God of love, listen to our prayer for Mothers’ Day. We celebrate all mothers and grandmothers on this day.
We remember the great mothers of salvation history: Sarah, mother of Isaac; Rebecca, mother of Jacob; Ruth, mother of King David; Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, and especially Mary, Mother of Jesus whom we…
How do we know if we are true followers of Jesus? The real test is, do we love and care for one another? Love is the mark of the follower of Jesus. Love reaches out to others in understanding and compassion, in care and affirmation, in listening and service. The love that is in my…
Following the collection on the weekend 18th/19th February at our weekend Masses in Rosbercon Parish for the recent earthquake disasters in Turkey and Syria, we have now sent a cheque to Bishop Coll in the amount of €2,000. We are delighted to be able to help those who need it most. Your support of the…
This summer will mark my 18th anniversary as the priest in Rosbercon Parish. Being in the parish for eighteen years is a gift. Now, when I celebrate a funeral Mass, I know the person whose funeral I am celebrating. I know the grieving family, and who is related to the deceased. This pastoral knowledge is…
Ash Wednesday this week marked the beginning of the Holy Season of Lent. This is the time every year when we make a special effort to fast, do penance, reflect on our faith and perform acts of charity. In this way we prepare for the great celebrations of Holy Week; the Passion, Death and Resurrection…
We are constantly being encouraged to pray. It is very interesting to consider how people pray. There are as many ways to pray as there are people who pray. Many pray through thoughts, words, actions or before a crucifix. Some pray silently. Many like to gently sit or kneel before the blessed sacrament, spending quiet…
Outside a Metro Station in Washington, DC, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. The man playing the Bach pieces was Joshua Bell, playing incognito as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities, organized by the Washington Post
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“We sing a song to Brigid, Brigid brings the Spring,
Awakens all the fields and flowers, and calls the birds to sing”.
We celebrate Saint Brigid’s Day on Wednesday, 1st February, traditionally, the first day of Springtime. We have noticed the lengthening evenings and the increase of light in recent mornings. The old people…
Fr. Niall Coll, a native of Donegal, will be ordained Bishop of Ossory in succession to Archbishop Dermot Farrell in Saint Mary’s Cathedral Kilkenny on Sunday next, 22nd January 2023 at 3.00pm. Over the weekend we are asked to hold Bishop-elect Niall in our prayers. May his ministry in our diocese be blessed and fruitful…
In mid-winter as we are now, only the barest signs of Spring are visible. But we have no doubt that Spring is just around the corner even though the ground still carries many of the dead leaves of last Summer.
We continue to live in a time of change, in society, in political life,…
