In todays gospel we hear the well-known story of the wise men following a star, bearing rich gifts, finding Jesus in a stable, and changing their direction as a result. […]
Today we are celebrating the feast of the Holy Family which in many ways is one of the most important feasts of the year; it certainly is one of the […]
Paul Claudel who lived in the 19 century was a French poet, a dramatist and a diplomat. His family was a very catholic family but he was an unbeliever in […]
Don’t worry; be happy these are the very first words of today’s mass: Be happy! Rejoice in the lord always; again I say rejoice. The Lord is near. This year […]
When you ask people today are they looking forward to Christmas you will get many different answers. There are many people in Ireland today and indeed in our families and […]
When we think of Advent, Christmas immediately comes to mind, to add a spiritual dimension, we think of the birth of Jesus. Advent we could say is a ‘space’ where […]
In his book The Christian Vision, John Powell, a Jesuit, recalls an old Irish legend. It goes back to the time when kings ruled Ireland. It seems that the reigning […]
The story in our gospel today is a beautiful story and is what we could call a hinge story, its right in the middle of Marks gospel and everything changes […]
A woman named Ruth was walking out of church one Sunday morning. She spotted an old man struggling to put on his coat. She walked over, smiled, and gave him […]
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