The Pope’s Monthly Intention For the cry of the earth: We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live.   * *

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 September 2024 o World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation   Pope Francis’ Season of Creation sets out to awaken our respect for creation. It invites us to see the world, not as something apart from us, but as a delicate and interlocking set of relationships of

John Byrne OSA Email [email protected]   Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 September 2024 o World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Certain sections of the Jewish people put great store on the importance of rules and conventions as a measure of the goodness of a person. Jesus challenges this view. Where have

Máirtín Mac Conmara MSC Blackrock, Dublin   1 Meán Fómhair 2024 (B)  An Dara Domhnach Fichead Saor   An Bíobla in Agallamh le ceisteanna an lae. Cad a tharla don aisling Chríostaí? An Eaglais i saol an phobail. Anois is arís cloistear ráitis ó phoiliteoirí, ó iriseoirí agus i litreacha chuig páipeirí nár choir go mbeadh

Opening the Front Door      As summer slowly fades into autumn the harvest and glorious colours and shades of light reminds us of the power and grandeur of God’s creation as well as its fragility. In order to appreciate this wonder we have to remind ourselves to pause frequently. It’s not an uncommon sight

John Byrne OSA Email [email protected] Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7 July 2024 Personal prejudices and agendas can block us from listening to what another person has to say. Who do they think they are? Perhaps you have experienced this. What difference has it made to you when you were able to focus on the

Thought for the Day Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7 July 2024 Over-familiarity is a common and usual danger to all of us. It is due to the limitations of our human condition that can lead us to take many things, even the important ones, for granted. Instead of seeing God in everything and being

Prayers and Reflections The Pope’s Monthly Intention July: For the pastoral care of the sick: We pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick confer on those who receive it and their loved ones the power of the Lord and become ever more a visible sign of compassion and hope for all. August: For

Points to Ponder Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7 July 2024 Today’s Gospel reading begins as Jesus and His disciples return home, to his native place. On the Sabbath, Jesus went to the synagogue and He began to teach. All who listened to Jesus were astonished. How had Jesus become so knowledgeable and such a

Leathanach don Cheiliúraí Máirtín Mac Conmara MSC Blackrock, Dublin  An ceathrú Domhnach déag den bhliain 7 Iúil 2024 Machnamh D’ordaigh Dia don fháidh Ezicéal seanmóir a dhéanamh dá mhuintir, cibé acu a éist siad nó nach ea, ionas go mbeadh a fhios acu go raibh fáidh ina measc. Tá glór fáidhiúil Dé i láthair san