Wedding
Will get back to a bit more writing in the coming days …. Thanks for checking in. I had a wedding on Friday last in Lisacul Church. It was the…
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…
Still here ….
Haven’t posted in a few days as I hadn’t been feeling too well. One of those “bugs” people talk about and it sort of floored me for close on a…
I was late for Mass this morning ……
I’m reminded of the story of the mother calling her son for Mass. “Get up”, she pleads, “it’s time for Mass”. “I’m not going to Mass”, comes the reply from…
Should go home more often ….
I celebrated Mass in my home parish on Sunday. The parish priest was away and asked if I could help. I was in Killaraght and Gurteen for Sunday Masses. It’s…
Urlaur Pattern Mass
On August 4th, as mentioned in other posts, we celebrated the Pattern at Urlaur Abbey. Seán Browne from Castlerea recorded the day’s proceedings and recently sent me a copy of…
Not the healthy but the sick ….
Today is the feast of St Matthew. He was numbered among the twelve Apostles and among the FOUR Evangelists. As one of the TWELVE he walked alongside Jesus and observed…
I suppose I’m lucky to have a job ….
This weekend’s Gospel passage is the workers in the vineyard – being hired at different times during the day and of the distribution of wages at day’s end. I mentioned…
A reflection ….
Yesterday, I attended the funeral Mass of Fr Tommie Mannion, P.P., Claremorris. I’d known him since the time I worked with Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal and have kept some contact…