A lovely occasion
Had the chance this week to attend the wedding of two parishioners. It was a lovely gathering under sunny Spanish skies! I was pleased to be part of this special…
Religion
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…
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…
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…
Archbishop Eamon Martin
Earlier today I travelled to Armagh for the Episcopal Ordination of my classmate Eamon Martin. Eamon, a priest of Derry Diocese has been appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh which…
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…
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…
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…
Two thousand years and still it goes …..
I had Stations of The Cross in Urlaur this evening. I used a verse from Jimmy McCarthy’s Bright Blue Rose. I recorded this afterwards when church was empty. It wont…