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Praying for the dead

Edmond Grace SJ responds to a bereaved person on the issue of praying for the dead.

1999.11.30.

Why do Catholics still go to Confession?

A brief note on the Sacrament of Reconciliation. It is a celebration of the forgiveness of God, and it helps us to put the the past behind us and go forward in optimism.

1999.11.30.

Confirmation

David Birchall SJ answers an inquiring parent about the sacrament of confirmation.

1999.11.30.

I still miss him

Edmond Grace SJ sheds some light on the questions about death from a grieving spouse.

1999.11.30.

Is God really there?

Jim Corkery SJ provides some consoling thoughts to a person wracked by doubts about the existence of God.

1999.11.30.

Beyond mere facts

Edmond Grace SJ responds to a question about the confusions in the Gospels and why sometimes the stories in them seem to be telling different things.

1999.11.30.

God’s plan for me

Jim Corkery SJ provides some clarification on the inquiry about God’s plan in our lives and why sometimes things just go wrong.

1999.11.30.

Small world: Haiku on the way

Dermot O’Brien wrote this book of haikus while staying in a monastery in Wexford. The haikus capture ‘moments of awareness’ — moments of grace which act as a pointer to God. Below is a selection of the haikus taken from various chapters of the book.

1999.11.30.

Worshipping images

Edmond Grace SJ explains the reasons for the different emphasis on the ten commandments in the Chatholic and Church of Ireland traditions.

1999.11.30.

From the known to the unknown

Edmond Grace SJ gives an answer to why is it that we make our prayers ‘through Jesus Christ’ and what does it mean to be ‘in Him’.

1999.11.30.

Limbo?

Jim Corkery SJ discusses the questions about limbo.

1999.11.30.

Why Go to Mass?

Finbarr Clancy SJ answers the question about why is it important to go to mass.

1999.11.30.

Singing God’s Praise

Edmond Grace SJ provides some reasons for using music during the Mass to a parishioner, who finds music in the church a little irritating.

1999.11.30.

Can I interfere in my grandchildren’s upbringing?

Fr Bernard responds to a grandparent who is upset at seeing the lack of religious values being trasmitted to her grandchildren.

1999.11.30.

Calling priests ‘Father’

Edmond Grace SJ responds to a question about calling priests ‘Father’, when and how did it come about.

1999.11.30.

Infant Baptism

Edmond Grace SJ answers concerned grandparents about the baptism of their grandchild.

1999.11.30.

General Absolution

Edmond Grace SJ clarifies some issues on the sacrament of reconciliation and explains the reasons for personal celebration of this sacrament.

1999.11.30.

Preaching at Mass

Edmond Grace SJ answers to a parishioner who was upset by a ‘continuous’ preaching of the priest during the Mass.

1999.11.30.

Etty Hillesum: A life transformed

Etty Hillesum was a vibrant young Jewish woman who lived in Nazi occupied Amsterdam in the early 1940s and died ad Auschwitz in 1943. In the months before she was arrested she underwent a profound transformation through psychotherapy. She refused to give into hate and in this way overcame the [...]

1999.11.30.

Remembering Romero

On 24 March 1980, Archbishop Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass. He was the most high-profile victim of El Salvador’s civil war between powerful landowners and the dispossessed.

1999.11.30.

How I Believe

Joe Aston, fisherman and sailor, tells what inspires him to be a believer.  

 

1999.11.30.

Peace and Reconciliation

Tony Bolger tells a story about his father-in-law that encouraged his faith.

1999.11.30.

Adventures in Reconciliation

Rob Clarke was born in 1956 in Wellington, New Zealand, the third eldest in a family of nine children. From an early age, I felt occasional stirrings towards God, but as I grew older, my life became filled by many competing interests – girls, alcohol, sport – and Mass ceased to [...]

1999.11.30.

A philosopher’s search for meaning

Dr. Stephen J. Costello, philosopher, describes himself as a seeker, searching for God within the Catholic tradition. He explains his optic

1999.11.30.

Distinguishing antizionism from antisemitism

Michael Prior CM argues that to be opposed to exclusivist, oppressive, imperialistic Zionism is not to be antisemitic but to be in favour of making a better moral future for all the peoples in the troubled region of the Holy Land.

1999.11.30.

Finding God, finding me

Edel Reynolds, teacher, tells how she sees God working in her life.

1999.11.30.

Glimpses of Truth

Patricia Higgins belongs to Slí-Eile Volunteering. She says: “I attended the funeral some years ago of the brother of a friend from college, who had committed suicide. It was a really tragic occasion, and I was disturbed more than comforted by the funeral Mass. The repeated references to praying for those [...]

1999.11.30.

Making themselves at home: the Benedictine monks at Rostrevor

Users of the Prayer Request page of this website will have noted the debt we owe to the Benedictines in Rostrevor, Co. Down. These five monks, from the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Mary Monte-Oliveto, have taken it upon themselves to pray for the intentions of those who submit prayer requests [...]

1999.11.30.

Chinese days

Journalist Miriam O’Donohoe recalls her time in China and how it strengthened her Catholic faith.

1999.11.30.

John Bradburne

Pilgrim, mystic, carer of lepers, civil war victim: Charles Moore tells story of the extraordinary life in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) of Catholic convert, John Bradburne.

1999.11.30.
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