And he leaves her ….
This is a piece from The Irish Catholic that I wrote for the month of November. Her first anniversary took place a few weeks ago. I spoke with her husband…
Reflections
11th November
Today recalls the 11th November 1918 when World War 1 came to an end. This song is in memory of all those who died during that time, and since, leaving…
Dear Ella Noelle
These words are from a piece I wrote for The Irish Catholic. My nephew, Ronan, and his wife Ursuala, welcomed their second daughter into the world in recent weeks. I…
Francis
Hello! No more than the last time I put a few words here, I am not sure what to say or even how to say what I might want to…
Mothers’ Day
Someone told me that the word “unprecedented” is beginning to annoy!! I can see why. Everything at the moment seems to be unprecedented, including Mothers’ Day. At Mass today, I…
Hard times
I really don’t know how many people read this. I do know that my “blog” is not the beginning and end of all blogs and that, in the wider scale…
St Patrick’s Rock
Earlier today at Mass, I mentioned St Patrick’s Rock, near Templeronan Cemetery (Cloonloo) and that I might visit it today. Well, I did!
The woman at the well
This has been a strange day and, sadly there are more like it to follow. Yesterday, our diocese, like many other dioceses in Ireland and throughout the world, took the…
Second Sunday of Lent
I was asked to write some homily thoughts for Trócaire’s Lenten Campaign. I was happy to be asked and able to do this. Just going to include here the piece…
Ballina Novena
On Monday, February 17th, I preached at the opening session of the Padre Pio Novena in Ballina. The theme of the Novena this week is around “Coping with crosses in…