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  • Rejoice in difference, Struggle against Division

    March 1 2016
    Des Gilroy

    This Sunday’s gospel gives us that wonderful parable of the Prodigal Son. He abandoned the father, and wasted his legacy, but when he came home he was welcomed with open arms by his loving, forgiv

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  • Burying the Dead; Corporal Work of Mercy or ‘succour to murderous thugs’?

    March 3 2016
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    That's a touchy subject. Who in their right mind would question a burial? This Brenda Power who is suggesting that some sort of familial retribution be laid at the casket of a dearly departed is a s

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  • Why Men Dislike Going to Church

    March 3 2016
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    The author makes an interesting point. But it may have answered its own question in the first couple of paragraphs. "The church of the first century was a magnet to males. Jesus’ strong leadership

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  • 04/March 2016. Friday in the 3rd Week of Lent

    March 4 2016
    maureen schilter

    I want to thank you so much for blessing me. God Bless you--Maureen Schilter

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  • Rare Steak not rare enough

    February 21 2016
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    True enough Sara. I'm 43 but grew up in a household where we still raised a pig and kept laying hens for food. We had no indoor toilet so we went outside and used an outhouse. This throw-away-socie

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  • Rare Steak not rare enough

    February 21 2016
    sara

    My mother was a good money manager and cook. She knew how to use every bit of an animal so there was no waste. If we had a chicken -the crate was used for soup. If we had ham -she made pea and ham s

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  • Please, please, can politicians stop shouting and listen?

    February 24 2016
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    Are we still looking towards politics for change? I guess this stems from the mindset of "things need to get a whole lot worse before they can get better". Our environment is crumbling around us wor

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  • That was the week that was

    February 22 2016
    Roy Donovan

    I would like to refer further to Seamus’s refreshing honesty and realism. In many of his previous reflections he communicates the huge gap between where many of his parishioners are at and the dis-c

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  • That was the week that was

    February 22 2016
    Roy Donovan

    Seamus, that is just so refreshingly honest, real and passionate. Nobody can argue with that. It frees up something deep down and makes me feel more human. Your life experiences give a glimpse of the

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  • Spotlight

    February 8 2016
    Paddy Ferry

    Eddie !!, that was an awful outburst! I have never before been accused of being PC and now, suddenly, to be accused of being a " disturbingly, disquieting PC fanatic!" was quite a shock to the system.

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