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Death of Fr. Pat O’Sullivan, Redemptorist.
News has come today, Tuesday Sept. 25th, of the death of Fr. Pat O’Sullivan C.Ss.R.,
from the Redemptorist Community in Limerick. Fr. Pat was in his middle 80′s, and had been ill for some weeks past. God…
Weekly Letter to Sinead and to Mark: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 23rd , 2012.
25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, SEPT. 23rd , 2012.
Weekly Letter to Sinead and to Mark, two young adults, hungering for God-knows-what.
(See ‘Mass Texts’ in Home Page, for the text of this Sunday’s Readings: the Gospel of the day is St. Mark, Chapter 9, verses 30-37).
Dear…
Reflection: 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: SEPT. 23, 2012.
25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: SEPT. 23, 2012.
(For today’s Readings, click on Mass Texts, on HomePage.)
Weekly ‘Soul Food for the Hungry Adult’:
A few years ago, under a previous Government in Ireland, there was a cartoon about the Taoiseach (Leader) of the country at that time,- Bertie Ahern….
Feast of the Holy Cross, Sept. 14th.
‘Greater love than this no one has…’ (John 15:13)
‘And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to myself.’ (John 12:32)
For you.
Feast of the Holy Cross, Sept. 14th.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: For reflections on the mystery of the Cross, click on www.emptifulvessels.com, poems/reflections by Fr. Seamus Devitt C.Ss.R., many inspired by the writings of Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa OFM Cap.. Type ‘Cross’ in Search.
The following is one such reflection:
The…
SOUL FOOD FOR HUNGRY YOUNG ADULTS: Sept. 16, 2012.’Dear Sinead and Mark’.
This week’s Letter to Sinead and Mark, two young friends:
Sunday September 16, 2012. Gospel: St.Mark, 8:27-35. (Click on Mass Readings on Menu for the text of the readings)
Dear Sinead and Mark,
Back again with you! Can I take you this time on a journey, in your imagination? Come,…
SOUL FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY ADULT: Reflection: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B: Sept.16, 2012
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B:
Gospel: Mark 8:27-35 (click on ‘Mass Readings’, for the texts.)
You couldn’t miss seeing Caesarea Philippi. Jesus and his disciples had walked the 40k or more towards it, directly northeast of the Sea of Galilee. Even from a great distance, it looked mightily impressive….
Homily given at Esker Cemetery Sunday Mass, Sept. 9, 2012
CEMETERY SUNDAY 2012: A great number of family members of Redemptorist Brothers and Priests, buried in our community Cemetery here 
, travelled to Esker for our annual Cemetery Sunday. The weather was not kind to us, the Mass was…
Reflection: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B: September 9, 2012.
Soul Food for the Hungry Adult: Reflection: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B: September 9, 2012.
Gospel: Mark 7:31-37. Reading 1: Isaiah 35:4-7. Reading 2: St. James 2:1-5.
Lord, we’re all ears!
Jesus’ sat-nav must have been turned off, because Mark tells us he took the…
Soul Food for Young Adults: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 9, 2012.
This week’s letter is to Sinead and to Mark.
Dear Sinead and Mark,
Did you ever feel ‘faint-hearted’, like when your courage and confidence were at a…
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