Joe, I think what irritated me was Bishop Browne's "I apologise to all who were offended," though I suppose "We apologise to anyone who may have been offended" would be closer to the corporate non-apo
Eddie, I did not think the bishop's response was weaselly. The kind of sermon Fr Sheehy gave would be disapproved of by any postconciliar bishop, and the reasons why are found in pastoral theology (di
"And nonetheless, it isn't too long past when his words would be mainline and core thinking. Are we then too sensitive to be reminded of views that we promulgated a little while ago?"
You know Seamus
Key Message:
What are you going to do with your life from this point on?
Homily:
Today's Gospel invites us to think about our next life. There will come a time where
My letter in the Irish TImes:
Sir, – Thanks to Garry O’Sullivan for his amazingly lucid remarks (Letters, November 8th). Many highly placed authorities in the church, from Cardinals Suenens,
Thank You Brendan for your reflections on the V2 anniversary. Food for thought. I was 7 when it all kicked off and playing with my dinky toys!! Now after 36 years as a priest I’m spending a lot of t
Brendan, I missed your tribute to your friend Fr Brian Conlon two months ago. Like his friend and classmate Michael Cawley I remember him with great fondness and respect from the 1962-63 period. Corr
Thanks Sean@2 for Cardinal Conway's 1966 address. My classmates at Maynooth would have got some benefit from that, I hope. This one, however, had flown over the cuckoo's nest a year earlier to begin,
Vat 2 never resolved the tension between the idea of the priesthood of all believers (a People’s Church as Brendan puts it) which it promulgated and that of the ordained priesthood. In the interven
In that same year, Brendan - 1966 - I began a teaching career in Co. Derry, in the blindly naive belief that e.g. Lumen Gentium 37 would come 'on stream' within a decade at most - the principle of dio
Comments
All recent Comments
Séamus Ahearne: “I have refused to live locked in the orderly house of reasons and proofs. The world I live in and believe in, is wider than that. And anyway, what’s wrong with Maybe? (Mary Oliver)
November 12 2022Joe, I think what irritated me was Bishop Browne's "I apologise to all who were offended," though I suppose "We apologise to anyone who may have been offended" would be closer to the corporate non-apo
Séamus Ahearne: “I have refused to live locked in the orderly house of reasons and proofs. The world I live in and believe in, is wider than that. And anyway, what’s wrong with Maybe? (Mary Oliver)
November 12 2022Eddie, I did not think the bishop's response was weaselly. The kind of sermon Fr Sheehy gave would be disapproved of by any postconciliar bishop, and the reasons why are found in pastoral theology (di
Séamus Ahearne: “I have refused to live locked in the orderly house of reasons and proofs. The world I live in and believe in, is wider than that. And anyway, what’s wrong with Maybe? (Mary Oliver)
November 12 2022"And nonetheless, it isn't too long past when his words would be mainline and core thinking. Are we then too sensitive to be reminded of views that we promulgated a little while ago?" You know Seamus
13 Nov 2022 – 33rd Sunday (C)
November 13 2022Key Message: What are you going to do with your life from this point on? Homily: Today's Gospel invites us to think about our next life. There will come a time where
Brendan Hoban: 60th Anniversary of Vatican II is bittersweet
November 6 2022My letter in the Irish TImes: Sir, – Thanks to Garry O’Sullivan for his amazingly lucid remarks (Letters, November 8th). Many highly placed authorities in the church, from Cardinals Suenens,
Brendan Hoban: 60th Anniversary of Vatican II is bittersweet
November 6 2022Thank You Brendan for your reflections on the V2 anniversary. Food for thought. I was 7 when it all kicked off and playing with my dinky toys!! Now after 36 years as a priest I’m spending a lot of t
Brendan Hoban pays tribute to his friend, Fr Brian Conlon.
September 11 2022Brendan, I missed your tribute to your friend Fr Brian Conlon two months ago. Like his friend and classmate Michael Cawley I remember him with great fondness and respect from the 1962-63 period. Corr
Brendan Hoban: 60th Anniversary of Vatican II is bittersweet
November 6 2022Thanks Sean@2 for Cardinal Conway's 1966 address. My classmates at Maynooth would have got some benefit from that, I hope. This one, however, had flown over the cuckoo's nest a year earlier to begin,
Brendan Hoban: 60th Anniversary of Vatican II is bittersweet
November 6 2022Vat 2 never resolved the tension between the idea of the priesthood of all believers (a People’s Church as Brendan puts it) which it promulgated and that of the ordained priesthood. In the interven
Brendan Hoban: 60th Anniversary of Vatican II is bittersweet
November 6 2022In that same year, Brendan - 1966 - I began a teaching career in Co. Derry, in the blindly naive belief that e.g. Lumen Gentium 37 would come 'on stream' within a decade at most - the principle of dio
Popular Posts
Categories