Easter Sunday Homily
I heard a story once shared by the late Archbishop Joe Cassidy that might have a place in today’s liturgy. He spoke about his childhood days in Charlestown, Co. Mayo…
Religion
Dear Pilate – letters exchanged
Dear Pilate, Not sure how you’ll receive this letter but I think I know you well enough to know you’ll read it. That would be the Judge in you –…
Dear Judas – letters exchanged
Dear Judas, Did you ever think it would come to this? When I asked you to follow me and you left family and friends to walk in my steps, did…
Fourteenth Station: Jesus is laid to rest in the tomb
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. They wondered, as they walked, who would roll the stone away?…
Thirteenth Station: Jesus is taken down from the cross
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. I can still see her. She’d been in the hospice for…
Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the Cross
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. “How did it happen?” “Had he been sick for long?” “Did…
Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the cross
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. There are a few thoughts that come to mind when looking…
Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of his garments
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. In many ways this is the cruellest of the stations –…
Ninth Station: Jesus falls for the third time
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. I mentioned before a priest called Fr Leo Morahan – I…
Eighth Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Was it the sound of their weeping that caught his attention?…