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Pallottine Fathers and Brothers
She puts her two hands on her hips and rolls her eyes to heaven. In that moment I feel like the most stupid, embarrassing man in the world and, in my awkwardness, I say something else stupid so that she Continue reading The Wounded Heart
Congratulations to Fr. Marcellus on the day of his ordination at St Joseph the Worker Parish, Kangemi, Nairobi, on Saturday 20th July. Ad multos annos!
To you, O Mary, are known all the needs of your people and of the whole Church. Mother of Truth and Seat of Wisdom, dissipate the clouds of error which darken our minds. Amend the strayings of our hearts and Continue reading Prayer to our Mother of Divine Love
It’s an incredibly beautiful day at sea. The ship sails steady on the white edged choppy waves and peace reigns now, with loneliness left behind in Dublin port. Mostly left behind. Out here I am suspended between two realities, ready Continue reading A Future And A Hope
There’s a breeze that blows before the rain. It meets the resistance of the rhododendron, braced against the weather, not a trembling but more a stiffened shaking, a soldier standing to attention in a storm. This is a day of Continue reading Thou Art My Island
Holiness: A Path Travelled Together “Growth in holiness is a journey in community, side by side with others.” – Gaudete et Exsultate 141. Pope Francis, in this affirmation from his Apostolic Exhortation on the call to holiness in today’s world, Continue reading A Path Travelled Together – Pat Maguire
Back in the 1990’s I was involved in the formation of students for the priesthood who were being educated in what might be called a “liberal” institute, though I’m not at all fond of such labels but I don’t know Continue reading Always The Same Lord
Broken body restingOn my lap hiddenImage of the unseenGod in finite form frail God knows how to liveAnd how not to beAble to keep goingTo birth’s beginningsThe end of expectancy Eternal is the spaceBeyond end and beginningThe place of this Continue reading You Are Weeping Now
