Reflection for Spring

Reflection for Spring

Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush… From ‘Spring’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins Even the weeds in spring delight the heart of the poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins. After the dark days and cold winds of winter spring touches...
Lenten Conversion Journey

Lenten Conversion Journey

Fr Tim Mulroy recalls a difficult conversation with a Columban in the USA which provided some insightful Lenten lessons. During the months leading up to his eighty-seventh birthday, on several occasions, Fr Paul White had gone from the hospital to a rehabilitation...
Lent, Covid and Lockdown

Lent, Covid and Lockdown

As we enter the second season of Lent in our never-ending lockdown, Fr Jim Fleming invites us to stop and to reflect on what it is all about and what effect it’s having on us personally and collectively. The international rollout of the Covid vaccination is...
Columban Prayers for the Coronavirus Pandemic

Columban Prayers for the Coronavirus Pandemic

These prayers were written for the COVID-19 pandemic by Columban priests in the United States and Ireland. With thanks to https://columban.org/ Prayer to St Columban in the face of the Coronavirus St Columban of Mt Leinster, Bangor, Luxeuil, Bregenz and Bobbio, your...
Lenten Reflection by Fr Sean Dwan: Fast and Breakfast

Lenten Reflection by Fr Sean Dwan: Fast and Breakfast

Several years ago, on my first visit to Pakistan I made a big social blunder. A Muslim acquaintance arranged to meet me after breakfast, “at about 8 o’clock”. I naturally assumed that he meant eight in the morning, but he was talking about breaking-the-fast which...