On this first Sunday after Christmas Day, we honour the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. We entrust our families to their patronage, and pray for all who have been part of our families, those still alive and those whom we hope have joined the great family of God in heaven.
DELIRIUM: There is something mysterious and delightful about Stephen’s Day. Boxing Day. The old phrase from the distant past comes back: It is a ‘Dies Non.’ In the usual hurly…
A Liturgy of Lament (full transcript below) Link to Rev Munther Isaac’s sermon: We are angry… We are broken… This should have been a time of joy; instead, we are…
Greetings to you all and hope you had a lovely Christmas. In response to some emails requests received for a copy of the Christmas Homily I have edited it slightly in order…
FROM THE ACP LEADERSHIP TEAM With the divinest word, the VirginMade pregnant, down the roadComes walking, if you’ll grant herA room in your abode.John of the Cross Thank you for…
(Pádraig Daly – Glimpsing More) Christmas is busy; is full of memories; is childlike; is friendship-shared; is a bridging feast in winter; is nostalgic; is a packed church; is a…
19.12.2023 Christmas is, well, Christmas. It demands our attention. It insists that we defer – even if only once a year – to liturgies, religious and personal, that we sense…
There was a time when the Parish Priest oversaw/ ran all activities that had the name “Parish” in their titles. Pastorally-minded priests recognised that church, a COMMUNITY of faith, involved…
As the days and weeks roll by and the television images seem to repeat themselves, it is all too easy for our senses to become numb. From the first hours…
Presider’s Page for 23/24 December (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Press Release 22 Dec 2023 The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) warmly welcomes the recent Vatican declaration, Fiducia Supplicans, from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, allowing priests…
Mini Incarnations of Christ Franciscan sister Ilia Delio focuses on the theology of the incarnation and the universal nature of the Christ mystery: The Christian message is that God has…
In May 2019 myself and the wife got to Palestine. Well, not quite. We got to Israel, with a few deviations around Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and an hour in Palestinian…
Yesterday’s evening prayer from the Breviary contained Psalm 123 which I have recited thousands of times, but in the present situation it takes on a new and more somber resonance:…
Contributor (19th -23rd) Tessa Gallagher UK Tue 19th Dec – Creation I have spent a great deal of time trying to get a handle on God, to understand God. I…
Vatican News reports: With the Declaration “Fiducia supplicans” issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Pope Francis, it will be possible to bless same-sex couples…
‘Forming a union might be the only move GAA referees have left’ declared Malachy Clerkin in the Irish Times on Sat 16 December – on foot of a frantic last-ditch…
The link to this article (an opinion piece from Common Dreams) was submitted by an ACP member: “From a historical perspective alone—one of the best”, he says. The article has…
An unprecedented reference to transition away from all fossil fuels. A significant step forward in expectations for the next round of national commitments. Builds momentum in the financial architecture reform…
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