Celebrating the Easter Triduum in Rome

It’s Wednesday evening of Holy Week and I’ve arrived in Rome just in time to celebrate the Easter Triduum at the heart of the Church. I’m really excited to be back in the city I love during this momentous time…

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Reflection – Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday marks the culmination of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. We are about to celebrate what is at the heart of our faith, the Paschal Mystery of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. The palms are…

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Saint Patrick and the mission today

                                                                    Saint Patrick is the patron saint…

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Reflection – Fifth Sunday of Lent

In today’s Gospel we have the encounter between Jesus and the woman who was caught committing adultery. At the time the punishment for such an act was death by stoning. The scribes and the Pharisees treated her as an outcast…

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Reflection – Encountering Jesus in our hearts

Following Jesus isn’t always easy. We live in a consumer and media driven society which challenges us to believe what the culture is telling us rather than the Good News of the Gospel. Too often the world is an unequal…

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