Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
We began Chapter 4 last week. We look at the first of the sub-sections in that chapter today: ‘Borders and their Limits’. In this sub-section, Pope Francis acknowledges that the ideal situation would be that “unnecessary migration ought to be…
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Year of the “Amoris Laetitia” Family finishes on 26th June 2022. Between now and then we have been given objectives to work on. One of them is to explore the content of ‘Amoris Laetitia’. At the moment we are exploring…
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“Let not your hearts be troubled” My dear friends, The Pandemic has really rattled us all over this past year and we are not “out of the woods” yet. More patience and resilience is being asked of us. It is…
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Sunday 8am, 10am and Noon; Monday to Saturday 10am. Night Prayer — every night 8pm. Church opens after 10am Mass (unless there is a funeral) and closes at 7pm, except for Saturday evening when it closes at 5pm.
David Hogan, Seán Fitzgerald, Jack O’Keeffe, Bobby & Bina Hayes, Jerry Horgan, Louis Doyle, Annette Madden.
Fundamental Rights: We pray for those who risk their lives while fighting for fundamental rights under dictatorships, authoritarian regimes and even in democracies in crisis.
Chapter 4 entitled “A Heart Open to the Whole World” contains nn.128 to 153 and is divided into three sections. The first is ‘Borders and their Limits ’which has four paragraphs. The second is ‘Reciprocal Gifts’ which has nine paragraphs…
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Last week I took a quote from the Passion Gospel for Good Friday. This week I am taking a quote from the Gospel of the Easter Vigil. Mark’s account of the first Easter morning and doubling it as reflection for…
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For the year of St. Joseph, we can all continue praying the prayer written by Pope Francis that was used for the novena and any other prayers we may come across. Over the next few months we will explore what…
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Last week we wrote a bit about the Year of the “Amoris Laetitia” Family that was announced on March 19th and will end on 26th June 2022. Its main objectives are: To share the content of the apostolic exhortation “Amoris…
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1. There are four parts in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The first is on the Creed, the 2nd is on the Sacraments and the 3rd is on the Moral Life, what is the 4th part based on? 2….
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Palm Sunday: Saturday Vigil 6.10pm Sunday Morning 8am, 10am and Noon Holy Week: Monday to Wednesday Mass 10am and Night Prayer 8pm Holy Thursday: Mass of the Last Supper, 7.30pm Good Friday: Passion of the Lord 3pm, Stations of the…
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Fr. Willie O’Sullivan, Noel O’Sullivan, Betty Massey (nee Barry), Richard Barry, Bridget Smart, John Geary, Lil Barton and Patrick O’Connor.
In the last section of Chapter Three-(nn.118-127) Pope Francis looks at the idea of ‘Re-envisaging the Social Role of Property’. In the 10 paragraphs he teases out what he says in n.118: “The world exists for everyone, because all of…
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