Trinity Sunday
Saturday, 03 June 2023
A God of Relationships About sixty years ago, the famous theologian, Karl Rahner, remarked that if the doctrine of the Blessed Trinity was removed, it would make virtually no difference...
Pentecost Sunday
Saturday, 27 May 2023
Enkindle within us the fire of your love   May I begin by wishing us all a joyful birthday. It is the birthday of the Church, the day when the...
Gospel Reflection – Ascension Sunday
Thursday, 18 May 2023
The Ascension of the Lord  Saint Luke tells us that the Ascension of the Lord happened forty days after the Resurrection.  In the bible, forty usually refers to a time...
6th Sunday of Easter – Gospel Reflection
Saturday, 13 May 2023
[caption id="attachment_4440" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Image by Bananayota from Pixabay[/caption] God with us and in us Sunday by Sunday we are moving on from the Resurrection of Jesus towards Pentecost.    The...
5th Sunday of Easter – Gospel Reflection
Saturday, 06 May 2023
The Way, the Truth and the Life If I am conscious in my last hours on earth, my wish is that somebody will be at my bedside reading today’s Gospel,...
Gospel Reflection – Vocation Sunday
Friday, 28 April 2023
Vocation of all Christians The Fourth Sunday of Easter each year is known as Vocations Sunday.  The Gospel is about Jesus, the Good Shepherd who called his flock to follow...
Mission Secretaries gather in Rome
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
  Our Provincial Minister, Br Seán Kelly, and our Mission Secretary, Br James Connolly, are attending a meeting of Capuchin Mission Secretaries in Rome. Brother James is seen here presenting...
Sunday Gospel Reflection – Our Companion on the Road
Friday, 21 April 2023
Our Companion on the Road Can we learn anything from Sunday’s gospel story of the Risen Jesus joining with two people on the road to Emmaus? It was the third...
Easter Sunday Gospel Reflection
Saturday, 08 April 2023
Christ is Risen I like the story about an ageing flower-lady with an outdoor stall.  Her clothes were old and shabby, her face weather-beaten and wrinkled. A regular customer asked...
Palm Sunday Gospel Reflection
Saturday, 01 April 2023
Jesus the Wounded Healer “Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, who leads us in our faith and brings it to perfection:  for the sake of the joy which...
Sunday Reflection for the 5th Sunday of Lent
Friday, 24 March 2023
Sharing in the Death and Resurrection of Christ The story of the raising of Lazarus from the grave is used in the liturgy of Lent because it illustrates baptism as...
Gospel Reflection – 4th Sunday of Lent
Saturday, 18 March 2023
Children of the Light                                                                                            Last Sunday we had the story of Jesus sitting with the woman at the well, offering her the living water of friendship and mercy.  It...