Today we are celebrating the feast of the Holy Family which in many ways is one of the most important feasts of the year; it certainly is one of the […]

Paul Claudel who lived in the 19 century was a French poet, a dramatist and a diplomat. His family was a very catholic family but he was an unbeliever in […]

One of the great dreams of many people today is to own a home. Many of us here in our community are happy that we have our own home. It […]

Don’t worry; be happy these are the very first words of today’s mass: Be happy! Rejoice in the lord always; again I say rejoice. The Lord is near. This year […]

When you ask people today are they looking forward to Christmas you will get many different answers. There are many people in Ireland today and indeed in our families and […]

When we think of Advent, Christmas immediately comes to mind, to add a spiritual dimension, we think of the birth of Jesus. Advent we could say is a ‘space’ where […]

In his book The Christian Vision, John Powell, a Jesuit, recalls an old Irish legend. It goes back to the time when kings ruled Ireland. It seems that the reigning […]

The story in our gospel today is a beautiful story and is what we could call a hinge story, its right in the middle of Marks gospel and everything changes […]

A woman named Ruth was walking out of church one Sunday morning. She spotted an old man struggling to put on his coat. She walked over, smiled, and gave him […]

In the gospel story today we have this beautiful story of the rich young man who approached Jesus. This is one of the great sorties in the NT and a […]