Author: Liamy Mac Nally

Note: A seminar entitled Personal and Ancestral Healing will be held in Lady’s Island Community Centre on Saturday8th March from 10am to 4pm. Cost €40 with refreshments included. Facilitators –…

Only those who see, take off their shoes: I was grappling with Is. 6:1 plus for last weekend, and wondering what direction to go with it. I concluded that this…

Sr Joan Chittister, O.S.B., is an American Benedictine nun, theologian, author, and speaker. She has served as Benedictine prioress and Benedictine federation president, president of the Leadership Conference of Women…

“The question has to be asked as to why what is best, what demands hard work, is not the calling of every single person who takes on the job of…

Western People 4.2.2025 Everything costs something. And elections are no different. The transition from the last government to the next seemed – after a satisfying election for Fine Gael (FG)…

Sunday’s Homily is the 5th Sunday of the Year (C) – Tittle ‘Craft for Mission’: Link to homily:

A Quiet Day:   It was Bank Holiday Monday with St Brigid. She is a fine woman who has improved with age, and has been modified to fit most agendas….

Antonio Spadaro February 5, 2025 Moderators: Mr. Scorsese, please tell us about your faith. What was your experience like, from childhood to today? Martin Scorsese: When I was growing up, my parents…

Tue Feb 4th – Reflections on Postings It is now five years since the word Covid first found its way into our vocabulary and then in the blink of an…

Homily for the 4th Sunday of the year, 2 Feb 2025 – Title is ‘Presentation’.

Western People 28.1.2025 A few weeks ago, tickets for the Irish Life Dublin Half-Marathon were thrown open to the public, and less than two hours later their website announced that…

Fr Tony Flannery is a priest who has stood his ground in the past. He says Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is to be commended for standing up to Trump this…

President Trump, 1. Much like those who do not want you to be president, you do not get to decide whether a bishop’s office is legitimate. She was chosen by…

Printed in tribute to Michael Longley 27 July 1939 – 22 Jan 2025. May his gentle soul rest in peace. Ceasefire 1Put in mind of his own father and moved…

Burns Day. Thursday was the 25th January. It was Burns Day. I should have been in Scotland for a Burns Supper. His wit, his carelessness, his take on the foibles…

Maria Wiering – OSV News, January 26, 2025 (OSV News) — Vice President JD Vance questioned the motives of the U.S. bishops’ criticism of President Donald Trump’s new immigration policies…

Tues 28th Jan – The Curse of Perfectionism When we think back on the religion of our childhood much teaching centered around the pursuit of perfectionism. As a child serving…

The Prodigal Poet’s lyrics explore themes of salvation, damnation and the eternal quest for truth. By Luke Larson Last December’s Oscar-nominated film A Complete Unknown tells the story of how the budding…

A little bit of drama… THE TRAP EMPTY SPACE… ARENA. “IN THE ROUND” OR A STAGE IN A HALL… 0R TO ONE SIDE IN A CHURCH… JESUS IS NEITHER SEEN…

Western People, 21.01.25 It’s a busy time. Hard to keep up with everything. First, a new government with more of the same though garnished with some unexpected dressing in the…