Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team: weekly Sunday video homily

Pádraig McCarthy offers a prayer from Walter Brueggemann as we face into the election campaign.

SOMETHING OF THE WEEKEND THAT WAS MISSION: The earlier hours (Saturday morning, 19th October) were spent trying to put some outline shape on this Mission time. I meandered in my…

    NEW WORLD IN THE MORNING The missing Muses: The Muses have deserted me. My fingers are lost. The feet haven’t taken me to the Tolka these past three…

By Phyliss Zagano Link to ncronline: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/will-pope-leo-xiv-make-call-women-deacons Yes, our new pope said something about women deacons. He said it is under study.  Anyone looking for a quick answer from Pope…

Tin Hazelwood writes on the sensitive topic of how the funerals of priests who died while ‘out of ministry’ should be conducted.
“While some regulation may be necessary, it needs to be considerably more nuanced than the present protocols……. Mindful as we are of the difficult situation of those who have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of priests, we believe that in the interest of justice and mercy there are questions that need to be answered.”

Caritas Christi urget nos. (2 Cor 5.14) For the birds: The mornings are good. The river is hospitable. The ducks and herons sleep on. The swan- family fly in together…