The Reason for the Season is Jesus Have we forgotten why we celebrate Christmas? A friend told me she got a card wishing her a very merry Winter Festival! Could you beat that! People tell me they have to search in shops for cards that portray the Nativity. Light looked down and saw…
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The Dublin Gospel Choir to put on ‘A Night of Soul’ in aid of the Capuchin Day Centre
Our good friends in the Dublin Gospel Choir are hosting ‘A Night of Soul’ in St Mary of the Angel’s Church Street on Sunday 22nd of December 2019 following the 7pm Mass. Each year the DGC generously given their time and share their talents in aid of the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People. This…
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Advent Week 3 – Gospel Reflection from Br Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap.
The Joy of Forgiveness Vengeance is a dirty word, an unhappy state of mind. John the Baptist predicted the axe of vengeance and the fires of wrath. Yet Isaiah in the First Reading says of God’s vengeance, “He is coming to heal you.” In the mind of Jesus, vengeance did not mean punishment…
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Irish Missionaries Dinner – Zambia
The Irish Ambassador to Zambia – Seamus O’Grady and his wife Mary Lehane – invited Irish Missionaries working in Zmabia to a ‘Christmas dinner’ at the Ambassador’s Residence in Lusaka on Saturday 30th of November. Many religious orders of sisters, brothers and priests were represented including Capuchins Noel and Donatus. We Pray that the Lord…
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Advent – Season of Hope by Br Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap.
Advent, Season of Hope Advent has been devoured by the commercial side of Christmas. This is a pity because the spirituality of Advent is most needed today. It is appropriate that we celebrate Advent in winter because the spiritual message of Advent brings hope to our experiences of the winter of the spirit. It is…
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A Black Friday Prayer …
Tomorrow is what’s become known as ‘Black Friday’. We’ve all seen the new reports with the disturbing images of stampedes as people trample over one another to get the ‘bargain of the century’. Don’t be fooled – be polite and kind to each other. Black Friday is all about things – people are not things. Shop…
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Gospel Reflection – Christ the King
Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Luke 23:35-43 Jesus announced at the beginning of his public ministry that his mission would be to establish the kingdom of God in the world. His preaching and way of life set out the ideals of what the world would be like if we all lived up to his…
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Gospel Reflection – 33rd Sunday Year C
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Luke 20:27-38 Persevere in Faith 1. We are coming close to the end of the liturgical year and today’s readings are about the end of life. When Luke was writing his Gospel the magnificent Temple in Jerusalem had been razed to the ground. It was an awesome structure. A…
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Greyfriars Review available on-line
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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