Let Advent be Advent …..
We’re into the second week of Advent now and our journey towards Christmas is well and truly begun. It’s easy to lose sight of that word “towards” and begin to…
2011
Words are like weapons (they sometimes wound)
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he…
For something completely different (and senseless!!)
Earlier today I got an email and it made me smile. Okay, there’s no doubt the subject matter is serious and beyond a joke but I think the photos are…
“I had heard you were a hard man ……”
This line, coming towards the end of this weekend’s Gospel passage, gives us a sense of the thought process at work in the man who buried his talents rather than…
Eleventh of the Eleventh Eleven …..
It’s one of those dates …. there were twin brothers beside me at home and they were born on the 6th of the 6th Sixty-Six, ensuring their birthday would not…
Cathedral 150th
On November 3rd, Bishop Kelly, Bishop Flynn, priests, religious and people of Achonry Diocese gathered to mark the 150th Anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of The Annunciation and…
All Saints …
I left myself a bit short for time and, in a hurry to get something done for the weekly Parish Bulletin, decided to Google and find an image that represented…
Wedding
Will get back to a bit more writing in the coming days …. Thanks for checking in. I had a wedding on Friday last in Lisacul Church. It was the…
Coins and choices ….
Jesus asks whose head is on the coin and he is told it’s “Caesar’s”, leading to the response; “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs…
Still here ….
Haven’t posted in a few days as I hadn’t been feeling too well. One of those “bugs” people talk about and it sort of floored me for close on a…