DOUBT
What! I get back to Jerusalem to find ye –
changed…
different almost…
quiet… dazed…
well nigh in shock…
Jesus… What about him?.. What?!
Back… back from the dead?.. Huh!
Look, I’ll tell ye! The day he comes
through those locked doors…
stands here among us… undoes his tunic…
shows us the marks of the nails
in his hands and feet and –
Thomas!
What?
Behind you…
Coming Wood You Believe Healing Seminars: with Jim Cogley & Luba Rodzhuk: *Croí Nua Galway Fri 7th Nov 7-9.30pm & Sat 10am-4pm: Booking Croí Nua. *Edmund Rice Centre Callan – Healing…
Pope to Bishops: Consecration of Russia and Ukraine ‘to implore peace’ Pope Francis sends a letter to all Catholic Bishops ahead of the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the…
Seamus Ahearne reviews Forbidden: Fruit Life and Catholicism in Contemporary Ireland
by Declan Henry.
“I think his Book could be a serious challenge for Reflection during these times. As a Church, we have much to do. to face a new world and to find a new place in that world.”
Sean Ó Conaill: Retired teacher of high school history and author. Now editing here (personal website) and on acireland.ie – and campaigning for immediate implementation of Article 37 of Vatican…
Pope Leo XIV meets with Lebanese civil authorities in Beirut as he begins his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon, urging the country’s young people to speak “the language of hope,” which…
‘I happened to be standing.’ (Mary Oliver) For the birds: Nine ducks were sleeping at the side of the pond at the Tolka this morning. Another appeared as if on…
Dear Editors of parish newsletters,
In your wisdom – and flair! – find a nook or cranny
for my wee piece… next issue or at Easter?..