Parish News & Events
800th Anniversary of the Canonisation of Laurence O’Toole – homily of Archbishop Farrell
(Also available at https://dublindiocese.ie/st-laurence-o-toole-eu-normandy/) “The Lamb … will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. Our faith is gospel, it is good news. “The Lamb will be...
LAY MINISTRY SUNDAY 17/18 MAY
The Lay Ministry Appeal will be held on the weekend of May 17/18
Election of Pope Leo XIV – statement of Archbishop Farrell
Also available at https://dublindiocese.ie/election-of-leo-xiv/) Today with joy I offer my prayerful good wishes to Pope Leo XIV who has been elected as Bishop of Rome and the 267th successor of St Peter. Pope Leo brings a wealth of experience to his new role as the...
BOOK OF CONDOLENCES
A book of condolences for the late Holy Father Pope Francis has been opened at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. It can be signed on weekdays from 10am to 3pm.
CARLO ACUTIS MASS CANCELLED
The canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis, previously scheduled for this Sunday, April 27, has been postponed by the Holy See. Consequently the Mass that had been scheduled for this Sunday afternoon in the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, City Quay, has also...
Reflection on Today’s
Gospel Reading
Tuesday, Fifth Week of Easter
In the first reading we find Paul and Barnabas putting fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith. One of the ways they put fresh heart into the disciples was by calling forth pastoral leaders from among them, ‘elders’, whom they commended to the Lord with prayer and fasting. The ministry of encouragement, of putting fresh heart into one another, as people of faith remains a vital ministry today. The temptation to discouragement can be quite strong in these times, so this ministry of encouragement is all the more vital. In the gospel reading we find Jesus exercising this ministry of encouragement. It is the setting of the last supper. Jesus’ disciple are troubled and afraid, aware as they are that Jesus is about to leave them. Jesus reassures them that he is going to the Father, the one who sent him into that world. This journey to the Father is an expression of his love for the Father and the world. His journey there will enable him to serve his disciples in a new and more powerful way. As a result of his return to the Father, he will be able to share his own peace with his disciples, the peace of Easter, a peace the world cannot give. Jesus is showing them that his leaving them is to their advantage, a reason for encouragement. It will result in his putting fresh heart into them, through the Holy Spirit. Our own leave takings, in their various forms, can often be a source of new life for ourselves and others. Today’s readings remind us of our baptismal calling to share in the ministry of encouragement that Jesus, as well as Paul and Barnabas, so powerfully exercised.
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