The Deep End Jane Mellett [email protected]   Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 4 October 2020 • Day for Life Creation Today marks the end of the Season of Creation, a time to remember that we are protectors of this earth and have been given responsibility to care for it, not to plunder and destroy it.

Seeing your Life through the Lens of the Gospel   John Byrne osa Email [email protected]   Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 4 October 2020 • Day for Life   1. The target audience of this allegorical parable are the Jewish chief priests and elders portrayed here as rejecting Jesus and his teaching and, as a

Leathanach don Cheiliuraí An tAth Caoimhín Mac Giolla Easboig Ardeaglais Cholmcille & Adhamhnáin Naofa Leitir Ceanainn   4 Deireadh Fómhair 27ú Domhnach le linn na bliana Lá don Bheatha Tá gort an Tiarna torthúil, saibhir. Tugaim cuireadh dhaoibh machnamh a dhéanamh ar obair an gharaíodóra diaga, in bhur gcroíthe, le go dtuga sé dea-thoradh in

A Changed Landscape During an inter-faith live-streamed service, an advertisement persisted to come on the screen about institutional religion and individualised spirituality. It had an enticing message for people of faith and those who want to deepen their awareness of God’s presence in their lives through the daily routine of the ordinary and the every

How the ‘Sexual Revolution’ Ruined Everything We’ve landed in a paradoxical place in terms of sexuality. In the bad old days, it was scandalous to deviate from the Catholic norms surrounding relationships. Nowadays, to be seen to adhere in any way to such norms is infinitely more scandalous. Pre-marital relations or (God forbid) promiscuity, were

Matthew 4:1-11 1. In today’s gospel Jesus is enticed to gratify his own needs, or to perform some spectacular act in public. He rejects the temptation because he chooses commitment to his mission and dependence on his Father over any immediate gratification. We can all be tempted to go for some immediate satisfaction, but is

First Sunday of Lent 1 March 2020 The Deep End • Embrace the Wilderness We journey into the desert as we begin Lent 2020, and we are encouraged to embrace the richness of this time and the possibilities that lie within. The desert can be unappealing, we may feel a resistance to the challenge, but

The Pope’s Monthly Intentions We pray that the Church in China may persevere in its faithfulness to the Gospel and grow in unity. Tenth Anniversary of Pastoral Letter of Pope Benedict XVI to the Catholics of Ireland From the sixteenth century on, Catholics in Ireland endured a long period of persecution, during which they struggled

Can Science Confirm Genesis? In the modern world, it is not unusual to come across the opinion that religious accounts of origins were plausible only in a pre-scientific age. This article explores scientific discoveries and examines the Catholic understanding of origins, with a specific focus on the origin of the universe and the birth of

Vocations Crisis, Staffing Crisis or Theological Crisis? The fall in the number of priests has begun to loom almost as large in church circles as the issue of climate change in society as a whole. In each case, the prognostications are dire, and it’s considered negligently optimistic to be anything other than gravely concerned. As