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Death of Fr. Finbarr Connolly, C.Ss.R.
Fr. Finbarr Connolly, R. I. P.
Please pray for the happy repose of the soul of Fr. Finbarr Connolly, C.Ss.R. who died peacefully on Monday 7th May 2012. He had been declining over the past few years and his gentle passing is a happy release for him. .
Born 24 August…
Reflection for Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 6.
Gospel is John 15: 1-8,- The Vine and the Branches.
How rooted are we? How connected are we? ‘Put your roots down into the soil of God’s marvelous love‘ (Psalm 139, Living Bible). Have you, by any chance, some torn ‘ligaments’? Ligaments are connections,- and the word religion…
“Jesus is LORD”,- well, kind of, sort of…
‘Jesus is Lord’
“JESUS IS LORD !”-
Jesus is, – well,
kind of,
sort of,
‘Lord’-
you know what I mean, but then,
so what? -
great for him if he’s into
that sort of glory stuff,-
inflation, self-inflation maybe
is what I would call it.
‘But, now, let’s get on to something real’
said he,
shuffling,-
embarrassed that he ever brought it…
Good Shepherd Sunday April 29, 2012.
A Reflection for today:
‘I am the Good Shepherd. The good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep…I know my own, and my own know me…and I lay down my life for my sheep.’ (St. John, Chapter 10)
Jesus did just that. He lay down his very…
Vocation Discernment,- a Letter
A reflection for Good Shepherd Sunday April 29, 2012.
‘How do we, as followers of Jesus, discern our calling in life?’ That was the question I faced as I recently (in March 2012) prepared to talk to a few young men in their 20′s and 30′s, about discerning vocation. So…
‘What a Way !’ – a response to an 18 year-old’s letter.
What a Way!
What a Way!What a way to be,
in life!-
Open vessel to receive
the Abba-love of God,
poured out with,
Oh, such lavishness:
Open to return such love
with all the
‘heart and soul and
mind and strength’,-
a daily offering…
Happy Eastertime to all!- continued!
Third Sunday of Easter,- April 22nd.
Here we come near the end of St. Luke’s Gospel; the two disciples who had…
Jerusalem to Emmaus? Emmaus to Jerusalem? Our Choice.
Jerusalem to Emmaus? Emmaus to Jerusalem?- Our choice.
Are we embarrassed?
Have we been running,
lemming-like,
to our Emmauses-
because we’re mortified -in these so-modern times -
by Calvary?
Have we, for forty years, been wandering
anywhere
but there
where the Inner Temple of the Heart of God
-His love, beyond all words, in deed-
has been revealed;
where all who now…
Death of Brother John (‘Baptist’) Cashman, C.Ss.R.
We regret to announce the death of Br. John (Baptist) Cashman, C.Ss.R. of the Redemptorist Community at Mount St. Alphonsus, Limerick. Br. John died peacefully at 3.10pm on Wednesday, 18th April in the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick. Fr. Adrian Egan and Br. Seamus Campion were with him. Br….
First Sunday after Easter: ‘Resurections: Give me your Hand!’
RESURRECTIONS: Give me your hand!
‘Give me your hand’
to wipe a tear,
to make a cup of tea:
Do not be unbelieving but believe
that I am here,
before you and within;-
Give me your hand
to touch a wound with tenderness,
to change a dressing,
find a medicine:
to teach young hands to write,
to play with paint
and clay;-
to…
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