It’s so easy to say “yes” especially if the yes is less than certain. The father of this weekend’s Gospel asks his sons to go and work in the vineyard. The first says “yes” but does not go and the second says “no” but later, through a bit of reflection,…
I sat at Mass in Kilmovee this morning and listened to Seán Moran read the First Reading from Isaiah. The opening line is so direct: “Seek the Lord while he may still be found” … I had a few words loosely prepared and they floated around somewhere in my head.…
Thirty-three years ago today I went to Maynooth (September 13th, 1981). It seems so long ago now and so much has changed. I remember leaving home with my parents. Before leaving I called over to see Fr John Finn who had been ordained a few months earlier. He was from…
The old saying goes: “do as the Romans do”! I’m not so sure I’m doing that but I am in Rome. I came here for the wedding of some friends – a girl I know since her childhood days in Collooney and the man she is marrying – Nicola and…
and then a slight hesitation – “…. a Catholic Priest?” I wasn’t in New York, London or any other foreign city. I was in Ballaghaderreen. I had just knocked at a door and there was no reply. As I turned to leave a young man approached me. “Are you a…
