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Séamus Ahearne: ‘Blame it on the Stones, the Rolling Stones.’ Kris Kristofferson (1978)
July 16 2025
susan+jim
JIM KIELY OSA – 30TH ANNIVERSARY: A ginormous Maith Agat, Séamus a Stór. We were there in those years of Liturgy Lived. Jim with Henry (Mc Namara) , Ignatius (Himself). Later Liam. Open Door, Open Heart. Wander into the kitchen, meet some like-minded souls, Cup of tea. W E L C O ME, writ large. I had a call from Ballinasloe during the week. A young lady in her 90s rang to remind me of Jim Kiely. Jim was 30 years dead. He was an Augustinian who worked in Drogheda and then worked with the Emigrants in London. Jim was an adventurer and a maverick. His reach took him into the haunts of the young especially where the musicians hung out. And then the young ones took their music to Church. There was an expansiveness about the Liturgies. The world of the young took their language into the Church. Their songs became the music of the Liturgy. Mass was about the people there and their world. It wasn’t the stuffy words of the Ritual. He inspired many of us. Jim was only 59 when he died. He seemed older. And now we are the old ones. However we did learn so much from him. Those were the days….
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Brendan Hoban: We are living through the Age of Unreason
July 13 2025
Mary G-B
Your assessment is right on Brendan! On the other hand, there is a tidal wave of people turning to the mystics. St John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila are being read and their blueprint for the interior life is being grasped. St. Augustine too, leaves his personal experience of discovering God within.
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Brendan Hoban: We are living through the Age of Unreason
July 13 2025
DOM
Just a thought, perhaps very many people have lost trust and confidence to governments, politicians, and church. Social media and surfing the web have contributed to the problem of where to find information that has some reliability.
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Brendan Hoban: O’Shea is a credit to Mayo people everywhere
July 11 2025
Paddy Ferry
Brendan, that’s a wonderful article. Naturally I am happy that our Jim is leading Donegal back to glory— we hope— but, none the less, none of us would begrudge Mayo an All-Ireland. Your day will come!
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Séamus Ahearne: ‘Blame it on the Stones, the Rolling Stones.’ Kris Kristofferson (1978)

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Brendan Hoban: O’Shea is a credit to Mayo people everywhere