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Ash Wednesday

This Wednesday, 14th February, Ash Wednesday, we begin the season of Lent, a time to prepare our hearts for the new life which Jesus brings at Easter. Just as nature awakens to growth and new life at this time of year, each Lent invites us to bring springtime to our...

LECTIO DIVINA FOR LENT

Commencing on Thursday, 15th February (and each Thursday during Lent) after 10am Mass in the Sacristy meeting room. We shall be looking for the meaning and insight into the Sunday Gospels for Lent. Please join us on this Lenten Journey. All are welcome.  

You are my Child, the Beloved; my favour rests on you’

Today’s feast of the Baptism of Our Lord follows on from the Epiphany. It can be seen as a second manifestation of Christ, as the heavens are opened before the whole world. Through Christ’s baptism, in which the entire Trinity is present (Gospel), the world is made...

‘Prepare a way for the Lord!’

Advent is a sacred time of longing and preparation for the Lord; a time for waking up to listen to the Spirit calling deep within us. The words of Isaiah (First Reading) bring to this Sunday’s liturgy a cry of consolation for a people desperate for peace. As we make a...

A few words from Fr. Joe….

Many of our schools have Advent services at this time. It is truly amazing to see and hear our young people sharing the story of Christmas in word and song. At one service during the week not only did they sing superbly, read strongly but they also drew words and...

‘Stay awake! Be ready!’

As we begin the season of Advent, the readings continue to focus (as in recent weeks) not just on the coming of Christ at the end of time, but also on his coming in our own lives. The people of Israel, newly returned from exile, find the task of rebuilding their land...

A few words from Fr Joe……………..

Advent is an invitation to enter into the plan of God for the whole human family. Ours is a world that God loves so much that he sends his only Son, Jesus, to live among us. It’s a radical choice, a huge risk, and yet ‘even though his state was divine’ he humbled...

‘For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God’

Today’s readings remind us that the path of love leads us away from ourselves. This is always painful, but ultimately it is a path that leads us to the fullness of life. Peter’s journey of faith (Gospel) earns him the severe disapproval of Jesus, who has started to...

A few words from Fr Joe…………………..

On one of the rare warm sunny evenings during the summer I sat on a wall in Blackrock. The sun was setting across the wide expanse of sand, and lots of young people had congregated. I noticed three boys sharing a pizza, some girls taking pics for their Instagram,...

‘But you, who do you say I am?’

Today’s readings focus on the way God looks on the lowly, the ones who need help. The Gospel encourages us to reflect on our own faith in Jesus. As we seek to answer truthfully Jesus’s question about his identity, we may also ponder on Peter, a simple fisherman, who...