Homily – Sunday 19 – Year B
Fr Patrick Hederman OSB This is the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, or, for those of us who have been living on this planet for
Fr Patrick Hederman OSB This is the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, or, for those of us who have been living on this planet for
Fr Christopher Dillon OSB “This is working for God: you must believe in the one he has sent.” “That you believe in the one that
The year 2024 marks the 1500th anniversary of the death of Brigit of Kildare, a figure who fascinates and inspires countless people to the present
The monastic community at Glenstal Abbey remembers Father Kevin Healy OSB whose 25thanniversary occurs today. Daniel Charles Healy was born in Dublin on 30th June
Fr John O’Callaghan OSB A main theme of today’s readings is ‘bread’. From time immemorial, from manna in the desert to baguettes in Paris, bread
Fr Jarek Kurek OSB It struck me on a number of occasions that Irish people have a particular affection for the song The Lord is my
Columba McCann OSB has been elected the seventh Abbot of Glenstal Abbey. Abbot Columba begins immediately his eight-year term of office as leader of the
Fr Lino Moreira OSB According to the gospel of Mark, when Jesus started his public ministry he went round Galilee saying: ‘The time is fulfilled,
The monastic community at Glenstal Abbey will hold an election for the position of Abbot and undertake its annual retreat between Monday 15th – Sunday
Abbot Brendan OSB “St Benedict found the world, physical and social, in ruins, and his mission was to restore it… quietly, patiently, gradually… There was
‘The Garden of the Risen Lord: From Recognition to Action’ takes place on Saturday 7th September and will explore Mary Magdalene’s encounter with Jesus through
Fr Cuthbert Brennan OSB In this morning’s gospel we see Jesus return to his native place, surrounded by his friends and family. They have heard
Fr William Fennelly OSB Two women alone in the middle of crowds! The first woman is older. No one else is mentioned in her story
Fr Denis Hooper OSB “UNFURL THE SAILS, AND LET THE SPIRIT STEER US WHERE HE WILL” – ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE UNLIKE THE BOAT DESCRIBED
Fr John Callaghan osb One day Jesus was in the temple at Jerusalem and noticed people putting money into the collection box. The rich put
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