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…
Religion
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…
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…
I know .. I know ….. I know :)
I said it’s not Christmas yet and it isn’t but ………… I think you’ll enjoy this
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…
Words are like weapons (they sometimes wound)
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he…
“I had heard you were a hard man ……”
This line, coming towards the end of this weekend’s Gospel passage, gives us a sense of the thought process at work in the man who buried his talents rather than…
Cathedral 150th
On November 3rd, Bishop Kelly, Bishop Flynn, priests, religious and people of Achonry Diocese gathered to mark the 150th Anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of The Annunciation and…
All Saints …
I left myself a bit short for time and, in a hurry to get something done for the weekly Parish Bulletin, decided to Google and find an image that represented…
Coins and choices ….
Jesus asks whose head is on the coin and he is told it’s “Caesar’s”, leading to the response; “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs…