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Happy 2020

It’s hard to believe we are almost ready to begin another new year, the rituals of celebrating a new year is an ancient one. It’s been for centuries that the New Year’s Day is observed on January 1st. However, we don’t exactly know when this date was chosen as the...

Christmas is a time to get real

I was struck by a headline on a national newspaper recently that read, “A nation yearns for meaning at Christmas”. It noted that 86% of Irish people, questioned in a survey, believe that Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Christ, has become too commercial,...

Let the light shine

“Once upon a time there was a man who looked upon Christmas as a lot of humbug. He wasn’t a Scrooge. He was a kind and decent person, generous to his family, upright in all his dealings with other people. But he didn’t believe all that stuff about Incarnation which...

The gift of Generosity this Christmas

Generosity is a wonderful gift. To have a big heart is a blessing that is to be open and compassionate in love to the needs of others. Generosity is contagious and beneficial. Fact…The more we give the more we receive. Generosity is measured in our ability to engage...

Advent – A time to open doors

This week we begin the liturgical season of advent. A hope filled few weeks, when we prepare to welcome, yet again, the light and peace that is felt at the Lords birth. Jesus is the reason for the season. One of the images that Pope Francis often uses is that of the...

Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

Jesus couldn’t do much for the man on the cross… his own hands were nailed. He couldn’t take him off, but he gave him more than he could ask for. He gave him paradise. Where is God in our suffering? What sort of hope can we find this week in our country? What with so...