 We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work…
20 Oct 2024 – 29th Sunday (Year B) – Mission Sunday (1) Isaiah 53:10-11 God’s faithful Servant bears the world’s sins and sorrow; but he will prosper in the end It was the will of the Lord to crush his servant with pain. When he make his life an offering for sin, he shall see…
19 Oct 2024 – Saturday of Week 28 Optional Memorials: Ss John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jagues, priests, and Companions, martyrs – all Jesuits, slain by the Huron and Iroquois Indians in 1647/8. St Paul of the Cross, 1694-1775, founded the Passionists in Rome. 1st Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23 May God enlighten your vision to see the hope you…
18 Oct 2024 – St Luke, Evangelist 1st Reading: 2 Timothy 4:10-17 Only Luke is with Paul, at this final stage in his imprisonment Do your best to come to me soon, for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia….
17 Oct 2024 – Thursday of Week 28 Memorial: St Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr, died at Rome circa 107. 1st Reading: Ephesians 1:1-10 God chose us in Christ before the world began, to be holy in his sight Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who…
16 Oct 2024 – Wednesday of Week 28 Optional Memorials: St Hedwig, 1174-1243, devoted to charitable works; St Margaret Mary, 1647-90, visionary who revived devotion to the Sacred Heart; St Gall, monk of Bangor who accompanied Columbanus to the continent, lived in a hermitage which later became the monastery of St Gallen. He died circa 630. 1st Reading: Galatians…
Presider’s Page for 20 Oct 2024, 29th Sunday, Mission Sunday This year’s Mission Sunday theme is a reminder of our duty to “Go and invite everyone to the banquet”. The theme, from the parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22:9, is given to us by Pope Francis, who reminds us that the least of…
15 Oct 2024 – Tuesday of Week 28 Memorial: St Teresa of Avila, 1515-82, patron Spain. 1st Reading: Galatians 5:1-6 In Christ Jesus, circumcision no longer counts; only faith acting through love For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Listen! I, Paul,…
14 Oct 2024 – Monday of Week 28 Optional Memorial: St Callistus 1, became pope in 217, died at the hands of a mob in 222. 1st Reading: Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1 Through faith we are born free. It was for liberty that Christ freed us It is written that Abraham had two sons, one…
13 Oct 2024 – 28th Sunday (Year B) – Prisoners Sunday (1) Wisdom 7:7-11 Solomon praises Wisdom as more precious than gold, silver, health, or beauty Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called on God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her to sceptres and thrones, and I…
12 Oct 2024 – Saturday of Week 27 1st Reading: Galatians 3:22-29 In Christ, all the baptized are equally children of God The scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Now before faith came, we…
11 Oct 2024 – Friday of Week 27 Optional Memorials: St John XX111, pope, 1881-1963, called the Second Vatican Council; St Canice, abbot, c 527, Derry, died in 603. Built a church in Aghaboe, Ossory, replaced centuries later by his church in Kilkenny. 1st Reading: Galatians 3:7-14 Justification is by faith, made available through the…
10 Oct 2024 – Thursday of Week 27 1st Reading: Galatians 3:1-5 Is the Spirit received by law-abidingness or by trusting faith? You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified! The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you…
09 Oct 2024 – Wednesday of Week 27 Optional Memorials: St John Henry Newman, priest, Ss Denis, bishop and Companions, martyrs, beheaded in 258. Denis, the first bishop of Paris is one of the patrons of France. St john Leonard, 1541-1609, supported the reforms of Trent, helped to found the Propagation of the Faith. 1st Reading: Galatians 2:1-2,…
08 Oct 2024 – Tuesday of Week 27 1st Reading: Galatians 1:13-24 Paul once persecuted the church but later met Cephas (Peter) in Jerusalem You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. I advanced in Judaism beyond many…
October 07. Our Lady of the Rosary This feast commemorates the Christian naval victory over the Turks (at Lepanto 1571). Our Lady is daily honoured in the Rosary, which invites us to meditate the mysteries of the life, death and resurrection of Christ her son. 1st Reading: Acts 1:12-14 Our Lady with the apostles and…
Presider’s Page 13 Oct 2024 – 28th Sunday, Cycle B On our journey through life, we pause here for a while, to offer worship and praise. We remember God’s goodness and ask for the gift of wisdom as we continue to hurry towards the Kingdom. • Today is Prisoners’ Sunday Penitential Rite As we enter…
06 Oct 2024 – 27th Sunday (Year B) (1) Genesis 2:18-24 God intends man and woman to become one flesh Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of…
05 Oct 2024 – Saturday of Week 26 Optional Memorial: St Faustina, 1905-38, Polish born, a Sister of Our Lady of Mercy, inspired teh Divine Mercy throughout the world. 1st Reading: Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 After Job stops complaining, he is blessed more than before Then Job answered the Lord: “I know that you can…
