YOU CAN PICK YOUR FRIENDS ………. This is sometimes quoted when there’s trouble of one kind or another within a family and concludes with “ but you can’t pick your family …” There’s a truth in it, of course, but a sadness too insofar as it usually is an expression…
I like the togetherness of this
I received two emails in the past few days that I thought I might share here. One was from a cousin and her husband who are living in Canada. I celebrated their wedding with them there just over two years ago and met them recently in Dublin. They were, at…
Just want to wish you all a very Holy and Peaceful Christmas. Will remember you and your intentions during Christmas Masses. Thanks for your friendship and support during the year. The Crib in Kilmovee this evening. You are included in all it says and means. God Bless you always. V
People can find this a lonely time of year. This is, needless to say, very understandable since, for some, it may be the first Christmas a family comes to terms with the death of a loved family member. It could also be the first Christmas that a child, brother…
Certainly there’s scarcely a school or church in the country that hasn’t been transformed into the Bethlehem Stable or soon will be. It’s the time for Nativity Plays and nobody better to tell the story than the children of our local parishes and schools. I’m reminded of an old film…
John McGahern once wrote a piece about a replacement priest that came to his home parish. I came across it again this evening, while looking through some bits and pieces for an Advent Retreat and thought I’d share …… ‘A young man replaced Father Glynn for a few months when…
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT I’m just in from 10am Mass here in Kilmovee and thought I’d put a few lines here. I was speaking today about getting ready for Christmas and the need to allow this time of Advent speak to us as well. It seems to get lost in…
