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World Day for Consecrated Life 2021
2 February 2021Simeon, so Saint Luke tells us, “looked forward to the consolation of Israel” (Lk2:25). Going up to the Temple as Mary and Joseph were bringing Jesus there, he took the Messiah into his arms. The one who recognized in that Child the light that came to shine on the Gentiles was an elderly man who had patiently awaited the fulfilment of the Lord’s promises. more ... -
The Presentation of the Lord - 2021
2 February 2021Your father and I had already bought the two turtle doves for the sacrifice when, suddenly, an old holy man came forward and took you from my arms. He held you very gently and his face lit up as he proclaimed that he was ready to die because now he had seen God's salvation for all and the glory of God's people. more ... -
St Francis de Sales - 2021
24 January 2021When I think of St. Francis de Sales the first word that comes to my mind is gentleness. Gentleness and humility are often seen as signs of weakness. But in reality only a person who is very strong can be humble and gentle. I don’t think anyone would describe Francis as weak once they have read of his experiences when he went to bring the protestant Calvinists back to the Catholic Church. more ... -
The Baptism of the Lord - 2021
10 January 2021As I reflected on the image, I was very conscious that we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord today. Christ is immersed into the waters of His baptism to reveal to each one of us His great loves for us. As He does so, the voice of the Father break forth, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved, my favour rests on you.’ (Mark 1:11) Christ then sets forth on His mission more ... -
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Holy Innocents - 2020
28 December 2020As we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents today, I feel it is fitting that we acknowledge and give thanks for the ministry of our Sisters who cared for vulnerable women and their babies in our Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland and the U.K. Wounded, broken women sought refuge at our door and were never turned away. more ... -
Christmas 2020
27 December 2020I visited ‘Elizabeth’ recently. She is an 80 year old, single lady who had been discharged home from hospital earlier that morning for End of Life care with our palliative care team. Prior to admission three weeks earlier, she had lived alone and enjoyed a very full and active life. (John 10:10) She recounted without bitterness how she had been told, ‘You have three months to live.’ She spoke with warmth and gratitude of the kindness that she had experienced more ... -
4th Week of Advent 2020
20 December 2020It was that time of the year again, Winter, And the young couple, just recently married, Looked for a place they could afford in the city. They were there because they needed to register with the immigration department. They found a cheap motel, More expensive than they could afford. But the woman was exhausted And her husband, Jose, thought it worth the cost To provide the shelter she needed. more ... -
3rd Week of Advent 2020 ii
17 December 2020Saint Joseph, foster Father, was a kind, loving, honest man but also endured great passion even before his wife to be, Mary and his Son to be born, Jesus who is called the Christ. Mary visits her Cousin Elizabeth (Lk 1:39-56) Mary never went to visit her cousin Elizabeth without saying goodbye to Joseph her beloved. It was such a joyful day for Mary as she was going to see and share in the joys of her cousin’s conception. more ... -
3rd Week of Advent 2020 i
13 December 2020There was a man sent from God… I have read this sentence from the Gospel for the third Sunday in Advent many times and moved on to the rest of the story without a second thought. But maybe I should give this sentence a second thought because I think it is very important. more ... -
2nd Week of Advent 2020 ii
8 December 2020Physical light is a precious thing, a gift essential for many activities and things that we do. Imagine Mother-Earth without sunshine, warmth, light, that nurtures and sustains natural life? Light is a valuable treasure. more ... -
2nd Week of Advent 2020
4 December 2020A month, ago I was touched by the heartprints of a young lady and a group of secondary school students. Many of us often see ourselves as poor, not having much, we say that we have ‘nothing’. We often complain about how hard life is. We concentrate on what we would love to have but don’t have; a car, a better house, a particular type of dress, being able to eat a particular type of food regularly, childrens school fees, our own school feels, school fees of sibling/s etc. more ... -
1st Week of Advent 2020
29 November 2020As the veil of Advent 2020 is drawn back and we enter this season of promise, we give thanks for the many graces and blessings that we have received this year. As the pandemic swept across the world, we have been asked to deepen our lives of faith, community and prayer. more ... -
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Easter Sunday 2019
23 April 2019Mary of Magdala walked, sometimes stumbling as the tears, which had been flowing since the terrible events of Friday, clouded her vision. On she went, past the city walls where the tombs of the honoured ancestors slept, stumbled blindly past them to where her beloved was buried. more ... -
Good Friday 2019
18 April 2019They called him the good thief; and someone, somewhere at some time gave him the name Dismas. It is a dismal sounding name. Perhaps, I thought, it is so because of the sadness of his life? I only recently learned Dismas is a name given to him in the gospel of Nicodemus, an apocryphal writing, and the name means sunset or death. We do not know his age or his village. We do not know his crime, although over the centuries he has been called the good thief. more ... -
Holy Week 2019
13 April 2019‘And then the beating began.’ The first words that burst forth, uninvited from ‘CocoJo’s lips when I met him on a glorious February afternoon a few weeks ago. I had dropped into the Medaille Safe House to deliver clothes donations from my local parishioners. Clearly in need of a listening ear, CocoJo approached me. Bearing his untouched cup of coffee in his hands, he recounted without bitterness how ‘his friends’ had said they were offering him a job and a better life in the U.K Now he was trapped in the back of a van more ...
