An important announcement for all those interested in studying the Franciscan heritage: Greyfriars Review was a significant journal published by the Franciscan Institute Press from 1987 to 2006; its goal was make the best of Franciscan scholarship originally published in other languages available to the English-speaking world. Copies of this journal are very hard to…
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Archive: November 2019
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Gospel Reflection : 32nd Sunday, Year C – Life After Death
Reflection 1: Is there life after death? Jesus was very clear that there is. Not just life as we know it, but so much greater. Life is changed, not ended. Just as the tree or flower or vegetable is greater than the seed which died in the earth. Nowadays there are many theories about life…
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Fr Bryan is ‘Sending Positive Vibes’
Congratulations to our Capuchin Brother, Bryan Shortall OFM Cap, on the publication of his second book – Sending Poistive Vibes. The book will be available in Irish bookstores from Monday 11th of November 2019. The blurb reads: “From the beginning from the beginning of his is pontificate, Pope Francis said “…And remember, don’t forget to pray…
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Ancient Byzantine Catholic Prayer for All Souls Day
This beautiful prayer was sent to us by Fr Coriolan Muresan, Chaplain to the Greek -Romanian Catholic Community who gather in St Michan’s Church, Halston Street for weekly mass. Byzantine Catholic Prayer for the Deceased God of the spirits and of all flesh, who have trampled death and annihilated the devil and given life to your…
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Gospel Reflection – 31 Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Jesus and Zacchaeus The meeting of Zacchaeus and Jesus is a story of up and down. Zacchaeus was a small man but he had climbed up a sycamore tree. He had also climbed up to top of the financial ladder. He was a senior tax collector and a wealthy man. But it is one of…
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