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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY, KILBARRACK

Divine Mercy Sunday Celebrations, Kilbarrack Church (St John the Evangelist). April 12 at 3pm with Mass and Confessions. All welcome. Bring a friend.

POPE’S APRIL PRAYER INTENTION

Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholics across the globe to join him in April in praying for priests in crisis. He released the monthly “Pray with the Pope” video on Tuesday. In his prayer, the Pope entrusted all priests into the Father’s hands, especially those going...

VOCATIONS SUNDAY: Good Shepherd Sunday – April 26th

Every vocation is an immeasurable gift for the Church and for those who receive it with joy.” – Pope Leo XIV, Message for the 63rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2026 In his message for this year’s World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Leo XIV reminds us that...

Reflection on Today’s

Gospel Reading

Saturday, Second Week of Easter

In today’s gospel reading the disciples keenly feel the absence of Jesus. He was not with them as they struggled in their boat with a strong wind and a rough sea in the darkness. As people of faith we too can feel the absence of Jesus in our own times of darkness and struggle. Sometimes our struggle can take the form of a dispute with other believers that has the potential to become divisive. This is the situation we find the early church facing in the first reading. The Greek speaking members of the still Jewish church felt they were being overlooked when it came to the daily distribution of food. The dispute was resolved when the Twelve called a meeting of all the disciples and suggested a way forward. The Twelve would focus on their ministry of prayer and preaching the gospel, and others would be selected to look after the ministry of hospitality. The proposal was approved and confirmed in prayer. The Lord came to the church in their struggle through these very appropriate human conflict resolving steps. The Lord comes to the church today as he came to the disciples on the Sea of Galilee and to the early church in Jerusalem. He often comes to us through our own efforts to resolve conflict and deal with struggle reasonably and prayerfully. The Lord will not be found wanting, but he needs us to draw on our own resources of wisdom, courage and prayer so as to create the space for him to work in a way that leads to our own personal growth in faith and to the growth of the community of believers.

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