Tommy Tiernan has inched ahead of Ryan Tubridy in the battle for RTÉ’s weekend viewers after his most recent show clocked up 12,000 more audience members than the chat-show host....
“He is not here, he is risen”, is the signal message which the women receive as they make their way to anoint the dead body of Jesus. That the Lord...
It has been a tough year since last Easter, and many people, Christians and others, have found ways of making the best of a bad job by helping one another...
This is our Second Easter, in Lockdown. As restrictions continue, our television rooms have now become the place where we can participate in Mass, say our prayers and receive spiritual...
A woman, pushing on in years, boasted to her pastor that she did not have an enemy in the world. He was very impressed. What a wonderful thing to be...
Will we ever forget last St. Patrick’s day. Lockdown had just began, we faced a very uncertain future. Most of us felt frightened and anxious. Living in a pandemic, over...
Carole King’s fabulous song Tapestry begins with these words: ‘My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever-changing view, a wondrous woven...
Brendan Kennelly’s poem Begin launches us into our Spring-time. This past week has seen changes in the weather. The extra light each morning and evening is most welcome. We used...
In his message for Lent 2021, Pope Francis focuses on the three theological virtues inviting us to “renew our faith, draw from the living waters of hope, and receive with...
Lent in lockdown is perhaps enough penance for any of us!! Living through a pandemic brings huge challenges, not just physically but also emotionally and indeed spiritually. Many find comfort...
Fear and anxiety about a possible future event or circumstance is often a greater suffering than the suffering we endure when (and if) the feared event or circumstance actually occurs....
Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in US history, has become an international voice of hope. She is a hugely inspirational woman. Her voice is prophetic, in a time we...
