Twelfth Night ….
Traditionally this is the “twelfth night” – the last of the Christmas Season and candles are placed in windows to let the passing traveller know there’s a welcome inside. This…
Reflections
May in December and January …..
Last night for the second time in my life I was at a New Year’s Eve gathering. Most years I went home to be with Bill and Mary for midnight.…
The Last Post (2011)
Heading to Mass in Urlaur shortly and not sure that I’ll get to write anything before midnight so just to bring the year to a close …. Thanks to all…
Christmas 2011
Firstly, Happy Christmas to you all. Thanks for keeping an eye on this blog and for your comments and feedback during the year. Certainly you’ve encouraged me to keep putting…
Be Thankful
Be Thankful Thanksgiving Poem (I heard this poem this morning – December 21st – read by Maeve McGivern on RTE Radio. Maeve is a young girl from Leitrim who, earlier…
Another email just received ….
I had just posted the previous piece when an email arrived. I opened it and thought that it was worth sharing. It’s said that it’s written by an eighty-three year…
Where did Mary find her “Yes”?
This weekend’s Gospel takes us to the life and choices of a teenage girl. Engaged, and ready for marriage, to the man she wanted to be her husband, all was…
Christmas 1914 (WW1 Truce)
Jerry Lynch (a Clare man) sings a very moving song, telling of a glimpse of peace during WW1. It took place over the Christmas days of 1914 and gave some…
Here comes that rainbow again …
I’m in Thurles today, leading a retreat in the Presentation Convent. There are about twenty sisters attending, including one a 100 years old. I hope I don’t undo the good…
Let Advent be Advent …..
We’re into the second week of Advent now and our journey towards Christmas is well and truly begun. It’s easy to lose sight of that word “towards” and begin to…