Twelfth Hour
It’s 11.20 on Sunday evening. Just realised I’d not put any thought here for Lent. Had included one for Mother’s Day but thought to keep that separate. I’m enjoying the…
Lent 2018
How’s Lent Going?
I was once asked to be executor of a will. The man who died hadn’t much to leave to anyone and his instructions were simple and to the point. He…
Retraced and re-placed
On Holy Ground On my last day in Donegal! Yesterday I visited again some of the sick and housebound in the parish. Fr Porter, Parish Priest, drove me to the…
Any other day
I met a classmate for lunch today in Castlederg, Co. Tyrone. “How old are you now?” he asked me and I heard myself say “fifty-five”. Then he followed with “When…
Homes of Donegal
Parish Mission continues in Parish of Urney (Doneyloop and Castelfinn, Co. Donegal and Clady, Co. Tyrone) with early morning Mass in St Columba’s, Doneyloop. An amazing gathering of committed people…
Quiet Corner
I met her as I walked into the church in Castlefin. There was Adoration taking place and I thought I might call in for a while, to say a prayer…
Parish Mission
In the Parish of Urney/Castlefin (Diocese of Derry) for a Parish Mission. It started last night and is continuing with daily Masses at 6.30am and 10.00am as well as Evening…
Wise words
A number of weeks ago I walked with a friend as she took her daughter to the local school. It was a city school, full of life and of other…