04 Oct 2024 – Friday of Week 26 Memorial: St Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226, founded the Friars Minor and the Poor Clares (with St Clare), suffered the stigmata. Patron of ecologists. 1st Reading: Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5 Only if Job is himself divine can he challenge God’s ways Then the Lord answered Job out of…
03 Oct 2024 – Thursday of Week 26 Optional memorial: Bl Columba Marmion, Joseph, born in Dublin in 1858, ordained in Rome in 1881, prof in Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, moved to Abbey of Maredsous, Belgium, became abbot, died 30 Jan 1923. Famous for his trilogy, Christ, the Life of the Soul; Christ in His…
02 Oct 2024 – The Holy Guardian Angels 1st Reading: Exodus 23:20-23 I am going to send an angel in front of you, to guard you on the way The Lord spoke to Moses and the people during their journey across the desert desert: ‘I am going to send an angel in front of you,…
Presider’s Page 6 Oct 2024 – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B October is Mission Month. In two weeks time we will honour the work of missionaries on Mission Sunday; throughout the month, we are reminded that we are called to ‘Go and invite everyone to the banquet’. In this Mass, we praise God’s…
01 Oct 2024 – Tuesday of Week 26 Memorial: St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, patron of missions, florists, aviators and France. 1st Reading: Job 3:1-3 Job’s anguished lament at the misfortunes heaped upon him Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. He said: “May the day of my birth perish,…
30 Sept 2024 – Monday of Week 26 Memorial: St Jerome, 340-420, translated th Bible into Latin (Vulgate), wrote commentaries on scripture. Patron of Librarians. 1st Reading: Job 1:6-22 Job’s patience is tested to the uttermost One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. The…
29 Sept 2024 – 26th Sunday (Year B) Sunday 29th September 2024 – World Day of Migrants and Refugees https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2020/09/10/world-day-of-migrants-and-refugees/ (1) Numbers 11:25-29 Moses shares his leadership of God’s People with others who have gifts of prophecy Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses, and took some of the spirit…
28 Sept 2024 – Saturday of Week 25 Optional Memorials: St Wenceslas, martyr, 905-25, Prince of Bohemia. Patron of brewers. Ss Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, All 16 martyred between 1633-7 i Nagasaki, Japan. 1st Reading: Qohelet 11:9,12:8 A wise man’s lament about the encroachments of old age Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let…
27 Sept 2024 – Friday of Week 25 Memorial: St Vincent de Paul, 1580-1660, founded the Vincentians and the Daughters of Charity. Patron of all charitable works. 1st Reading: Qohelet 3:1-11 There’s a time for everything as we go through life For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:…
Presider’s Page Sunday 1 Oct 2024 – 22nd Sunday, Cycle B All are welcome in this place: anyone who is not against us is for us. All may gather here to worship God our Saviour. • Today is World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Penitential Rite At the start of Mass, we turn to God…
26 Sept 2024 – Thursday of Week 25 Optional Memorial: Ss Cosmas and Damian, martyred in Syria. Patron of physicians. 1st Reading: Qohelet 1:2-11 There’s nothing new under the sun. Vanity of vanities Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher. Vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the toil at which…
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…
