Last November, in the company of Trocaire, I visited Honduras with a group from Ireland. I’ve written about this on the blog before (Check posts from November 2016). I know that one of the reasons Trocaire asked us to come along was that we might help in promoting the message…
There’s a line in this weekend’s Gospel Passage that says if someone forces you to go one mile with him, go two. That’s where these few lines have their origin. The picture attached to this post says there are few traffic jams on the second mile. It’s a clever twist…
Yesterday I posted a YouTube video as a reflection. It’s not something I’ve done very often or plan on doing that often but just wondered how it would go. Within an hour I met a lady in a local supermarket and she said “I was just listening to you” –…
The Gospel at today’s Mass (February 15th) is the healing of a blind man. Thought I might share a bit around that. THE PASSAGE (Mark 8:22-26) Jesus and his disciples came to Bethsaida, and some people brought to him a blind man whom they begged him to touch. He took…
Earlier this month I visited the home of a little girl who was very ill and who, sadly, has since died. May she be at peace. I’d met her and her family a number of times in recent years but had not been to her home before. I felt (and still…
Today we celebrate the Feast of The Presentation in the Temple. I think it’s a lovely Feast Day that sees a young couple responding to tradition whereby their forty day old baby is presented to The Lord. When in Hounduras towards the end of last year with Trocaire, I witnessed…
