- Written by: Joseph O’Hanlon
ACTA COMMENTARY
OUR SUNDAY LECTIONARY
The Year of Mark
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B: YEAR OF MARK
- Written by: Chris McDonnell
It is seven years since the Tablet published the letter from Derek Reeve and a number of fellow priests under the headline A Call to Action. The name stuck and ACTA was established the following year when we gathered at Heythrop College for what proved to be our inaugural meeting.
- Written by: Chris McDonnell
Chris McDonnell CT Friday March 02 2018.
What happens when a Charity, respected world-wide, is found to be flawed, when something has gone wrong, what are the consequences? That is the situation that Oxfam has been facing in recent days; how should we react?
- Written by: Joseph O'Hanlon
ACTA COMMENTARY
OUR SUNDAY LECTIONARY Download >>> FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B
The Year of Mark
Since the instructions given for the Sunday Readings in the Introduction to the Lectionary are somewhat confusing, the option I have chosen is to comment on the first two readings as given for the Sundays of Lent in the Year of Mark. The Gospels for the 3rd to the 5th Sundays are taken from the Year of Matthew, following the suggestion made in the Introduction §97. So the readings for the Fourth Sunday are:
- Written by: Alex Walker
Chrism Mass
The Bishops’ Conference has received confirmatio from the Holy See of a new translation of the Order of Blessing the Oil of Catechumens and of the Sick and of Consecrating the Chrism. The text has been sent to bishops and will be used at diocesan Chrism Masses this Holy Week. The oils are blessed before the beginning of the Paschal Triduum on Maundy Thursday evening so that they may be used for the celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil. As the main prayers are a rich resource for liturgical catechesis these texts are available for download, as is the translation of the hymn O Redemptor and some notes on the celebration.