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Celebrating Eucharist through the medium of Zoom: A radical experiment.

”The Sabbath was made for human beings, not human beings for the Sabbath” (Mk 2:27)

I am writing these lines in Ireland at the very end of a year marked …

Gospel of Luke and Sam worth listening to

Western People 2.3.21

The ‘good cop/bad cop’ routine is a well-known psychological tactic used in policing, whereby a team of two interrogators take apparently opposing attitudes: one, robust and uncompromising in approach; …

We pray for the successful visit of Pope Francis to Iraq, starting today.

Link to the timetable of events for Pope Francis in Iraq.

http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/travels/2021/outside/documents/papa-francesco-iraq-2021.html

Towards a Synodal Irish Church

Address of Cardinal Mario Grech to the Bishops of Ireland

February 3, 2021

Link below:

http://www.synod.va/content/synod/en/news/towards-a-synodal-irish-church.html

Letter in full:

Dear brothers,

It is a privilege for us, Sr. Nathalie Becquart and me, to participate in …

Interesting article from Massimo Faggioli in the Commonweal Magazine:

“This is the magisterium: the Council is the magisterium of the Church. Either you are with the Church and therefore you follow the Council, and if you do not follow the …

A bowl of rice

Chris McDonnell CT March 5^th 2021

Carole King’s fabulous song Tapestry begins with these words:

‘My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue
an everlasting vision of the ever-changing view
a …

Risking God

Nature passes the baton:

The mornings are stirring. They wake up the heart and mind. The Tolka is languid and soothing. I see the heron and the swans in the swamp. They have left the pond, at least …

A review, by Eamon Maher, of Tony Flannery’s book From the Outside, and of some of his earlier works, is published in the March/April issue of the Dominican publication, Spirituality.

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From the Inside to the …

Fr Enda McDonagh

Fr Enda McDonagh was laid to rest today in the cemetery attached to St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.

Brendan Hoban celebrated a broadcast Mass for Enda on the Faith Alive programme on Midwest Radio in Mayo.

This is …