Hearers of the Word

Notes on the Sunday and Weekday readings

Via Francigena 2024
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The notes and reflections are offered in different formats: PDF, Portable, Audio, YouTube and Podcast.

1. PDF — the full notes, including weekday introductions, 5 pages.
2. The same gospel notes only in audio format.
3. The same gospel notes presented in a portable format suitable for smartphones and tablets.
4. YouTube video: A further exploration of the Gospel (usually) from a different angle.
5. A podcast offering a fresh reflection on the Sunday Gospel (usually — occasionally based the first or second reading).

Sunday 22B24 (1 September)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 23B24 (8 September)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 24B24 (15 September)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 25B24 (22 September)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 26B24 (29 September)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

The Sunday Readings during the Synod (PDF)
Reflections to coincide with the Synod on Rome

Sunday 27B24 (6 October)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 28B24 (13 October)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 29B24 (20 October)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

30B24 (27 October)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

All Saints (1 November)
All three readings (PDF)
Gospel (Audio)
Gospel (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

From St Justin, martyr

On Sunday we have a common assembly of all our members, whether they live in the city or the outlying districts.

The recollections of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as there is time. When the reader has finished, the president of the assembly speaks to us; he urges everyone to imitate the examples of virtue we have heard in the readings. Then we all stand up together and pray.

On the conclusion of our prayer, bread and wine and water are brought forward. The president offers prayers and gives thanks to the best of his ability, and the people give assent by saying, “Amen.” The eucharist is distributed, everyone present communicates, and the deacons take it to those who are absent.

We hold our common assembly on Sunday because it is the first day of the week, the day on which God put darkness and chaos to flight and created the world, and because on that same day our saviour Jesus Christ rose from the dead.