A visitor to the blog wondered if I’d become a “Kiltegan Priest” given that I’d mentioned Kiltegan in the last few posts. I’m back in Kilmovee and have no desire to move a few miles let alone across the country or to a new continent. I very much enjoyed the few…
Later today, we will gather in the Cathedral for the Funeral Mass of Bishop Tom Flynn. May he rest in peace. He was bishop of Achonry for close on thirty one years and I was just thinking he must have covered close on a million miles during that time. Miles…
On Sunday, February 22nd 2015, I celebrated a Funeral Mass in Monasteraden. The Mass was for Mary Corcoran who had died a few days earlier. I’ve known Mary all my life and came to know her very well during the years I worked in Ballaghaderreen Parish where I had special…
Ashes blessed, forehead with blessed ash dressed marked for the day and called to pray to fast to give in faith to live and trust his plan for woman, for man so here we start renewed soul, mind and heart our foreheads declare “I was there” when he, when she when you, when me saw…
There was a fine crowd at Mass today in Kilmovee. Given the weather conditions and state of the roads, I had expected a small attendance. Fair play to people for making the effort to mark the “Sunday in every week”. I hadn’t planned on speaking at all but plans don’t…
(The lines that follow are based on a few words shared at Masses here in Kilmovee Parish last weekend as we celebrated All Souls’ Day) Many years ago I was coming out of Gurteen with my nephew. He was maybe four or five at the time. We passed by a…
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.…
It’s been ages since I’ve posted anything. Not sure why that is! Maybe my laziness is reaching into cyberspace too ….. I had a good few weeks and was sort of busy, thank God. I was involved in two Diocesan Priests’ Retreats (Tuam and Armagh) and was very happy to…
For the third year, we gathered on Easter Sunday Morning for a Dawn Mass in the grounds of Urlaur Abbey. There was a fine gathering of people from the parish and beyond – some from Ballymote, Curry, Charlestown, Carracastle, Knock, Kiltimagh, Ballaghaderreen, Monasteraden and, I’m sure, other places. It was…
Yesterday we had a Funeral Mass here for a little baby girl, Sarah Ann. We tried to support her parents and family around the Altar and through God’s Word. It was lovely to see so many people there with the family, offering support and the certainty of their presence, even…
