Ascension Day
This weekend we celebrate the Feast of The Ascension. Originally this was celebrated on Thursday of this week but, like a lot of the Holy Days, it was moved to…
Reflections
Good to be there and nice to be asked …..
Some months ago I met Donal McMahon as I was leaving the refectory in Maynooth. I was there for a meeting and joined the other attendees for lunch. As I…
Mind the Gap!
On Saturday evening, driving to Mass in Urlaur, I heard a short clip of a documentary on RTE Radio 1. It was called “The Green Line” and I’d heard promos…
Doing Fine
I was away earlier in the week so I’m not sure when the foal was born. I pulled back my curtains on Thursday morning to see “mother and child” in…
Domine Quo Vadis (Lord where are you going?)
I mentioned this Church today in the few words I used at Mass. I visited here many years ago with Albert McDonnell and it remains with me as one of…
Carrots offered – trust may follow
Meet my neighbour! She’s arrived again, about two weeks now and shares her space and days with another horse under the watchful gaze and occasional, intentionally menacing, bark from a…
Conversation
A few weeks ago we celebrated First Confession in Kilmovee. I placed these chairs in front of the Altar with a table carrying a Bible and Candle between. It was…
Still here!!
It seems like ages since I’ve written anything here. What’s even more of a question, if not a bit worrying is that nobody seems to have noticed!!! Will get back…
A moment shared …
I mentioned yesterday that I was going to Dublin for the reception of Sarah Kelly into the Redemptoristine Order (Red Nuns). It was a lovely, if not bitter-sweet experience and…
Dawn Mass
We gathered again at Urlaur Abbey for Dawn Mass this Easter Sunday. It was cold but a fine crowd assembled and we began Mass in darkness around 6.15am. As God’s…