22 July 2022 – Feast of St Mary Magdalene 1st Reading (Option 1): Song of Songs (3: 1-4 I have found him whom my heart loves. The bride says this: On my bed, at night, I sought him whom my heart loves. I sought but did not find him. So I will rise and go…
21 July 2022 – Thursday of Week 16 Optional Memorial: St Lawrence of Brindisi, 1559-1619, a Counter-Reformation man. 1st Reading: Jeremiah 2:1-2; 7-8; 12-13. They dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water The word of the Lord came to me, saying: Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the…
20 July 2022 – Wednesday of Week 16 Optional Memorial: St Apollinaris, Bishop of Classis, martyred in the second century. 1st Reading: Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10 The prophet’s vocation to speak God’s word The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. The word of the…
19 July 2022 – Tuesday of Week 16 1st Reading: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 Israel’s God is always faithful and forgiving Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock that belongs to you, which lives alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the…
18 July 2022 – Monday of Week 16 1st Reading: Micah 6:1-4, 6-8 Micah’s famous summary of the Torah: on walking humbly with your God Hear what the Lord says: ‘Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.’ Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and you enduring…
17 July 2022 – 16th Sunday (C) (1) Genesis 18:1-10 Welcoming the strangers, Abraham was really in the presence of God The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near…
As we gather, we are challenged to be hospitable, welcoming people. We worship the God who always has a welcome for us. Penitential Rite Supported by this divine care, we call to mind our own shortcomings in love: (pause) Lord Jesus, you raise us to new life: Lord, have mercy. Lord Jesus, you forgive us…
16 July 2022 – Saturday of Week 15 Optional Memorial: Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Readings: Zec 2:14-17; Ps Lk 1:46-55, R/ v49; Mt 12:46-50. 1st Reading: Micah 2:1-5 When the wealthy covet and steal the lands of others, their own land will fall to their captors Alas for those who devise wickedness and…
15 July 2022 – Friday of Week 15 Memorial: St Bonaventure, 1221-74, born in Tuscany, Minister General of the Franciscans, Cardinal Archbishop of Albano, Theologian of the Council of Lyons. 1st Reading: Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22 King Hezekiah is cured of illness; as a sign of full health God turns the sun’s rays backward In those…
14 July 2022 – Thursday of Week 15 Optional Memorial: St Camillus de Lellis, 1550-1614, a rough tempered gambling soldier who was converted, priested and worked with the sick. Patron of nurses, hospitals and the sick. 1st Reading: Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19 A prayer of quiet confidence, awaiting the dawn of God’s justice The way…
13 July 2022 – Wednesday of Week 15 Optional Memorial: St Henry, 973-1024, Duke of Bavaria, later emperor – reformer. 1st Reading: Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16 Assyria was used to punish Israel but later was discarded for interfering with God’s plans for his people Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger, the club in their hands…
12 July 2022 – Tuesday of Week 15 1st Reading: Isaiah 7:1-9 During a national crisis people must first turn to a deeper faith in God In the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel went up to…
11 July 2022 – Feast of St Benedict, Patron of Europe 1st Reading: Proverbs 2:1-10 The value of wisdom, devotion and fear of the Lord, so exemplified in Saint Benedict My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to…
The beautiful story of the Good Samaritan is told again at today’s Mass, with its challenge to us to look after others, as the Good Samaritan did. We gather to worship God who showed us what love means. Penitential Rite We take a moment to call mind ways we have failed to show love: (pause)…
10 July 2022 – 15th Sunday (C) (1) Deuteronomy 30:10-14 To God’s chosen people the commandments are not a burden but a privelege Moses said to the people: “When you obey the Lord your God by observing his commandments and decrees that are written in this book of the law, because you turn to the…
9 July 2022 – Saturday of Week 14 Optional Memorial: Ss Augustine Zhao Rong (+1815) and 119 Companions, martyred in China over several centuries. 1st Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 While praying in the temple, Isaiah is called to his great prophetic ministry In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a…
8 July 2022 – Friday of Week 14 Optional Memorial: St Kilian, born in Mullagh, Co Cavan (Kilmore). Became the apostle of Thuringia and eastern Franconia. Put to death in 689. Strong devotion to him in Würzburg, where his remains lie, and throughout Bavaria. 1st Reading: Hosea 14:2-9 A call to repentance and renewal Return,…
7 July 2022 – Thursday of Week 14 Optional Memorial: St Maelruain (Maolruain), founded the monastery of Tallaght, Dublin in 774 – part of the Célí Dé reform movement. 1st Reading: Hosea 11:1-4, 8-9 In tender imagery, God declares motherly care for his beloved child, Israel When Israel was a child, I loved him, and…
6 July 2022 – Wednesday of Week 14 Optional Memorials: St Maria Goretti; St Monnine of Killeavy, founded a community at…
5 July 2022 – Tuesday of Week 14 Optional Memorial: St Anthony Zaccaria 1st Reading: Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13 As penalty for their sins, they shall return to slavery in Egypt They made kings, but not through me; they set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their…
