On Passion Sunday each year we have what people refer to as the long Gospel, properly called The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This year we have St Luke’s version. The four evangelists basically write about the same event but each one has his own particular interests as well as his immediate readership in view. There…
Personal Profile Recently appointed pastoral manager in Raphoe diocese Connor Duncan grew up in a Catholic family. While he left the Faith “in a big way” for a time, the embers never fully died. Now, he hopes to enkindle the flame of faith in people today. Born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Connor grew up in…
The key to the link between past and present, as is so often the case, lies in a book. President Vladimir Putin’s earlier life was spent in the ranks of the Russia secret service. The distorted moral vision of that organisation has shaped his views of people, life and the world. For that state service…
According to the Bible, there’s a secret that’s hidden from the amoral, known only by the virtuous. The Book of Wisdom tells us that when we are not virtuous “we do not know the hidden counsels of God, nor do we grasp the recompense of holiness, nor discern the innocent soul’s reward.” How true! How…
Oregon has dropped its residency requirement for assisted suicide, meaning doctors will be allowed to prescribe lethal drugs to people who do not reside in the state. In response to a federal lawsuit, the state agreed to stop enforcing the residency requirement, March 28. In addition, the Oregon Health Authority agreed to write a bill…
Dear Editor, Dublin City councillors, and some TDs – whose housing failure, for years, gave us our housing crisis – now want to re-zone Church land to prevent it being used to build houses and to impoverish the Church, its services, parishes, clergy and people. Some propose seizing such assets, Henry VIII style, built by…
When a building is shaking due to incessant bombing, it causes fear but “we are with the people” a Salesian priest delivering aid to Ukraine tells Chai Brady The world has looked on in horror at the devastation and death left behind by Russian soldiers who retreated from a town north-east of Ukraine’s capital of…
Late at night (late for me!) I tend to dip into the newspaper review programmes on the British channels – it’s a good snapshot of what’s coming up on the next day’s headlines. Press Preview (Sky News) and The Papers (BBC News) still have their guest reviewers joining in remotely, while Headliners (GB News) seems…
Children’s Corner Solutions are not just what you try to achieve when you’re stuck on a problem. A solution can also be a liquid mixture. You can learn all about solutions and their significance by adding more and more sugar cubes to water. To make it more interesting, why not also change the temperature of…
From 1723 to the end of his life in 1750, Bach spent his time, more or less, in Leipzig where he was kantor at the Thomasschule. His duties included providing music for the city’s two major churches – St Thomas and St Nicholas – as well as for two of the smaller ones – St…
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