Presentation and Generations
Today we celebrate the Feast of The Presentation in the Temple. I think it’s a lovely Feast Day that sees a young couple responding to tradition whereby their forty day…
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During the week I spoke with parents of Confirmation Children in a neighbouring parish. I was happy to have the chance to do this as it made me think about…
Remembered for ….
Looking through Twitter yesterday I noticed this photo and it caught my eye. An image captured from one of the many marches around the world that sought to express something…
The Stations of The Cross
Earlier today I received a number of copies of The Stations of The Cross. The publisher is Messenger Publications and the text is one I prepared for the Pilgrimage to…
More than a click
Cousins Meet (Jesus of Nazareth 1977) John the Baptist meets his cousin and, for the first time truly knows the one about whom he has been preaching and, for whom,…
Twelfth Night
As a child, I remember going to Sligo with my parents on Christmas Eve. We’d go in the afternoon, spend a few hours in Sligo and call to Cloonamahon (then…
Happy New Year
God’s blessings to all who read these lines. Thanks for your kindness and support. Together we pray this New Year’s Day for PEACE throughout the world and peace too in…
Packing for 2017
I had Mass in Kilmovee this morning – a Mass of Farewell for 2016. At this Mass I wanted to thank those who attend Daily Masses in the parish throughout…
There’s news and there’s gossip
Earlier this Christmas Eve I received a text from a friend – a classmate – saying that he wasn’t sending Christmas Cards this year but wanted to wish me peace…
Then something like this happens
It’s been a terrible week – violence, death, destruction and fear. Heartbreaking times on a worldwide scale. People plotting murder and destruction and it’s all so SO wrong. Then, in…