Heading to Mass in Urlaur shortly and not sure that I’ll get to write anything before midnight so just to bring the year to a close …. Thanks to all of you friends who have helped me through the past twelve months. Thanks to those daily callers and frequent visitors,…
Firstly, Happy Christmas to you all. Thanks for keeping an eye on this blog and for your comments and feedback during the year. Certainly you’ve encouraged me to keep putting a few bits and pieces here and hopefully that will continue in 2012. Thanks be to God, we were able…
Be Thankful Thanksgiving Poem (I heard this poem this morning – December 21st – read by Maeve McGivern on RTE Radio. Maeve is a young girl from Leitrim who, earlier this year, underwent a liver transplant operation in a London hospital. She was expressing her thanks to the donor and…
I had just posted the previous piece when an email arrived. I opened it and thought that it was worth sharing. It’s said that it’s written by an eighty-three year old woman to her friend. If it is, all the better – if not, there’s still a power of truth…
This weekend’s Gospel takes us to the life and choices of a teenage girl. Engaged, and ready for marriage, to the man she wanted to be her husband, all was changed, with an Angel’s visit. “You are to give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus”. She…
How I’d love to be able to say that. It snowed during the night and the place is covered this morning. Not cold though. Sadly, it’s likely to get colder during the day and then the freezing sets in and that’s pretty much it …. I really don’t want snow…
Jerry Lynch (a Clare man) sings a very moving song, telling of a glimpse of peace during WW1. It took place over the Christmas days of 1914 and gave some comfort to soldiers on both sides. I came across this site, giving details of the time in question http://www.kinnethmont.co.uk/1914-1918_files/xmas-truce.htm Let us…
I’m in Thurles today, leading a retreat in the Presentation Convent. There are about twenty sisters attending, including one a 100 years old. I hope I don’t undo the good of her century! (Just strikes me I’ve not picked her out from the crowd so she must be doing well…
I said it’s not Christmas yet and it isn’t but ………… I think you’ll enjoy this
I went home to Gurteen a few hours ago for a Retirement Function in honour of Maura Murray who taught me when I attended Mullaghroe N.S. I don’t think she taught me for long since she came to the school in 1974 and I left there in 1976 to go…
