Editorial In Praise of Snowdrops   The ‘January blues’ is now compounded once more by COVID19 restrictions adding to the usual inner post-mortem following the Christmas, New Year festivities as people examine wallets which have grown thinner and waistlines grown broader! It usually takes a brief period of reflection before we act to reverse the

Christmas Eve  Proclamation  (Para-Liturgy) Fr. Kevin McHugh (St.Columban’s,  Dalgan Park, Navan. C15 Ay2y Co. Meath. Ireland. [email protected])  Fr. Kevin McHugh, Columban Missionary has recently retired to Dalgan Park after 59 years of pastoral ministry in the Philippines.  After almost 40 years working in the Southern Philippines, he was assigned to Manila where he served in a parish that is staffed by Columbans since 1929  and has always had a

Prayers and Reflections for December/January   Blessing for a Christmas Tree Bless this tree, this sign of life and freshness and perseverance in creation. It is a reminder that you are born anew in us each day. Bless our family and friends as we celebrate this joyful season. Keep us safe in our travels, kind

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Seeing your Life through the Lens of the Gospel   John Byrne osa Email [email protected]   Second Sunday of Advent 5 December 2021   1.  The manner in which Luke identifies in detail the time when John the Baptist started his preaching shows that Luke regarded this as a historic moment. Perhaps you can recall

New Resources For Children     Our Lord’s Prayer A Prayer Guide for Children Elizabeth Mills Veritas Publications, 2021 ISBN 9781800970090 pp. 32 • €4.99/stg£4.50 The disciples who lived daily with Jesus and whom we might therefore imagine needed little advice on prayer, nonetheless, found themselves asking Jesus to teach them how to pray. They

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí   Tomás B. Ó Luanaigh Cill Áirne, Co. Chiarraí [email protected]     An Dara Domhnach d’Aidbhint Bliain C• 05/12/2021   Réamhrá Lastar an tarna coinneall corcra inniu. Réitigí féin le h-agaidh Lá Chríost i dtreo is go mbeidh sibh lán de thorthaí na fíréantachta.   Smaoineamh Samhlaígí tús an dráma ceolmhar darbh

Editorial The ‘Other’     After almost two years of living with COVID19 Irish children, in record numbers, are reported by agencies concerned with their welfare to be suffering from mental trauma partly exacerbated by the 40,000 complaints of domestic abuse in Irish homes which has been recorded at the same time. It’s a grim

Prayers and Reflections for November   Prayer for Those Suffering with Depression (Pope’s Intentions for November) Lord, You know the darkness that envelops me. This cloud descends on me and, when it does, I seem to lose all perspective. It seems like it will never lift. I know I have pulled out of it before,

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