We’ve just passed a significant milestone in the year, the Spring Equinox, when day and night are equal and after which for three months the days become longer and…
Eddie GilmoreMarch 22, 2021
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.…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnMarch 10, 2021
Having just a fortnight before been looking out at snow in the garden, I was thrilled to have the first days of sitting outside in the sun with a cup…
Eddie GilmoreMarch 1, 2021
I’ve got through the first week of Lent with just one small lapse from my alcohol fast. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreFebruary 24, 2021
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…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnFebruary 22, 2021
In this social media age it can be tempting to think that if it didn’t appear on Facebook or Instagram, or wasn’t shapchatted or tweeted then it didn’t happen! (more…)
Eddie GilmoreFebruary 18, 2021
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…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnJanuary 25, 2021
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
