Today we celebrate the feast of the Baptism of the Lord: it’s the last day of the Christmas season. The baptism of Jesus marked the end of his quiet years in Nazareth and the start of his public ministry.
On Jordan’s banks Victimhood: The world is rotten with victimhood. Blame-culture is in vogue. Trump is a sad example. His election was stolen. He should be continuing as ‘Capo di…
We are an Adult Education Centre, located on the Dominican Campus in Sion Hill, Blackrock, Co Dublin, and our website is https://www.lumenop.ie/ On our website you can read our Mission…
Pádraig McCarthy notes that many towns are proposing to keep Christmas lights up until the beginning of February, to bring light to the darkness in lockdown. Westport has been doing it…
A sketch about God on the RTÉ New Year’s Eve Countdown Show, intended as satire, did not comply with RTÉ’s own standards and broader regulations, the organisation said today. In a statement, RTÉ said its Editorial Standards Board…
“THE CURIA IS THE POPE” is a new book that uncovers a little history, theology, and sociology, and justifies the impatience of the faithful with the self-serving bureaucracy that…
Show yourself to me Lord Chris McDonnell CT January 08 2021 We have celebrated again the feast of Nativity, the coming of the Lord into the poverty of this…
On this feast of the Epiphany we celebrate the revelation of who Christ is. The visit of the Magi from foreign lands reminds us that Jesus came as the Saviour of all nations, including ours. We worship God who wants all people to be saved.
THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY Adventurers It is a wonderful feast. It has to be properly celebrated. The dangerous temptation is that we can sentimentalise religion. We can easily get…
Interview: Dublin Archbishop-elect Dermot Farrell with Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times. Installation going ahead on February 2nd. “There’ll be no big hand-over…show papal bull (making the appointment) to College of…
Opening Comment We gather to celebrate the first Sunday of 2021, moving with gratitude into a new year of God’s grace. We thank God for the vaccines developed to protect…
Press Statement from Tony Flannery 3rd January 2021 In the last while two senior members of the Catholic Church have made statements about the position of women in the…
Seán MacDonagh’s article from The Tablet 30 Dec 2020: The year ahead: the environment “Humanity is waging war on nature. This is suicidal. Nature always strikes back – and it is already…
Association of Catholic Priests statement on RTÉ’s New Year’s Eve Programme Saturday 2nd January 2021 The ACP, on behalf of its member and Christians of all denominations, would like…
Covid-19 thrives when people are selfish Western People 29.12.2020 It was a conversation about selfishness. Grandparents and their adult children were talking about that unending topic – ‘Young people today’….
Happy New Year! On this first day of the Year of Our Lord 2021, we acclaim Mary as Mother of God and ask her to mind us and those we love during this new year. We pray that the world may be freed from COVID-19 through a global programme of vaccination. And as this is also World Peace Day, we pray for peace.
A member subscribes: There are times when I think all our efforts at calling for reform in the church are really at an amateur level when compared with those who…
Janus: Looks to the past. Looks to the future Hidden language: The Tolka. The river was slurping. Or gurgling. Or maybe even gargling. I think it was probably spluttering. Each…
This Christmas Season Chris McDonnell CT January 01 2021 Christmas has been different this year. Much of the spontaneity has been missing. The gathering of friends at short notice for…
The Irish Times reports: The death has taken place of Msgr Tom Stack, former parish priest at Milltown in Dublin, regular contributor to The Irish Times and frequent guest on radio…
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