Christus Resurrexit! Alleluia!!
Christ is Risen! Alleluia!!
With joy we greet our listeners this third Sunday of Easter and continue to wish everyone a joyous Easter as Christians continue to celebrate the good news of the Resurrection!
In addition from west Limerick we celebrate the first day of Summer in Ireland on the ancient Celtic festival of Bealtaine (May Day) which is the start of the month of May, which in the Latin Catholic tradition is a month dedicated to Mary.
On this weeks podcast we are beginning a partnership with the WhatGoodNews.org website and with Fr Adrian Graffy to reflect and share about the Acts of the Apostles.
We have our run through the saints of the week and a few other liturgical odds and ends. Of course we also have our reflection on the gospel from John this week continuing the account of the appearances of the risen Jesus to the community of followers and this week the appearance on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!
Acts of the Apostles
One New Testament book is reserved for Easter Day and the following fifty days until Pentecost, and is never otherwise read publicly in Catholic Sunday or weekday liturgies. This book is The Acts of the Apostles.
We share with our listeners the first of two part introduction to this particular book of the bible presented by Fr Adrian Graffy. Fr Adrian Graffy is the parish priest at the Catholic Church of Christ the Eternal High Priest, Gidea Park, and is also a Scripture scholar and member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. He directs the website WhatGoodNews.org which is a website containing an extensive collection of audio and video recordings of study days and faith talks. Many of the study days were given as part of the evangelisation outreach of the Catholic Diocese of Brentwood, England.
As part of sharing the resources available on WhatGoodNews.org we wish to mentionn to supporters of the website and in particular to Independent Catholic News, the Diocese of Brentwood, and the Catholic Biblical Federation.