Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
What a powerful story! A day began in darkness ends in light. This is a total reversal of the normal and the expected. The day should go the other way.…
Vincent
Mission Sunday 2009
Recently diocesan appointments in our diocese came into effect. The same is most likely true of every diocese in the country. The familiar face in the pulpit and the familiar…
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of The Year
A few words for the weekend! The Kingdom of God isn’t so much an address as a way of life. In other words, it’s about a mind shift whereby all…
Holycross Abbey
Spent Monday and Tuesday in Holycross, Co. Tipperary. I was preaching at the annual Novena. It’s a beutiful place and I was happy to be there. The Novena is really…
On this day …
At the 10.00am Mass today (Sunday September 13th) I will be inducted as Parish Priest of Kilmovee. My good friend, Monsignor Tommy Johnston, will be the Bishop’s delegate at Mass…
Kilmovee
Hello There, Moved to Kilmovee last weekend. Finding my feet. Received a lovely welcome from the people. Looking forward to getting to know them as they days and weeks go…
“The prayers have all been said now”
This line from the Fureys’ song “The Old Man” always struck a chord with me and especially so today. We gathered at 12noon to celebrate my mother’s Funeral Mass. There…
My mother ………..
My mother died on Friday last, August 21st. Even to write those words is difficult but there’s a truth in them that has to dawn. I miss her. We, my…
Maura and John
Sunday, August 16th, saw us all in Coolaney, Co. Sligo for the marriage of John Duffy and Maura Conheady. John is a parishioner here in Ballaghaderreen and the younger brother…
Martina McBride Concert
On Friday last I asked James McDonagh if he’d be interested in going to a concert in Castlebar on Saturday night. Martina McBride was performing there and I didn’t know…