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  • 26 April, 2020. 3rd Sunday of Easter

    April 26 2020
    Joe O'Leary

    Reading the Psalm I see how well done those translations are, but has someone added an unrhythmical "and" in "and the fullness of joy in your presence"?

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  • 26 April, 2020. 3rd Sunday of Easter

    April 26 2020
    Clare Marriot-Smith

    The gospel and homily reminds us that Jesus is in everyone we meet along life’s journey. We just need to be present and open to those we encounter in life as, Jesus will show himself to us in ways w

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  • 26 April, 2020. 3rd Sunday of Easter

    April 26 2020
    Mary Costello

    Thank you for your inspiring thoughts .That passage of scripture is one of my favourites.Blessings in Mercy .Mary .

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  • Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer

    April 21 2020
    John McParland

    Stephen, I was sorry to read that you have had to endure these inflammatory remarks and online bullying of “ these self appointed defenders of the Catholic faith” Your spontaneous act of love and

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  • Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer

    April 21 2020
    Joe O'Leary

    Delighted to hear the Vatican is doing a survey of the pastoral fall-out of the restored Tridentine (1962) rite. My advice is: DUMP IT FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! And please, please would the pope and bishop

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  • Clericalism and the Pandemic

    April 19 2020
    Mary Vallely

    This is interesting indeed and feeds into our need to re-examine priesthood as it is perceived to be. Fr Z sounds a frightening, almost demagogic, being. “Fr. Z raved on that these guidelines left

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  • Clericalism and the Pandemic

    April 19 2020
    Donal Dorr

    Thanks for this clearly written and theologically well-informed article. I hope and pray that it will help priests and their parishioners to a deeper understanding of the ministry of priests.

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  • Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer

    April 21 2020
    John Lindsay

    There is a story(possibly / probably apocryphal) I tell about our first Parish Priest, who, when asked how the Parish Mission was going, replied, "It's great! They're throwing stones at my windows!" D

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  • Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer

    April 21 2020
    Colm Holmes

    Congratulations to Fr Stephen Farragher on his wonderful welcome to the muslim community by allowing the Islamic call to prayer at the end of mass as an act of solidarity in response to the pandemic.

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  • Seeds of Peace – Interfaith Prayer

    April 21 2020
    Pól Ó Duibhir

    As an unbeliever, can I express my solidarity with Fr. Farragher. He did the right thing. More power to him. I am proud of Ballyhaunis's record on integration. My father was born in Barrack St. whic

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