By Fr. Tom Daly SCA

The world seems filled with gloom and desolation as we reflect on the tragedy unfolding in Haiti. In the dust of the ruins and the utter desolation how can we even dare to speak or think of Christian Hope?

By Fr. Liam McClarey SCA

Help us to show our repentance - by a new way of living.
Response: Lord may your kingdom come!

This Prayer of Intercession is placed in Morning Prayer for the second Friday of Advent. Many in Ireland today seek a new way of living; many worldwide begin each New Year with their Resolutions. The Feast of St Vincent Pallotti on January 22nd presents us with an opportunity to glance at his ‘way of being Church.’

Christmas reflection by Fr. Johnny Sweeney SCA

Oh what a beautiful morning,
Oh what a beautiful day,
I've got a wonderful feeling,
Everything's going my way.

All the sounds of the earth are like music,
All the sounds of the earth are like music,
The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree,
And an ol' Weeping' Willow is laughing at me.

Advent message 2009 by Fr Eamon Monson SAC, Irish Provincial

I had gone through a very difficult meeting and, feeling bruised and sorry, I sat in the back garden in Belgrano letting the sun warm me. Tommy, who was about three years old, stood watching from a distance and when he felt it was safe he approached and started chatting. I have no Spanish and he no English, so it was a childlike conversation that drew me out of myself.