On this weeks programme, the SS102fm team take a slight back seat as we avail and publicise the news resource from catholicireland.ie - Faithcasts. In addition to the Faithcast we have our regular reflection on the Sunday gospel as well as some liturgical odds and ends.
Next week we return to normal SS102fm show with an interview with participants at recent Youth2000 events.
You can listen to the podcast of this weeks SS102fm full programme HERE.
Faithcast - Episode 23 - July 20th 2017
Faithcast is the weekly podcast from catholicnews.ie, the news source for the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference. Presented by Brenda Drumm, Faithcast is a mixture of interviews and news snippets from the Catholic Church in Ireland.
In episode 23 of Faithcast, Brenda speaks to Brian Hanley of the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas about concerns over delays in the repatriation of Irish people in prison overseas. Brenda also hears from Sadie and Jason, two young people who share their reasons for signing up as volunteers for next year’s World Meeting of Families 2018 in Dublin.
The faith news this by the devastating hunger crisis in east Africa; Archbishop Eamon Martin’s wish for ‘a New Pentecost in Ireland’; the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage; and, Bishop Éamonn Walsh’s letter to The Irish Times newspaper in which he expresses his concern about alcohol’s grip on Irish society.
Gospel - Matthew 13:44-52
Jesus said to his disciples:
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,which a person finds and hides again,and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchantsearching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price,he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashoreand sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteousand throw them into the fiery furnace,where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth."Do you understand all these things?" They answered, "Yes." And he replied,"Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heavenis like the head of a householdwho brings from his storeroom both the new and the old."
Reflections on this weeks gospel:
Word on Fire
English Dominicans
Sunday Reflections
Centre for Liturgy
Liturgical odds & ends
Liturgy of the Hours - Psalter week 1; 17th week in Ordinary time
Saints of the Week
July 31st - St Ignatius of Loyola
August 1st - St Alphonsus Liguori
August 2nd - St Peter Julian Eymard
August 3rd - St Nicodemus
August 4th - St John Mary Vianney
August 5th - Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome
On this weeks programme SS102fm begins a new element in our programming by utilising the resources of catholicnews.ie weekly Faithcasts. We have our regular reflection on this weeks gospel as well as liturgical odds & ends.
You can listen to the podcast of SS102fm full programme HERE.
Faithcasts from catholicnews.ie
Faithcast is the weekly podcast from catholicnews.ie, the news source for the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference. Presented by Brenda Drumm, Faithcast is a mixture of interviews and news snippets from the Catholic Church in Ireland.
On this weeks SS102fm we have two inteviews conducted via Faithcasts for our listners.
First off we have an interview with Eoin Wrenn from Trocaire about the emergency appeal for the famine in the Horn of Africa. The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has announced that special collections at all Masses will take place across Ireland on the weekend of 22 and 23 July to fund life-saving aid for people currently affected by the devastating hunger crisis in east-Africa. The money raised will be donated to Trócaire, the overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland, which is delivering emergency food, water and health care to the 25 million people affected. Eoin Wrenn, Trócaire’s Head of Region for east-Africa, speaks to Brenda Drumm about the emergency situation in east-Africa and why there is a need for a special Church collection.
The second interview conducted by Brenda Drumm is an interview with Father Bernard McGuckian SJ conducted in May 2017 about what the beatification of Father John Sullivan means to the Jesuit family in Clongowes Wood College in Co Kildare and she learns more about the life and ministry of the new Blessed John Sullivan SJ.
You can listen to the interview with Fr Bernard excerpted from the main SS102fm programme podcast HERE.
Gospel - Matthew 13:24-30
Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying:
"The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man
who sowed good seed in his field.
While everyone was asleep his enemy came
and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off.
When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.
The slaves of the householder came to him and said,
'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field?
Where have the weeds come from?'
He answered, 'An enemy has done this.'
His slaves said to him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'
He replied, 'No, if you pull up the weeds
you might uproot the wheat along with them.
Let them grow together until harvest;
then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters,
"First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning;
but gather the wheat into my barn."'"
Reflections on this weeks gospel:
Word on Fire
English Dominicans
Centre for Liturgy
Sunday Reflections
Liturgical odds & ends
Liturgy of the Hours - Psalter week 3; 16th week in Ordinary time
Saints of the Week
July 24th - Saint Charbel Makhlouf
July 25th - St James (Apostle)
July 26th - St Joachim & Anne
July 27th - Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
July 28th - Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
July 29th - St Martha
SS102fm wants to give a plug to our readers and listeners of an interesting initiative of the Communications Office of the Irish Catholics Bishops Conference which is part of the suite of news and information provided at catholicnews.ie
Faithcast is the weekly podcast from catholicnews.ie, the news source for the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference. Presented by Brenda Drumm, Faithcast is a mixture of interviews and news snippets from the Catholic Church in Ireland.
In this weeks episode of Faithcast, Brenda speaks to Archbishop Eamon Martin about the theme of this year’s World Communications Day message ‘Communicating Hope and Trust in our Times’, in the aftermath of the Manchester terrorist attack.
She also hears from Father Bernard McGuckian SJ about what the beatification of Father John Sullivan means to the Jesuit family in Clongowes Wood College in Co Kildare and she learns more about the life and ministry of the new Blessed.
This week’s faith news focuses on:
– The launch of the volunteer and host a family programme by the World Meeting of Families 2018;
– Pope Francis going door to door to bless the homes of Catholics in a Rome suburb;
– The ‘Fan the Flame’ gathering of 2000 Confirmation children in Derry Diocese;
– Pope Francis receiving President Michael D Higgins at the Vatican
To listen to this weeks episode please click HERE.
