A Reflection for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 9th October 2022
I’ve spent the last couple of years traveling between Ireland and the UK, working with a Catholic Trust in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. The city has really left its mark on me. Birmingham is a truly diverse and culturally vibrant city, with a history of welcoming immigrants that dates back to the Industrial Revolution when it was a major global manufacturing hub...
Author: - October 6, 2022
A Reflection for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2nd October 2022
It is striking how often the Scriptures call us to meditate on the meaning of faith. We might say that the Scriptures rest upon faith, remain inspired at every stage by the spirit of faith and are meant to lead us into deeper faith. So, what is faith? From experience, I want to suggest that real faith is an attitude of trust – trust in the presence and workings of God. It is an openness to what God will reveal, to what God will do, and to what God will invite us to become...
Author: - September 23, 2022
A Reflection for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 25th September 2022
I am a teacher in a Spiritan school in Dublin. As we commence a new academic year, it is perhaps natural to use the language of renewal and growth. As I walked through the front doors of school recently, I was reminded of the poem, Starlings in Winter, by the late American poet Mary Oliver, which has the lines: only the silent confirmation that they are this notable thing...
Author: - August 21, 2022
A Reflection for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 18th September 2022
In reading today’s Gospel, I found it very difficult to get the message at first! Yes, it is about the dishonest steward, and he was being praised for being prudent, but I think that he was only saving himself as he would have been in trouble if he did not have his master’s money. He used people to make a profit and did not want to face his master, or maybe he saw the error of his ways! Do I use people from time to time to save myself or to hide my own faults and failings, intentionally or otherwise? ...
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