Easter is my favourite time of year because, whether it comes early or late, it is always a harbinger of Spring. There is even something nice about the sound of…
LAST DAYS to shouts and songs of joy and palmed ‘hosannas’ he enters on an ass he’ll have his royal moment despite what time dictates he is a king about…
How is your Lent going? Have you become a mystic yet? That question is not meant to be funny but rather a serious inquiry about the state of your faith.…
The word LENT comes from the old English word for SPRING, Lencten, and has to do with the long fast before the great feast of EASTER. Fasting was one of…
One thing last week’s Inauguration of President Joe Biden will almost certainly be remembered for is the performance of a “skinny little black girl” reciting The Hill We Climb, her…
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…
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…
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…
The feast of Christ the King is surely one of the strangest feasts associated with Christ. The very idea of him being a King doesn’t fit easily with the Gospel…
We hope this becomes a place to remember loved ones, to mark special events, to be grateful for something happening or to bring a concern and receive blessings and solidarity from each other. Enjoy your time of prayer with us.