Lent Week 3 Thursday
Today’s gospel passage sees Jesus cast out a demon from a man. The man is unable to speak. When the demon is cast out the man finds his voice and…
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Lent Week 3 Wednesday
How often must I forgive? This is the question put to Jesus in today’s Gospel and he tells us that forgiveness cannot really be measured in a one-size-fits-all sort of…
Lent Week 3 Tuesday
Came across this some time ago. It’s an essay by and eight-year old “explaining God”. One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones…
The Annunciation
This poem by Fr Killian McDonnell, OSB is a very interesting take on The Annunciation. A priest gave me a card a number of years ago, following a retreat I…
Lent Week 3 Sunday
Coming down the steps on a September day in 1979, John Paul went down on his knees and kissed the ground at Dublin airport. It was a powerful moment of…
Lent Week 2 Wednesday
This image is from a gathering we had to celebrate the praying of the Rosary in the month of October. The idea, borrowed from the lived memory of many, sees…
St Joseph – Lent Week 2 Tuesday
I remember this statue from a visit to Castlederg Parish for a Mission in October 2015. It was in one of the other churches in the parish and I went…
Lent Week 2 Monday
The key-line in today’s readings at Mass is “Be compassionate as your Father is compassionate”. It goes on to say,”Do not judge, and you will not be judged yourselves; do…
Kilkelly St Patrick’s Day Parade
The first ever St Patrick’s Parade in Kilkelly took place on the evening of St Patrick’s Day. A wonderful turnout of people, a very well organised event and in excess…
St Patrick’s Day
Let’s leave it at this today!! One of my favourite songs and the singer is a Sligo man … can’t get better than that. Remembering Dick Farrelly who wrote this…