Abbot Christopher Dillon: There is a great deal happening in this scene of the woman who has been caught in the act. At the same

Please note the following changes to the liturgical timetable during Holy Week and the Octave of Easter: Holy Thursday Morning Prayer: 7am Midday Prayer: 12.30pm

The above quotation from Frederick Douglass, the nineteenth century American slave turned abolitionist, testifies to the pleasure and value of reading. For Douglass it was

Fr.Luke Macnamara: Life is far from perfect in our lives, year groups, families, community. We make mistakes in our relationships, with God, with others, and

Abbot  Columba Mc Cann: Here’s a thought I came across on the internet a few days ago:  “One day you are going to meet someone

Fr. Fintan Lyons: Many years ago in a north Co. Dublin fairly rural parish, the attendance at Mass one St Patrick’s Day was noticeably reduced, and

We celebrate the forests of the world for their many gifts: hydrological services, timber, shelter and food. But perhaps their greatest gifts to human kind

The one who goes in the way which Christ has gone, Is much more sure to meet with him, than oneWho travels by-ways: Perhaps my God, though he be far ahead, May

Fr. Anthony Keane. In today’s Gospel from Luke chapter 6, dearest Brothers and Sisters, we see Our Loving Lord  trying to teach us the ineffable

We live in a time when the whole world is beginning to understand that our lives will have to be ‘at all times Lenten in

Fr. John O’Callagahan. “Love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you! Pray for them, be compassionate, as your Father is compassionate!” This is

Fr. Simon Sleeman.  They say, writing a sermon is like building a chicken coop in a high wind – you grab any flying board and

Fr. William Fennelly. St. Luke tells us that Simon Peter fell to his knees and said to Jesus, “leave me alone”. This doesn’t seem like

Fr. Luke MacNamara. Today we commemorate St Brigid, one of Ireland’s three principal patrons. Here in Munster, our St Ita, is often called the Brigid

Fr. Lino Moreira According to the Law of Moses, if a woman gave birth to a child she became unclean on account of her bleeding.