“Insomnia can become a form of contemplation. You just lie there, inert, helpless, alone, in the dark, and let yourself be crushed by the inscrutable tyranny of time. The plank bed becomes an altar and you lie there without trying to Continue reading INSOMNIA: They Who Fly Home To God→

I see his face in every flower The quote above is a line from the poem ‘The Presence Of God’ by Joseph Mary Plunkett, one of the martyrs of the 1916 Rising whose marriage to Grace Gifford took place in Continue reading CORPUS CHRISTI: The Presence of God→

Slowing to the pace of a pond, time away from mowing machines, a breeze too cool for June, a warm suntrap carved into the rhododendron bush, birdsong, rushes rustling and water lilies perfectly still. This is Ashburnham! There is no Continue reading TRINITY SUNDAY: Slowing To The Pace Of A Pond→

The beginning of the year 1999 was marked by the retirement of Mick Timlin as Provincial Bursar and the first six months of the year were marked by his illness. He really hadn’t been well for the past couple of Continue reading Father Timlin Remembered: 20 Years On→

                                                                                Knock Homily 2019 Our Gospel today is a heart wrenching scene. Our Lord is in agony on the Cross and at the foot of the Cross is Our Lady and St John. Very often, when we see films that Continue reading Into The Home of our Heart: Homily at Knock, June 2019 – Fr. Jaimie Twohig SAC→

Congratulations to the ordination class of 1969 Fathers Donal McCarthy, John Fitzpatrick, Phil Barry, Denis O’Brien and Oliver O’Brien – who celebrate 50 years of priesthood; to Father Vincent Kelly who celebrates 60 years and to Fathers Tom Daly and Continue reading Jubilee Celebrations 2019→