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We are a group of Catholics, some of whom are ordained, brought together by our love of Christ's Church and our anxiety about its future. Still inspired by the Second Vatican Council, we want to contribute fully to the life of our Church so that we may be a more effective sign of the Kingdom of God. To do this, we believe that an atmosphere of openness and dialogue both with each other and with our church leadership needs developing. Accordingly, we aim to supply channels of free and frank communication. We desire to help create a climate of trust and respect for all where this dialogue may be fostered.

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ACTA is a movement built from below by clergy and laity alike in every diocese in England and Wales. It exists to give those people an effective voice. It is an instrument to establish and promote space for a trusting dialogue within a hierarchically structured people’s Church.
 
ACTA believes that the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are the only way forward for mission to modern society. It is not a small chapel of selected followers; it believes in the Church as a “big tent”, with open doors. As a free and representative association of believers, it seeks to liberate the expertise in the ranks, so as to bring added energy and witness to the Church in the world.

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Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)

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Written by Joseph O'Hanlon
Published: 07 April 2018

ACTA COMMENTARY ACTA COMMENTARY OUR SUNDAY LECTIONARY
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER   YEAR B: YEAR OF MARK      Download: Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)

The Easter Sunday morning Mass last week featured a Gospel reading which is to be read on each Sunday in the three year cycle.  That Gospel begins with the story of Mary Magdalene’s meeting with the Risen Lord.  In the darkness of the very early morning she came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away.   She ran to Simon Peter and “the other disciple” - and there her story is suspended and we are provided with an account of the experience of the two men.  It is a very enriching story of the readers/hearers but ends in a most extraordinary sentence - so bewildering that our Lectionary omits it.   Having discovered an empty tomb and no sign of the body of Jesus, they speculate as to the meaning of the folded burial cloths, and then,

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Mary Magdalene in the Movies

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Written by Joseph O'Hanlon
Published: 02 April 2018

        ACTA COMMENTARY

 

OUR SUNDAY LECTIONARY

 

EASTER TUESDAY

 YEAR B: YEAR OF MARK

 

Mary Magdalene: In the Movies - In the Gospels

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Hollywood is not great at doing saints.  It may be that there are not many saints there and therefore not many rôle models to guide storytellers, actors, producers, and directors.  Villains are there aplenty, it would seem.  The Godfather is always going to be more attractive than The Nun’s Story.

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Easter Vigil

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Written by Alex Walker
Published: 31 March 2018

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Easter Sunday

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Written by Joseph O'Hanlon
Published: 31 March 2018

ACTA COMMENTARY

OUR SUNDAY LECTIONARY

EASTER SUNDAY

 YEAR B: YEAR OF MARK

 The reading of Passion Story according to the Gospel of St Mark ended on Good Friday with accounts of four matters that occurred after the death of Jesus.  Mark records the curtain of the Temple being torn from top to bottom, the words of the centurion, then he mentions the women who “came up with him to Jerusalem”, and, finally provides details of the burial, noting that “Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he had been laid” (15:40-47).

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Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday)

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Written by Alex Walker
Published: 24 March 2018
2011 Missal
 
Opening Prayer
 
Almighty ever-living God,
who as an example of humility for the human race to follow
caused our Saviour to take flesh and submit to the Cross,
graciously grant that we may heed his lesson of patient suffering
and so merit a share in his Resurrection.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
 
Prayer over the Gifts
 
Through the Passion of your Only Begotten Son, O Lord,
may our reconciliation with you be near at hand,
so that, though we do not merit it by our own deeds,
yet by this sacrifice made once for all,
we may feel already the effects of your mercy.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
 
Prayer After Comunion
 
Look, we pray, O Lord, on this your family,
for whom our Lord Jesus Christ
did not hesitate to be delivered into the hands of the wicked
and submit to the agony of the Cross.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.
1998 Missal
 
Opening Prayer
 
Almighty and eternal God,
when you sent our Saviour into the world,
you gave us all an example to follow:
in humble obedience he took upon himself a body like ours
and gave himself up to death on the cross.
In your mercy, grant us the grace
to learn from the example of his passion
and to share in the glory of his resurrection.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever
 
Prayer over the Gifts
 
Lord,
through the passion of your only-begotten Son
draw near to us with your forgiveness,
that we who can merit nothing of ourselves
may through the unique sacrifice of Christ
experience the healing power of your mercy.
Grant this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
Prayer After Communion
 
Lord,
you have fed us with this holy food
and, through the death of your Son,
have inspired us to hope for what our faith promises;
lead us by his resurrection
to the haven we so earnestly desire.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
 

 

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