Today’s readings contrast an energetic and uncertain church. The energy is found in the Acts of The Apostles with all that enthusiasm around sharing the word, confessing to being “witnesses” and inviting others to join the journey of faith – “what you see and hear is the outpouring of that…
Today’s Gospel Passage about the loaves and fishes is among my favourites. I love the idea of the boy offering what he had with him so that a crowd could be fed. One of the traits that most annoys me in people is that of meanness (sometimes coupled with cuteness)…
There have been many references to Pope Francis’ repeated call to bishops – indeed to all involved in ministry – to “know the smell of the sheep”. It’s a challenging but necessary call to get to know people and not just from a distance. It involves being with them in…
During the week I had a call from someone asking if I’d record the words of the poem put together in memory of the Crew of Rescue 116. I discovered that the piece had been picked up by the Connaught Telegraph and that may well have been the reason I…
This is the text of a homily included in “Homilies for April” in the Furrow “Were you there when they found the empty tomb ….” so goes the old Spiritual and it leads us to that challenging line “sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble” … There are many…
As we enter the days of the Triduum, a few reflections around letters exchanged between Jesus and some of the central characters of the Holy Week Story. Based on previous pieces posted on this blog and adapted for Radio, these are featured during Holy Week on “A Living Word”, produced by…
As we enter the days of the Triduum, a few reflections around letters exchanged between Jesus and some of the central characters of the Holy Week Story. Based on previous pieces posted on this blog and adapted for Radio, these are featured during Holy Week on “A Living Word”, produced by…
#LiveHolyWeek As we enter the days of the Triduum, a few reflections around letters exchanged between Jesus and some of the central characters of the Holy Week Story. Based on previous pieces posted on this blog and adapted for Radio, these are featured during Holy Week on “A Living Word”, produced…
#LiveHolyWeek As we enter the days of the Triduum, a few reflections around letters exchanged between Jesus and some of the central characters of the Holy Week Story. Based on previous pieces posted on this blog and adapted for Radio, these are featured during Holy Week on “A Living Word”, produced…
Last week I met Aidan Mathews in RTE and we recorded five “reflections” for Holy Week. These are being broadcast over the coming days, the first this morning, and take the form of letters exchanged between Jesus and some of the characters in the Passion Story. Today’s letter is from Jesus…
