Reflections
"And every branch that does bear fruit he prunes"
“Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away. And every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more. You are...
Search
Reflections
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Good Shepherd Sunday
We hear Jesus say today as part of this Gospel : “And there are other sheep I have that are not of this fold, and these I have to lead as...
4 views0 comments
Reflections
- Apr 11, 2021
- 4 min
Divine Mercy Sunday (2nd Sunday of Easter)
There are little pieces in the Gospel that we can never understand, these are things about God that it is clearly not necessary for us to...
10 views0 comments
Reflections
- Dec 13, 2020
- 4 min
"there is a new day coming, a new dawn, a new light"
3rd Sunday of Advent ● This is a wonderful Gospel this week when we think about the week that we have just left behind. It was a dark...
7 views0 comments
Reflections
- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
Do you know the Potter ?
1st Sunday of Advent ● And yet, Lord, you are our Father; we the clay, you the potter, we are all the work of your hand. This a beautiful...
7 views0 comments
Reflections
- Dec 9, 2020
- 5 min
The power of our prayer is magnified in Heaven when we have been to confession.
Today’s Gospel by St. Mark sets the scene of John the Baptist preparing the way for Jesus public life. It confirms John the Baptist as...
5 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 5 min
There are many rooms in my Father’s house
Sunday 10 May 2020 5th Sunday of Easter “There are many rooms in my Father’s house. if there were not, I should have told you.” This is a...
2 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 5 min
Truly, the Lord is in this place and I never knew it!
Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:18-26 While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, “My daughter has...
0 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
Jesus Is a Real Person
Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:13-21 When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself....
1 view0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
We are Poor so we can Be Free
Luke 4:16-30 He came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day as he usually did. He stood...
0 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
Our Lady of the Rosary
Lk 10:25-37 A teacher of the Law came and began putting Jesus to the test. And he said, "Master, what shall I do to receive eternal...
2 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
The Good Shepherd
Luke 14:12-14 Then he said to his host, 'When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relations...
0 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
The Beauty of Vulnerability
Matthew 8:5-11 When Jesus entered Capernaum, an army captain approached him to ask his help, "Sir, my servant lies sick at home. He is...
0 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
A reflection on addiction
The first description of addiction in the dictionary explains that addiction means a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to...
11 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
Be brave, for I have conquered the world.
Often when we are young in our teens and early twenties, we have a confidence, a belief in ourselves that we can conquer the world, that...
0 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
A father’s reflection on dealing with Drug addiction
I read an article recently about perspective. The author said If you are looking at a skyscraper from a few miles away and someone is...
4 views0 comments
Reflections
- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
Matt Talbot
Matt Talbot Matt Talbot was a Dublin man. He was one of twelve children. He lived with his mother. He was a good man. He was a man of...
37 views0 comments
Reflections
- Apr 12, 2020
- 4 min
Easter Sunday
12th April 2020 When we study the life of Jesus we recognise that there is nothing of what we can read about that is not without purpose,...
27 views0 comments
Reflections
- Apr 11, 2020
- 12 min
Good Friday
Every time I read & hear the Passion of Jesus my attention is drawn to different aspects of it. In my reading of it over the last few...
4 views0 comments
Reflections
- Apr 6, 2020
- 3 min
Palm Sunday
5th April 2020 There are many individuals that we are made aware of today in the reading of the Passion of Jesus. Jesus is completely the...
9 views0 comments