Vishvapani was giving another ‘Thought for the Day’, this time on the subject of community. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreNovember 23, 2020
The poet, T.S.Eliot, once said that April was the cruellest month. I don’t know what he had against April, but I would have thought that the cold, dark winter months…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnNovember 2, 2020
An incident on a cycle race circuit got me thinking about the common good. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreOctober 27, 2020
Prisons are sacred places. There our society claims control over the lives of men and women; there we assume the role of God. And whether the prison is a large…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnOctober 12, 2020
Jesus was speaking in a time long before the coronavirus came along and put a stop to prison visiting. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreOctober 7, 2020
Pope Francis’ choice of Assisi for the launch of his latest Encyclical last weekend was well made. The town of St Francis and St Clare was surely the ideal place…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnOctober 5, 2020
Last week someone called me “an angel” for something I had done for them. It’s not the first time I’ve been called “an angel” and I’m getting to like it.…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnSeptember 23, 2020
It was Saint Augustine who said that to sing was to pray twice. At a time when singing is not allowed in churches it is wonderful to be at the…
Eddie GilmoreAugust 24, 2020
Jesus liked women. He certainly liked Martha (whose feast we celebrate this week) and her sister Mary. They and their brother, Lazarus, lived in Bethany, a small village a few…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnJuly 29, 2020
