Radio 4’s Sunday Worship to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was entitled ‘Transformational Friendship’ and led by two church leaders from Belfast who had an interesting story…
Eddie GilmoreJanuary 31, 2022
Epiphany and our search for God We’re told that these people travelled a great distance to find Jesus. In some countries they are called kings while in others wise men. …
Fr. Gerry McFlynnJanuary 7, 2022
I don’t know if it’s just me but I seem to spend large chunks of my life looking for things, big and small, and oftentimes searching in completely the wrong…
Eddie GilmoreJanuary 4, 2022
There are some Christian movements that shun the giving of Christmas presents. One such is Christian Science, whose founder Mary Baker Eddy told in a paper ‘The Theology of Christmas…
Eddie GilmoreDecember 20, 2021
The Advent Gospel reading on the day I had my ear syringed was especially apt! (more…)
Eddie GilmoreDecember 16, 2021
A Benedictine Abbey and a German rock group: it was a curious juxtaposition with which to mark the beginning of the season of Advent and one of its most powerful…
Eddie GilmoreDecember 1, 2021
Advent and the Call to Conversion Advent is Lent’s poor relation when it comes to abstinence and fasting. The season is no longer penitential in the way Lent continues to…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnNovember 28, 2021
NOVEMBER: THE MONTH OF THE DEADI had arrived in Mexico City a day or two after the Festival had finished but it was still possible to catch something of the…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnNovember 1, 2021
My pre-Covid routines are returning one by one and I was looking forward to making an appearance at the re-opened Community Café at the Irish Centre, having been invited by…
Eddie GilmoreOctober 27, 2021
