‘"Just finished Jenny One Two Three and am, to use your own word, gobsmacked. It’s a tour de force, deeply personal… there is poetry in the writing and the interweaving of different stories, let
Thank you Fr.Brendan for presenting the true picture of this most distressing situation in the Church in Ireland.
There are a few starting positions which could offer hope for the future:-
1. Allow
God provides generously, abundantly. The loaves and fishes story is told 6 times in the Gospels (a doublet in Mark, repeated by Matthew, reduced to one by Luke, and providing the basis for one of the
The ‘impediments’ of age seeming to dominate American election events shouldn’t blind us to the Virgin’s child immaculately conceived.
Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to go back ‘to Galile
I listened to the debate in real time on June 27 and was almost traumatized! Brendan puts it so well: “The Democratic party tactic of holding their breath and hoping for the best has imploded. Biden
The bishops were not able to address the issue themselves. Probably it is an inherently intractable issue. To forestall endless dispute the Vatican took a draconian step, and it may not be the last. R
Séamus, a wonderful piece of writing that has occupied my thoughts and led to much reflection over the weekend – before attending the great event of Sunday!
What a privilege for you. I have never
Sean, I first misread your message as saying that Ratzinger has denounced Christendom from 318 to 1918 as a betrayal of the Gospel, and was musing that he had kept something of the daring of a Vatican
Key Message:
Are we sitting in the green pastures and lamenting about our earlier rough seas?
Homily:
Testimony: I was contemplating silently on Psalm 23, "He will
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Seán O’Conaill: Joseph Ratzinger’s Throwaway Theology – and the Truth of It
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