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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">&#8211; <em>29th May 2022 &#8211;</em></span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Gospel reading:</span></strong></em> </span><em><span style="color: #ff6600;">Luke 24:46-53</span><br /> <strong><span style="color: #800000;">vs. 46</span></strong> Jesus said to his disciples:<br /> </em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>&#8220;</strong><em><strong>Y</strong>ou see how it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,</em></span><em><br /> <strong><span style="color: [...]

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;"><em><strong>&#8211;  21-5-2023 &#8211;</strong></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><strong>ASCENSION SUNDAY  &#8211; Year A</strong></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #993300;"><em><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Gospel text : </strong></span><span style="color: #008080;">Matthew 28:16-20</span></em><em><em><br /> </em></em></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #008080;"><em><strong>vs.16</strong></em></span>  The eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>J</strong></span>esus had arranged to meet them.</span><br [...]

I would like to devote this year’s Message to the theme of storytelling, because I believe that, so as not to lose our bearings, we need to make our own the truth contained in good stories – Pope Francis.

<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>                                                                  <span style="color: #808080;"> <span class="excerpt"><em><strong>&#8211; 04-06-2023 &#8211;</strong></em></span>     </span>  </strong></em><em><strong>                                                                  </strong></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800000;"><em><strong>&#8211;  The Most Holy Trinity   &#8211;</strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="color: #800000;"> <em><strong>Gospel text : John 3:16-18</strong></em></span></p> <p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignright size-full wp-image-124298" src="https://media1.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jesus-my-friend.jpg" alt="" width="265" height="265" srcset="https://www.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jesus-my-friend.jpg 265w, https://www.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jesus-my-friend-145x145.jpg 145w, https://www.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jesus-my-friend-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jesus-my-friend-24x24.jpg 24w, https://www.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jesus-my-friend-36x36.jpg 36w, https://www.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jesus-my-friend-48x48.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px" [...]

"We have a Christian duty to pray for the dead," says parish priest Fr Peter Byrne.

Encouraged by Pope Francis, Archbishop Eamon Martin invites grandparents and grandchildren to share their own stories this weekend – whether that’s over the phone, on social media, or by video call – about how they are “coping during the coronavirus crisis”.

Archbishop Michael Neary extended welcome to Shane Costello and prayers and support on behalf of the people in the Archdiocese of Tuam.

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008080;"><strong><em>www.catholicireland.net</em></strong><em><br /> <strong>Glossary of Roman Catholic Church terms, words and phrases’</strong></em></span><em><br /> </em><em> </em></p> <p><em>Dear Visitor,<br /> If you know of any other commonly used ‘Churchy’ terms, words or phrases that you would like us to add to this list,  please send them to:   editor@catholicireland.net </em></p> <p><em> And we will try to include them [...]

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008080;"><strong><em>www.catholicireland.net</em></strong><em><br /> <strong>Glossary of Roman Catholic Church terms, words and phrases’</strong></em></span><em><br /> </em><em> </em></p> <p><em>Dear Visitor,<br /> If you know of any other commonly used ‘Churchy’ terms, words or phrases that you would like us to add to this list,  please send them to:   editor@catholicireland.net </em></p> <p><em> And we will try to include them [...]

"Mercy can help mitigate life’s troubles and offer warmth to those who have known only the coldness of judgement."

It is not technology which determines whether or not communication is authentic, but rather the human heart and our capacity to use wisely the means at our disposal.

"The building of mutual relationship, respect and understanding, recognition and valuing of identity is possible."

Prominent Limerick priest calls on local authorities to work with Travelling community to improve safety on overcrowded and substandard halting sites.

Politicians and theologians grapple with Laudato Si at the National Conference on Climate Change and the Environment in Balally.

Professor John Fitzgerald, chair of the advisory committee to the Government on the environment, will address the conference on ‘Ecology and Economics’.

Church needs to be concerned for, and present in, the world of communication, Archbishop Eamon Martin affirms.

<p>&nbsp;</p> <h4 style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>What is a Holy Day of Obligation?</strong></span></em></h4> <p>Holy Days of Obligation are major feasts of the Church’s year on which – in addition to Sundays – Catholics are obliged to go to Mass. They are also to abstain from such work or business that would inhibit the worship [...]

Matthew, a Jew, was a tax collector for the Romans and accused of being a traitor to his own people, went on to write his Gospel

The tradition is that while Helen was in Jerusalem ( in her eighties) in the years 327-8 she discovered the true cross.

Philip brought Nathanael to Jesus. James was "the brother of the Lord".

John Littleton's book provides readers with an overview of the Gospel of Matthew, (Sundays, Year A) It would be useful for priests preparing a homily for the Sunday Mass.

<p>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. </p>

<p>This is the Year of the Rosary, and October is the Month of the Rosary. Last October, Pope John Paul II announced five new mysteries, to be added to the traditional fifteen mysteries: Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious. Called the ‘Mysteries of Light’, the new mysteries focus on Jesus’ years in [...]