Points to Ponder December 2024/ January 2025 First Sunday of Advent 1 December 2024   ‘Watch the road.’ There is a beautiful anecdote given by Mgr Arthur Tonne clarifying the message of today’s Gospel. Several years ago a bus driver reached an unusual record. In 23 years he had driven a bus over 900,000 miles

Prayers and Reflections December 2024/ January 2025 The Pope’s Monthly Intention December: For Pilgrims of Hope: Let us pray that this Jubilee Year strengthen our faith, helping us to recognise the Risen Christ in our daily lives, and that it may transform us into pilgrims of Christian Hope. January: For the Right to an Education: Let us

Seeing Your Life Through The Lens of  The Gospel John Byrne OSA Email [email protected]   First Sunday of Advent 1 December 2024 We live in a time when we are told that disaster lies ahead for us and for our planet if we do not change our ways. But perhaps this new awareness can be

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí Máirtín Mac Conmara MSC Blackrock, Dublin   1 Nollaig 2024 An Chéad Domhnach den Aidbhint Is tráth feithimh í an Aidbhint, ag tabhairt cuireadh dúinn machnamh a dhéanamh ar an dtéama seo. Mairimid in aois ina bhfuil tuiscint mhaith againn cad is am ann, agus na mílte milliún de bhlianta atá ann

An Unwritten Page Christmas comes a little early for Intercom readers this year. The reason lies in the current process of transition to a different publisher as this issue marks the last Veritas publication of Intercom after 54 years of unbroken service to subscribers. Even during the pandemic Intercom was designed and typeset and prepared for online access thanks

Thought for the Day Solemnity of All Saints 1 November 2024 Holiness is for everyone, not just for a privileged few: it does not consist in accomplishing extraordinary feats, but in fulfilling with love the little duties of each day. ‘Do you really want to be a saint? Carry out the little duty of each

Prayers and Reflections The Pope’s Monthly Intention For anyone who has lost a child: We pray that all parents who mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community and receive peace and consolation from the Holy Spirit.   * * * Prayer for the Dead for November Into your hands, O

Points to Ponder Solemnity of All Saints 1 November 2024 The phenomenon of the saints and of Christian holiness gives rise to a sense of wonder that has always existed in the Church and cannot but amaze even an attentive lay observer, especially today in a world continuously and rapidly changing, culturally fragmented in values

John Byrne OSA Email [email protected] Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 November 2024 Today’s gospel brings us right to the heart of what a Christian life involves: love of God and of neighbour. Jesus tells us that having life both now and in the future is the fruit of living in a spirit of love.

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí Máirtín Mac Conmara MSC Blackrock, Dublin   3 Samhain 2024 31ú Domhnach na Bliana Le tamall anuas tá sé tugtha faoi deara ag duine sa dioscúrsa poiblí, sna meáin agus in áiteanna eile, go bhfuil an spioradáltacht i gcodarsnacht le reiligiún, chun aimhleasa an reiligiún, amhail is dá mba inghlactha agus inmholta