Homily – Immaculate Conception – 2024
Luke McNamara. Mary’s birthday falls on the 8th of September and therefore we celebrate her conception 9 months earlier on the 8th of December. This
Luke McNamara. Mary’s birthday falls on the 8th of September and therefore we celebrate her conception 9 months earlier on the 8th of December. This
Fr. William Fennelly: We have just heard at the start of Luke’s gospel that “the word of God came to John, son of Zechariah, in
Fr. Henry O’Shea OSB. We have tested and tasted too much…- Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder. But here in
Abbot Columba McCann OSB. Elections are in the air! Getting elected President of the USA is quite a feat for anybody. Think of the power
“And nothing exists except the Child” Sometimes we might only remember a single word, sentence or scene of a movie. It’s not because the movie
This month the monastic community marks the 25th anniversary of Abbot Augustine O’Sullivan, who died on 7th December 1999. Seamus O’Sullivan was born in Limerick
Back by popular demand, Glenstal Abbey’s scented candles are now in-stock in our online shop: shorturl.at/jPJqY Inspired by the botanicals of our walled garden, Father
Fr Simon Sleeman OSB Sometimes I wonder about God. Especially on days like this. Maybe you do too. I wonder about the risk God took
Fr. Henry O’Shea OSB. Many years ago, when teaching a junior class about Frederick the Great of Prussia, I asked the group if anyone knew
Fr. William Fennelly OSB Today’s readings devote a lot of attention to the act of listening. In that first reading from Deuteronomy we heard Moses
The recently-elected abbot of Glenstal Abbey received his abbatial blessing at a ceremony presided over by Kieran O’Reilly, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, on Friday
Fr Anthony Keane OSB As Jesus and his disciples left the City of Jericho to go up the dangerous road to Jerusalem, Bar Timaeus, a
Fr Patrick Hederman OSB A farmer was saving his hay in the traditional style. None of your combined harvesters for him. He cut the field
Fr Henry O’Shea OSB Many people who had the patience to follow the reporting and comments on the government’s recent budget, will most likely have
On the solemnity of All Saints the monastic community will present their recently elected abbot Columba McCann OSB to the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly to ask
Glenstal Abbey is home to a community of Benedictine monks in County Limerick, Ireland, and is a place of prayer, work, education and hospitality. The monastery sits alongside a popular guesthouse and a boarding school for boys, housed within a 19th century Normanesque castle amidst five hundred magnificent acres of farmland, forest, lakes and streams. more