Happy Christmas – Nollaig Shona – to all
With the divinest word
the Virgin Made pregnant
down the road comes walking
if you’ll grant her
A room in your abode.
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“They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”
Hard hitting editorial in The Irish Examiner of 22 August 2015;
“The crozier was used to good effect to stifle debate, close down a necessary discourse, and bully a community group into accepting an unwelcome diktat from a blinkered hierarchy.”
In contrast Pope Francis speaking in July;
“When leaders in various fields ask me for advice, my response is always the same: dialogue, dialogue, dialogue. It is the only way for individuals, families and societies to grow.”