Our local bishop has asked us all to individually contribute to the ‘Synod on Synodality’ (a Catholic oxymoron if ever there was one!) …so here is my contribution, submitted today via the Kerry Diocese website. Synod on Synodality – Points How I would like to see The Catholic Church, moving forward and ‘walking together.’ A… Continue reading My Tuppence Worth

“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who… Continue reading ‘End Game, End Game!’

Are We Getting Nowhere Fast? I have a new car. I have always wanted a new car. Now I have a new car I am not so sure that it is a good thing! I took it in for a service recently and got a phone call asking me if I wanted the pollen filter… Continue reading Quickly! – Put Up The Wallpaper With Flashing Lights

Then he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east. And there, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east; the sound was like the sound of mighty waters; and the earth shone with his glory. The vision I saw was like the vision that I had seen when he… Continue reading Who’s Right About the Rite?

Anyone else have the overwhelming sense that they were ‘Crying in the Wilderness’ during the Covid pandemic and government lockdowns? Did you, like me, feel that you were alone and missing that vital support of The Body of Christ – his very self in the Eucharist and the community to which we belong? Sure, we… Continue reading Crying in The Wilderness

‘Unless the Lord builds the house,those who build it labour in vain.Unless the Lord guards the city,the guard keeps watch in vain.It is in vain that you rise up earlyand go late to rest,eating the bread of anxious toil;for he provides for his beloved during sleep’ (psalm 127:1-2) Lately, Ive been getting a lot of… Continue reading Does Google Listen to Me Snore at Night?

Road To Nowhere ‘Well, we know where we’re goin’But we don’t know where we’ve beenAnd we know what we’re knowin’But we can’t say what we’ve seen’ ‘Road to Nowhere’ – Talking Heads One of my favourite bands from the 1980’s were the Talking heads. They had a hit in the mid-eighties called ‘Road to Nowhere’… Continue reading Road to Nowhere

We found redemption, bold and clear Be not afraid, I bring good news. Then acclamations filled the air The child will be, a sign for you. While Mary pondered in her heart. Gloria….Christus est natus (x2) Ex Maria Virgine…gaudate (x2) And he will go before them In the spirit and power, of Elijah. To turn… Continue reading Peel Away the Wrapping

In the beginning they created and time was on our side All that happened to be lost and lonely, the sweet lips of promise did confide – did confide. Birth pangs of consciousness riddled everything that was And the love that held it in balance remembered, just because…. What was meant in the beginning, will… Continue reading Evening Came, The Next Day

My lockdown song! … Faith, Hope and Love…but the greatest of these is Love. Faith, Hope and Love, but the greatest, the greatest, the greatest, the greatest. Faith, Hope and Love…but the greatest of these is Love. Faith, Hope and Love, it’s the greatest! Talk of the frown, dragging us way back down. To the… Continue reading The Greatest