Thank you Brendan for this very sensitive and moving piece incorporating some of Catherine Dunne's reflections about the death of her son Eoin. There are few of us who haven't had to live with the dea
Key Message:
Our Jesus wakes us up gently!!
Homily:
Teacher: Why did God lock the door of Noah's ark?
Child: Because Noah put the lock outside the door rather than i
Annoyingly I deleted what I was writing.
Fr Doyle probably referred to Dominican theologians Cajetan, Vitoria, De Soto, Melchior Cano, credited with building on Lombard and Aquinas in stressing the o
Keira Knightley hits the nail on the head. Reading Salman Rushdie's memoir of his survival, Knife, I see that fame is an open invitation to lunatics to take potshots. Perhaps every famous person needs
I don't know who Thomas Doyle referred to, but I'll look it up. (Gabriel Biel?)
St Augustine is often quoted in an anti-clericalist sense, to the effect that 'I am a bishop for you, but I am one of t
The Church, it is said, thinks in centuries. Part of this is the commemoration of centenaries and decades, which becomes a method of stitching church history together, lending it an imposing coherence
Joe@5, in his wonderful book, Eating Together, Becoming One, Tom O’Loughlin maintains that if Aquinas was around today he would not have used the philosophy of Aristotle to try and explain the Real
Sean, Joe and MJT, thank you all for your contributions to my understanding of clerical ontological superiority or not.
Imagine, Joe, you are more powerful than 10,000 angels!!!
Joe, do know anything
Number 17 above has in great part changed the subject of this thread and the digressions are more complex than as presented. I request to depart from the thread with the following.
I find it attra
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November 30 2025Thank you Brendan for this very sensitive and moving piece incorporating some of Catherine Dunne's reflections about the death of her son Eoin. There are few of us who haven't had to live with the dea
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November 30 2025Key Message: Our Jesus wakes us up gently!! Homily: Teacher: Why did God lock the door of Noah's ark? Child: Because Noah put the lock outside the door rather than i
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Brendan Hoban: Resistance to synodal church is now evident
November 16 2025I don't know who Thomas Doyle referred to, but I'll look it up. (Gabriel Biel?) St Augustine is often quoted in an anti-clericalist sense, to the effect that 'I am a bishop for you, but I am one of t
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November 28 2025The Church, it is said, thinks in centuries. Part of this is the commemoration of centenaries and decades, which becomes a method of stitching church history together, lending it an imposing coherence
Joe O’Leary: Thoughts on Christ the King, 23 November 2025
November 23 2025Joe@5, in his wonderful book, Eating Together, Becoming One, Tom O’Loughlin maintains that if Aquinas was around today he would not have used the philosophy of Aristotle to try and explain the Real
Brendan Hoban: Resistance to synodal church is now evident
November 16 2025Sean, Joe and MJT, thank you all for your contributions to my understanding of clerical ontological superiority or not. Imagine, Joe, you are more powerful than 10,000 angels!!! Joe, do know anything
Brendan Hoban: Resistance to synodal church is now evident
November 16 2025Number 17 above has in great part changed the subject of this thread and the digressions are more complex than as presented. I request to depart from the thread with the following. I find it attra
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