Thought for the Day June 2023   The Most Holy Trinity 4 June 2023 It is early June and the Leaving Certificate examinations are about to begin. Students agonise about what will come up in the opening English paper. ‘I hope Heaney comes up. I have spent a lot of time on him … Almost

New Resources June 2023   SAINT BRIGID AND OTHER AMAZING IRISH WOMEN Written by Lorraine Mullholland Illustrated by Matthew Jackson Columba Press, 2023 ISBN 9781782183945 The establishment of St Brigid’s feast day as a February bank holiday in Ireland has spawned a plethora of publications to help cater for the ensuing surge of interest in

Prayers and Reflections June 2023   The Pope’s Monthly Intention For the abolition of torture: We pray that the international community may commit in a concrete way to ensuring the abolition of torture and guarantee support to victims and their families.   * * * World Day of Prayer for Priests 16 June 2023  

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí Máirtín Mac Conmara MSC Blackrock, Dublin   Sollúntas na Trionóide Rónaofa 4 Meitheamh 2023   Iontróid Léachtaí an lae agus téama an Aifrinn: Rúndiamhair na Tríonóide agus rúndiamhair na hEaglaise. Céad Léacht (Eacsadas). An Tiarna, an Tiarna, Dia na cineáltachta agus na trócaire.  Dara Léacht (2 Corantaigh). Grásta an Tiarna Íosa Críost agus

Intercom Magazine Book Reviews     PEDRO ARRUPE A Heart Larger than the World Messenger Publications, 2022 9780788125871 • pp 261 €19.95   ‘Action without vision is only passing time. Vision without action is merely daydreaming. Vision with action can change the world’. Nelson Mandela In April of this year, well-known author Dr Brian Grogan SJ

‘The poor you will always have with you’ (Jn12:8)       David O’ Hare from Trócaire has made over 30 overseas trips on behalf of the agency to try and bring to the world’s attention the needs of some of the poorest people on earth. As one part of the world hungers for the

Seeing Your Life Through The Lens of  The Gospel John Byrne OSA Email [email protected]   The Most Holy Trinity 4 June 2023   The reading evokes contrasting images of God, a God who judges and a God who saves. We might reflect on how our image of God has changed with the years. What has

Intercom Magazine Thought for the Day May 2023   Fifth Sunday of Easter 7 May 2023 There is a song our parish choir sometimes sings, ‘You are the centre O Lord, of my life’. The Church is not the centre of our lives; Jesus is the centre of our lives, and the Church exists to

Intercom Magazine New Resources May 2023   JUST MERCY A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Published by Scribe UK, 2020 ISBN 9781912854790 pp. 354 • stg£9.00 Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama and is Professor of Law at New York University Law

Intercom Magazine Prayers and Reflections May 2023   The Pope’s Monthly Intention For church movements and groups: We pray that Church movements and groups may rediscover their mission of evangelisation each day, placing their own charisms at the service of needs in the world.   * * * Prayer to St Joseph Patron of Workers Feast,