https://www.taize.fr/en_article35474.html An ecumenical prayer vigil in Rome On Sunday 15 January in Rome, at the end of the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis announced that the work of the next assembly…
The lengthening shadows of the cedar trees Have blended into twilight, and the sun Has plunged in glorious gold precipitance Beyond the dim crest of the western hills, Bearing with…
This feast originated in Jerusalem before the fifth century as the “Falling-Asleep of the Mother of God.” It was adopted in Rome in the mid-seventh century and was renamed the…
Irish Times 14 Aug 2023: Rite and Reason: The poet’s work shows us how to be ‘exuberantly open’ to life For those of us in later life, who grew up…
Western People 8.8.2023 A few years ago when I served in Moygownagh parish, a huge community focus was on a proposed electricity connector line to the national grid – from…
Tues Aug 15th Place of Pilgrimage Today is the 15th August and the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady. It is the day when people gather in their thousands…
When we hear the term “abuse” in relation to the Catholic Church, we immediately think of crimes of a sexual nature committed against children by the clergy. But there is…
We gather to celebrate our beautiful God, who was revealed to Elijah as a gentle breeze and who was not daunted by the storm on the lake. We are grateful…
Tue 8th Aug: Exploring Original Sin What is this mysterious reality we call Original Sin that has been the source of such misunderstanding and untold suffering down through the ages?…
Western People 1.8.2023 There was a famous parish once with a famous priest. A hands-on man, he ticked all the boxes of expectation that his parishioners could possibly have hoped…
Links to the pope’s visit to WYD in Portugal: https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html Link to RTÉ summary: https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0806/1398398-pope-francis-portugal/
GREAT SPORT: I had a problem in St Margaret’s (Finglas) at 10 o’clock Mass on Sunday. We had continued the stories on what the Kingdom was like – a treasure;…
The following article was recommended by a member. It’s from the Irish Examiner. Link to article: https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41196028.html
This feast had its origin in the East in the fourth century as the commemoration of the dedication of the church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor. It was observed…
Tue 1st August Seeing as Having St Gregory of Nyssa wrote a homily on the Beatitudes, in which he writes, ‘in scriptural usage ‘seeing’ means ‘having’. When I read this…
JUL 30 This morning, Sunday, I attended an anniversary Mass of a person I had known. Yesterday evening I had been reading an article about the Synodal Process, and had…
This Sunday, Archbishop Eamon Martin will join with thousands of pilgrims of all ages in the annual pilgrimage to the summit of Croagh Patrick, Ireland’s holy mountain, for Reek Sunday…
Opening CommentGod has given us many gifts, including the promise that we will share in Christ’s glory. We give thanks for these treasures, as we continue on our journey to…
…she was teaching me something about what mattered—about the pursuit of justice in the face of evil, of the duty of accompaniment in the face of suffering, of the importance…
LEGLESS BUT FLYING: Birgid Skarstein. Has 11 World Championship medals. 7 in Rowing and 4 in Cross country skiing. She is a Paralympic. She is Norwegian. She had an accident…
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