O blessed Winefride, pure virgin and glorious martyr,
Very often, when we are confronted by unexpected or unpleasant situations, we hear from most people or even from ourselves the comforting words “…
Our Lady of America, you said,“My dear children,
Heavenly Father, bless your Church with an abundance of holy and zealous priests,
Preserve Your Church, O Lord,under the continual protection of Your glorious
Glorious Saint Malachy,ardent yet gentle shepherd of God’s people,
O Lord, we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters.
A “thin place” according to the late Irish philosopher and poet John O’Donohue is about a place or time where heaven and earth meet and we have…
Sometime in the late 1970s, I was invited to stay overnight with a family in a village in the parish of Ba, Fiji. A member of the family had died…
Traditionally we Irish have dealt with death in a positive and hands-on manner. The Irish wake is known for its celebration of the deceased person…
