Fr Joe Words

by | Aug 28, 2025 | News

“May the Lord who has begun this good work in you, bring it to completion.” I heard these words from the Rite of Ordination last Saturday as Archbishop Farrell embraced Fr Ciaran during the Mass at which he became a priest. Later in the week I listened again to the...

‘You cannot serve two masters’

by | Jan 23, 2025 | News

  Today’s readings illustrate both the centrality of justice and faithfulness as well as the danger of materialism.  They show that God’s love, which is for all, particularly notices the victims of injustice (First Reading from the prophet Amos), and the poor,...

‘The Lord will reign for ever!’ 

by | May 24, 2024 | News

The reign of the Lord glorified in today’s Psalm is a kingdom of justice for the oppressed. The other readings, too, all focus on God’s loving concern for the poor, the weak and the powerless. In the First Reading, a destitute Gentile widow gives to Elijah all that...

A few words from Fr Joe……………….

by | May 24, 2024 | News

In November, we remember our deceased relatives and friends and pray for all the faithful departed and as it says in the Eucharistic Prayer ‘those whose faith was known to you (God) alone’. The greatest gift we can offer to those who have left us is our assurance that...

A few words from Fr Joe…………………

by | Apr 19, 2024 | News

I was invited to the home of a young woman whose wedding was coming up so that I could get to know her parents. The senior couple lived in a very fine house, with large well-proportioned rooms, many open fires, lovely art on the walls and then as the invitation was...