Mothers’ Day
Someone told me that the word “unprecedented” is beginning to annoy!! I can see why. Everything at the moment seems to be unprecedented, including Mothers’ Day. At Mass today, I…
family
I feel I have to share this ….
A few days ago, I quite literally happened on fifteen minutes of a YouTube video. It featured a man I have met each summer for more than twenty years. I…
One Boss acknowledges another!
I watched “Springsteen on Broadway” on Netflix during the week. It’s a recording of a sold out stage show on Broadway where Bruce Springsteen comes on stage with guitar and…
Cian Patrick
Earlier today, we celebrated the Mass of The Angels in Kilmovee Parish Church. It was in memory of Cian Patrick Hunt who died on Saturday, October 6th, in his fourth…
Graced
During the week my nephew and his wife welcomed their first child into the world! For months, like all parents, they had looked forward to this moment and it arrived…
From a faded page
On Monday night, I was in the Adoration Chapel in Kilmovee for a short while and I said Night Prayer. When finished, I looked through some memorial cards and other…
Glen Campbell R.I.P.
A few months ago I posted some video clips from Glen Campbell. I had only heard a few days earlier that he was living with Alzheimers and was very taken…
Second Names!
Yesterday (July 29th) I was in Cloonloo Church for the baptism of my nephew’s son – my first Grand Nephew! – Tommy Scott Sherlock. Bill and Aisling’s son arrived into…
It’s my birthday!
There are many emotions running around in my head today. They include memories of my mother and father, R.I.P. and how lucky I was to have them as parents. I…
Like Dragonflies
Earlier this month I visited the home of a little girl who was very ill and who, sadly, has since died. May she be at peace. I’d met her and…