New life can appear in surprising places, even in something which I thought was totally dead. I’ve somehow made it through the first couple of weeks back at work after…
Eddie GilmoreJanuary 15, 2021
The Australian poet Michael Leunig quotes an old saying at the start of his book ‘A Common Prayer’: ‘Love is like bread, it has to be made fresh every day.’…
Eddie GilmoreJanuary 4, 2021
In this year in which so much was unfamiliar it is comforting that some Advent traditions have remained more or less the same. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreDecember 21, 2020
In Dennis O’Driscoll’s humorous poem, Non-Stop Christmas, “Christmas is always coming. There are only ever so many days still left”. Well, the shopping and the frenetic activity which have characterised…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnDecember 16, 2020
A welcome discovery for me on Youtube this Advent has been a family bluegrass band from Branson, Missouri. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreDecember 14, 2020
Thanks to the Covid-19 restrictions I’m managing this Advent to completely abstain from alcohol with not a single lapse. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreDecember 9, 2020
It took a bit of adjusting, coming in from the bright sunlight to the small, dark, one-roomed house. It was the House of Mary in the ruins of Ephesus, in…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnDecember 7, 2020
Each year as Advent begins I recall a candle-lit service I attended one year at York Minster to mark the start of this most evocative of liturgical seasons. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreDecember 1, 2020
The last day of November is the feast of Saint Andrew. It also coincides with the beginning of Advent, the start of the new Church year. This is appropriate as…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnNovember 30, 2020
