Being called in to be told that your job is gone has, unfortunately, become a familiar scene for many a person. It’s not a nice experience. It’s difficult even to tell your family and friends. And it’s difficult to face the inevitable pressure of lack of money, lack of hope, and lack of self esteem. [...]
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Come Holy Spirit
The doors were closed and locked, so the room should have been secure. No one should have been able to break in. The fear of the disciples had closed them off from the world, and only the expected was allowed to happen. What were they to do now? They had experienced Good Friday and Easter [...]
Time to be set free
Very soon the dreaded leaving cert results will be distributed to thousands of students. It is a time of worry and opportunity. A time I’m sure many of us remember in all our lives. I think of the following story because fear and anxiety are forces that take away our fulfillment and peace. The story [...]
Mid-Summer Hope
Mid-Summer brings with it the brightest and perhaps the most hopeful time of the Year. Long bright days are good for our well being. Recently two events touched me greatly. Firstly the successful operation of Conjoined Twins Hassan and Hussein, secondly a very thought provoking book I have just read by John Waters, “Beyond Consolation.” [...]
The New Vision of Pentecost
Imagine the scene, the disciples huddled together full of fear and anxiety when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, and they were filled with the Holy Spirit. This Spirit gave them the gift of speech so that people from every nation gathered in Jerusalem that day could hear the apostles [...]
The Gift of Time
This week the community of Kildavin, Co. Carlow and well beyond felt a great sense of sadness and loss, because of John Roberts, sudden death, after a brief illness. John was a remarkable, kind and true gentle man. His life was filled and fuelled by a positive spirit that endeared him to so many, especially [...]
Our health is our wealth
This Thursday, February 11th is the feast of “Our Lady of Lourdes” and is also World Day of Prayer for the Sick. Living with sickness in mind, body or spirit is a difficult and vulnerable journey that visits so many in all our families, friendships and community. It is true that our health is our [...]
Mashed Potatoes
The story is told about a teacher, giving a maths lesson in her classroom. The subject was division. The teacher wanted her young class to grasp the concept of division. She brought in a bag of potatoes and started to count out twenty potatoes and placed them on her desk. She asked her class a [...]
New Year Beginnings
Every New Year marks an opportunity to begin again. There are many feelings that we can experience as we now enter the journey of 2010. The reality for so many of us is that things can only get better. I am sure this has been a terrible Christmas for so many good people who have [...]
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