Seeing Your Life Through The Lens of  The Gospel John Byrne OSA Email [email protected]   Fifth Sunday of Easter 7 May 2023   ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.’ Trust in another person can help us in difficult times. Remember and give thanks for the people you

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí Máirtín Mac Conmara MSC Blackrock, Dublin   An Cúigiú Domhnach den Cháisc 7 Bealtaine 2023   Iontróid Léachtaí an lae agus téama an Aifrinn: Is cine tofa lucht leanúna Chríost, sagartacht ríoga le seirbhís a thabhairt do Chríost lena mbeatha An Mórshiúl (Matha). Íosa ag teacht isteach go hIarúsailéim. Céad Léacht (Gníomhartha).

THE POLITICS OF GOD The Rise and Rise of Political Religion by TP O’Mahony Veritas Publications, 2023 9781 80097 040 3 • pp 176 €19.99/£17.99 ‘Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is’. Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, this quotation encapsulates the principal argument and overarching raison d’etre of

The Month of Mary       On a visit to Nazareth some months ago a pilgrim approached me to say how surprised she was to discover that ‘Our Lady was Jewish!’ and she followed quickly with a question ‘ When did she become a Catholic then?’ It was an innocent, sincere query and as

New Resources April 2023 Fr Paul Clayton-Lea Armagh Diocese IRISH CATHOLIC DIRECTORY 2023 The official Directory of the Irish Catholic Church Veritas Publications, 2023 ISBN 978 1 80097 049 6 pp. 432 • €50.00/stg£45.00   A recent power outage which left me without internet resources meant turning to the bookshelf where I found the information

Thought for the Day April 2023   Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion 2 April 2023 Love, far from mortifying our existence, makes its radiate with extraordinary brightness. St Francis de Sales could eloquently describe Calvary as ‘the mountain of lovers’. For there and there alone, do we come to realise that ‘it is not

Seeing Your Life Through The Lens of  The Gospel John Byrne OSA Email [email protected]   Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion 2 April 2023   The account of the Passion is a vivid story with a variety of characters and much action. To enter into the passage we can read the story slowly and see

Book Review of Intercom Magazine Bishop Fintan Monahan Bishop of Killaloe   MY LIFE IN YOUR HANDS Thoughts & Words of Fr John Cummins   Always have a reason for the hope that is within you. 1 Peter 3:15 (Theme of Silver Jubilee Reflection) Last September, at the Ploughing Championships, in the Kildare and Leighlin

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí Máirtín Mac Conmara MSC   Domhnach na Pailme 2 Aibreán 2023   Iontróid Léachtaí an lae agus téama an Aifrinn: Ceansacht Chríost dár ngríosadh An Mórshiúl (Matha). Íosa ag teacht isteach go hIarúsailéim. Céad Léacht (Easáias). Níor cheil mé mo ghnúis ar mhasla, mar tá a fhios agam nach mbeidh mé meallta.

Hope that does not disappoint          A few years ago during one of those once in a lifetime experiences I was given the precious opportunity to celebrate Mass at dawn over the tomb of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (or the Church of the Resurrection if you are an Orthodox