TheBeauty of the Prayer Gift

TheBeauty of the Prayer Gift

Recently, I participated in a reflection day in our Convent in Newbridge on the theme Aging Gracefully presented by Maria Garvey (Founder / Leader L’Arche Belfast)Maria offered us many positive ideas in the course of the day, but it was the subject of what GIFTS we have to share with our world at this time…

2024

2024

The New Year beckons.It stretches out before usA precious gift given freelyReceived with gratitude.It is a year, as yet unmapped by us,but waiting for usinviting us to set out on a path that is full of promise and opportunity,The New Year is like a book.Its empty pages open and waiting to be written upon. May…

ONLY LOVE WILL SAVE US

ONLY LOVE WILL SAVE US

God so loved the world… loves the world …this world, our only home,ravaged by destructive floods, droughts, deadly wildfiresdevastating weather patternsthat are becoming more widespread, intense and persistent.The new normal!“We are in the fight of our lives, and we are losing”,“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived,” (Guterres)And…

RESURRECTION

RESURRECTION

We celebrate Easter at a time of the year when Nature awakens from her long winter sleep and new life is beginning to spring forth. The early Spring flowers – snow drops, crocuses and daffodils- shyly make their appearance, adding colour and new life to an apparently dead winter landscape. Nature proclaims that death is…