Chatted a-while
Yesterday I met a couple here in Rockville Centre that I first met twenty-one years ago when I came to St Patrick”s Parish in Huntington. I met them in Huntington…
Must be holidays!
I was at the cinema twice this week. Mentioned the first visit in an earlier post when, in Virginia, I went to see “Won’t you be my neigbour” – the…
A Quiet Place
Oh, for a quiet place Where do I find a quiet place to spend some time with the Lord? Is there a monastery or an island that I can escape…
Bus to Boardwalk
On Monday morning I took a bus to Vienna (Virginia) to meet my aunt who had come to stay with our mutual friends Jeanie and Corky. The bus ride was…
Wind in The Willows
Last Sunday I used the song “Wind in the Willows” at Mass. Those from home know that it’s a regular of mine. Somehow over the years I seem to have…
Are you the same….
I met a lady after Mass on Sunday evening in Rockville Centre. She spoke to me about the Mass we had just celebrated and welcomed me to the parish. Then,…
Time passed and remembered
Spent a few hours in New York – went to meet someone for lunch and later decided to go to a Broadway Show. I had never seen Phantom of The…
In pictures
Haven’t put much on here in recent days so just took a look through some of the photos on my phone that have been taken in different places over the…
Fr Pat Burke, R.I.P.
Today’s Gospel passage points towards the Golden Rule of treating others as you’d like them to treat you. The evening finds me again on Lough Derg – as a sort…
His name is John …
In celebrating the birth of John the Baptist, we are back in the place where the way needed to be cleared and prepared for Jesus. A wilderness had to be…