Homily – Easter Vigil – Year A
Abbot Columba McCann: I wonder: when is the last time you threw a tantrum? Can you remember throwing a tantrum, perhaps as a teenager? Imagine
10/04/2026
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Abbot Columba McCann: I wonder: when is the last time you threw a tantrum? Can you remember throwing a tantrum, perhaps as a teenager? Imagine
Abbot Columba McCann: Moving house is a high-stress event. It’s there alongside changing job or losing a life-partner. Letting go of the familiar and having
Abbot Columba McCann: After such a long and moving gospel account, I will simply share one idea. We may often think we know the meaning
Please note the following changes to the liturgical timetable and opening hours during Holy Week and Easter at Glenstal Abbey: Holy Thursday Morning Prayer
I recently had the chance to spend five weeks in Glenstal Abbey. It was quite a different setting from that of my own community: the
This month the monastic community remembers Brother Benedict Tutty OSB on the 30th anniversary of his death. John Gerard (Sean) Tutty was born in Hollywood,
The Limerick Museum cordially invites you to the opening celebration of The Mystery and the Mud: Exhibition of Paintings by Emmaus O’Herlihy OSB on Thursday 9th
Áine Lawlor of RTÉ Radio 1 explores religious, spiritual and ethical issues through discussions, interviews and features in her Divine Sparks series. Her show recently
Fr. Henry O’Shea: I, Lazarus, have seen the brickwork sky, Its throne is made of night! Its salt and lime are drying to the eye,
Fr. Simon Sleeman: John, in his gospel is on an urgent mission but he is not in a hurry. He is patient…he gives us every
Fr. Denis Hooper: THE ENGLISH COMEDIAN NOEL COWARD SANG A SONG IN THE 1950’S TITLED “MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN GO OUT IN THE MIDDAY SUN”
Fr. Jarek Kurek: Some fifteen hundred years ago there lived a holy man who, like Abraham, who we heard about in the 1st reading, was
On Friday, 14th February we celebrated in a small way our long-standing friendship and connection with Maredsous Abbey School in Belgium. Our school captain Peter
We invite you to join our long-running Easter retreat taking place from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th April. Journey with us from Holy Thursday to
January is often a quieter month for monastic guest masters and guest mistresses, and so every two years we take the opportunity to gather together