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…
Stations of The Cross
A few reflections on The Way of The Cross
St Patrick’s Day (Ballaghaderreen)
As I’ve done for many years now, I attended the parade in Ballaghaderreen yesteryday. It wasn’t the warmest of days but a great crowd gathered to cheer on the local…
Not an unusual question …..
Do you think he’s a bit, old?”, a child asked me in school the other day. It wasn’t an altogether unexpected question and, quite likely, one based on the assessment…
Do you know any of these people?
I received this email during the week from Anthony Geelan (a neighbour from Cloonloo). He was wondering if anybody would be able to identify some of the people in this…
Cardinal Marc Oullet, might he be ……?
Our next Pope! Last year this man celebrated Mass in Knock. He struck me as being a good man but I’ve not real clue what he’s like. Certainly his name…
Lent 2013 continued thoughts
No day missed yet!! March 2nd …. On the eve of resignation – a thought around Pope Benedict and his successor .. (Feb 27th) Check out the latest few thoughts…