April 2017
Miracles and Memories
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…
Mercy and unlocked doors
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…
Lyric and tune
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…
Easter Thoughts
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…
A Living Word April 14th
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…
A Living Word April 13th
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…
A Living Word April 12th
#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…
A Living Word April 11th
As we continue the journey into Holy Week and the celebration of the Triduum, the second piece from this week’s “A LIVING WORD” on RTE’s RISING TIME featured this morning.…
A Living Word April 10th
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…