New Resources October 2023   MORE BOOK REVIEWS – 1986–2023 J. Anthony Gaughan Kingdom Books, 2023 ISBN 9781916476493 Canon J. Anthony Gaughan, or Fr Tony as he is best known to his parishioners and friends and now in his 90th year, has published more than four hundred reviews of well and lesser-known authors works great,

Prayers and Reflections November 2023   The Pope’s Monthly Intention For the Pope: We pray for the Holy Father; as he fulfils his mission, may he continue to accomany the flock entrusted to him, with the help of the Holy Spirit. * * * The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed 2 November All Souls. ‘Indeed,

Seeing Your Life Through The Lens of  The Gospel John Byrne OSA Email [email protected]   Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 5 November 2023 • Prisoners’ Sunday   The condemnation of the scribes and pharisees by Jesus brings to mind the public discourse about the Church in recent years. This has highlighted the failures of church

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí Máirtín Mac Conmara MSC Blackrock, Dublin   Aonú Domhnach Tríochad Saor 5 Samhain 2023   Iontróid Léachtaí an lae agus téama an Aifrinn:  Fianaise do Chríost a thabhairt i mbriathar agus mbeart Céad Léacht (Malací Fáidh). Shleamhnaigh sibh ón mbealach, agus le bhur dteagasc bhain sibh tuisle as mórán Dara Léacht (1 Teasalónaigh).

Book Review     THOUGH STREETS BROAD AND NARROW Voices of Dublin Dr Declan Collinge Beehive Books, 2023 9781 80097 048 9 • pp 286 €29.99/£27.99 I am so at home in Dublin, more than any other city, that I feel it has always been familiar to me. It took me years to see through

Pleasing the living and loving the dead      ‘Remember, Remember the 5th of November’. As a child in London in the 1950s the dark November nights were illuminated annually by the celebration of the Catholic Guy Fawkes failure to blow up the king and houses of Parliament in 1605. Although I attended a Catholic

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 October 2023 I watched a farmer in Co. Leitrim; he was bringing his flock of sheep out of one field and transferring them somewhere else. But what I admired was how, instead of having a dog round up the sheep with barking and nipping, and wielding a big stick

MORE BOOK REVIEWS – 1986–2023 J. Anthony Gaughan Kingdom Books, 2023 ISBN 9781916476493 Canon J. Anthony Gaughan, or Fr Tony as he is best known to his parishioners and friends and now in his 90th year, has published more than four hundred reviews of well and lesser-known authors works great, good and indifferent. As a

The Pope’s Monthly Intention For the Synod: We pray for the Church, that she may adopt listening and dialogue as a lifestyle at every level, and allow herself to be guided by the Holy Spirit towards the peripheries of the world. * * * Prayer for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of

Seeing Your Life Through The Lens of  The Gospel John Byrne OSA Email [email protected]   Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 October 2023   It is possible to be a dutiful and observant Christian, and yet feel there is something missing. Does it not make a huge difference when your heart is in what you