Anniversaries
Anniversaries: Padraig Fitzgerald, Maureen Prunty, Tim Kirby, Margaret Savage, John Cashman, Tony McDonnell, Patrick & Kathleen O’Driscoll, Johnnie Horgan, Mary Horgan, Nuala Horgan, Doreen Casey, Leo Casey, Louis Farrell.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
Anniversaries: Padraig Fitzgerald, Maureen Prunty, Tim Kirby, Margaret Savage, John Cashman, Tony McDonnell, Patrick & Kathleen O’Driscoll, Johnnie Horgan, Mary Horgan, Nuala Horgan, Doreen Casey, Leo Casey, Louis Farrell.
Tuesday 24th, St Francis de Sales, 1567-1622. (Bishop and Doctor of the church) bishop of Geneva, founder of the Visitation Sisters. He worked with gentleness and love to rebuild the Catholic faith after the Reformation. Patron saint of writers, editors…
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The Irish Liturgical Calendar explains it like this: Saint Luke tells us that before his Ascension, the Risen Lord appeared to the apostles and broke bread with them. ‘He then opened their minds to understand the Scriptures (Acts 24:45). This…
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Chapter Two of ‘Dei Verbum’, entitled ‘Handing on Divine Revelation’, consists of four paragraphs, nn.6-10. They outline the three-fold nature of the means of handing on Divine Revelation that the Catholic Church considers essential. They are summed up in n.10:…
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Anniversaries: Dan & Teresa O’Brien, Mary Cooney, Nano O’Connor, Joe Duggan, Bridie & Tom Horgan, Michael (Mick) Mulcahy, Pat O’Connell, Florence O’Mahony, Billy O’Mahony, William (Matey) Hennessy, Tom & Mary Conroy, Thomas Deady, Ted Murphy, Derek Lehane.
Monday 16th, St. Fursa was born in Ireland and became one of the great monastic missionaries abroad. He first moved to East Anglia but as great numbers continued to visit him there, he left and sought refuge in France around…
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In today’s Gospel we see John the Baptist acknowledge Jesus as the ‘lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. Here we see the scripture passage that is the basis of one of the prayers we use…
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Paragraphs 5 and 6 complete Chapter One of Dei Verbum. N.5 speaks of the obedience of faith: “The obedience of faith is to be given to God who reveals, an obedience by which we commit our whole self freely to…
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