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April 17, 2021. Saturday of the Second Week of Easter
Saturday of the Second Week of Easter 1st Reading: Acts 6:1-7 Selection and ordination of the church’s first deacons Now during those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. And the twelve called together the whole […]
April 16, 2021. Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Friday of the Second Week of Easter 1st Reading: Acts 5:34-42 Gamaliel prudently advises his colleagues against condemning Jesus’ followers a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time. Then he said to […]
Review: Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs by Seán McDonagh
Far East magazine Book Review: Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs Columban missionary Fr Seán McDonagh is renowned for his leadership on climate change and care for the earth. His latest book explores ‘Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs’. To give you a sense of its prophetic insights, we are reproducing a review […]
April 15, 2021. Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter 1st Reading: Acts 5:27-33 What Peter and the apostles told the Jewish council When they had brought them, they had them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them, saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem […]
Diary Date: ACP Zoom with James Alison Tues 27 April 7.00pm
14Apr Diary Date: ACP Zoom with James Alison Tues 27 April 7.00pm ACP will host a Zoom presentation with James Alison on Tues 27th April at 7.00pm. Meeting ID and Passcode will be provided nearer the date. James Alison is a Catholic Priest, theologian and author. He earned his doctorate from the Jesuit Faculty in […]
April 14, 2021. Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter 1st Reading: Acts 5:17-26 The Temple police arrest the apostles, but without violence Then the high priest took action; he and all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), being filled with jealousy, arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But […]
Root and Branch Zoom: 2.00pm TODAY – Thomas O’Loughlin
13Apr Root and Branch Zoom: 2.00pm TODAY – Thomas O’Loughlin Zoom Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81459650736?pwd=YVYzMkhkUEg0dmt3aDJoSElvRGFDQT09#success This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 at 11:42 am and is filed under Home Page. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is […]
April 13, 2021. Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter 1st Reading: Acts 4:32-37 The sharing spirit among the early Christians Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. With great power the apostles gave […]
Brian Eyre asks: Who Am I?
WHO AM I ? I am a catholic priest who has also received the sacrament of matrimony. I am not an ex-priest. Since getting married I have continued to do evangelisation with Basic Christian Community groups, with prayer groups and with human promotion groups. I am not a priest who has left the church and […]
April 12, 2021. Monday of the Second Week of Easter
Monday of the Second Week of Easter 1st Reading: Acts 4:23-31 The first Christian community prays for help to survive the threatened persecution After they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. When they heard it, they raised their voices together to […]
Pádraig McCarthy – An Easter Reflection: Descent of Christ to the Dead
11Apr Pádraig McCarthy – An Easter Reflection: Descent of Christ to the Dead ACP member and Dublin priest Pádraig McCarthy writes: Now that our second Covid Easter week has launched, I’d like to suggest an inspiring reflection on the spirituality and significance of Easter. It’s a Holy Saturday reflection from our parish of the Ascension […]
Presider’s Page for 11 April (Second Sunday of Easter)
Opening Comment Even though Easter Week is now behind us, today’s liturgy is still filled with the joyful effects of Jesus’ resurrection. We continue to celebrate that great event for the next six weeks, until Pentecost Sunday on 23 May, the fiftieth and final day of Easter. Alternative Opening Prayer (from 1998 ICEL Missal) God […]
April 11, 2021. Second Sunday of Easter. Divine Mercy Sunday
Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday 1st Reading: Acts 4:32-35 Total sharing, among the first Christians Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. With great power the apostles gave their […]
April 10, 2021. Easter Saturday
Easter Saturday 1st Reading: Acts 4:13-21 Risking their lives, Peter and John tell what they have seen and heard Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized them as companions of Jesus. When they saw the man who had […]
April 9, 2021. Easter Friday
Easter Friday 1st Reading: Acts 4:1-12 Peter’s belief that there is salvation in no one else but Jesus While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them, much annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming that in Jesus there is […]
April 4, 2021. Easter Day of the Lord’s Resurrection
Easter Day of the Lord’s Resurrection 1st Reading: Acts 10:34, 37-43 Peter and the other apostles are witnesses to the resurrection Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of […]
March 31, 2021. Wednesday in Holy Week
Wednesday in Holy Week 1st Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9 The Suffering Servant trusts in God for rescue The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The […]
March 22, 2021. Monday of Week 5 in Lent
Monday of the fifth week of Lent 1st Reading: Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 31-62 Susanna and the elders In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim. He had married Susanna daughter of Hilkiah, a woman of great beauty; and she was God-fearing, because her parents were worthy people and had instructed their daughter in the Law […]
Sunday March 21, 2021. Fifth Sunday of Lent
Fifth Sunday of Lent First Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34 The new covenant, written on the human heart The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when […]
March 20, 2021. Saturday in Week 4 of Lent
Saturday of the fourth week of Lent 1st Reading: Jeremiah 11:18-20 The Just One is led like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter It was the Lord who made it known to me, and I knew; then you showed me their evil deeds. But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. […]
March 19, 2021. St Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1st Reading: 2 Samuel 7:4-6, 12-14, 16 From king David’s offspring will come the universal spiritual King But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a […]
March 18, 2021. Thursday of Week 4 of Lent
Thursday of the fourth week of Lent 1st Reading: Exodus 32:7-14 Though his people rebel, Moses begs another chance for them The Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; they have been quick to turn aside from the way […]
March 17, 2021. St Patrick’s Day
St Patrick Bishop, Principal Patron of Ireland 1st Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-9 Go and say whatever I command you and do not fear The word of the Lord was addressed to me, saying,“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;before you came to birth I consecrated you;I have appointed you as prophet to the […]
March 14, 2021. Fourth Sunday of Lent
Fourth Sunday of Lent (1) 2 Chronicles 36:14-23 For their sins the people were exiled to Babylon. But God’s mercy will bring them back All the leading priests and the people also were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abomination of the nations; and they polluted the house of the Lord that he had consecrated in […]
