To facilitate those taking holidays in Ireland, the presider’s pages for the rest of the summer season have now been published.
They can be found under the LITURGY tab at the top of this page and then under the sub heading LITURGY PREPARATION and also under ARTICLE CATEGORIES heading to the right of this page, both in the “Editor’s choice” and “Presider’s Page” sections.
• The ACP wishes presiders and liturgy teams a restful summer.
‘Whatever you do at all, do it for the glory of God.’ The words are St Paul’s, from today’s second reading. We gather here to give glory to God, praying for the sick, marking the Day of Prayer for Temperance and preparing for the Lenten Spring.
This hour of worship brings us into the presence of the God whose mystery we can never comprehend. All we have comes from the Lord, and we can only bow down in awe, and bring forward the praise that is due to the Almighty.
We gather to praise God and to ask for help and grace. We know the difficulties that can come when we try to live the right way. Often the road of life is like the way of the cross.
Words matter. What we say has an effect on others, for good or ill. Our words can bring peace or make war. As we pray to use our words well, we pray also for the world to be spared from the madness of war in Europe.
Report on a recent meeting of the Leadership of the ACP.
John the Baptist is the focus of the Gospel reading on the Second Sunday of Advent each year. His words challenge and inspire. We worship God who uses many messengers…
I want to learn the word of God more