Homilies
23 June 2015 marks the fifth anniversary of the untimely death of Lt Gen Dermot Earley DSM. We remember a prayer for his family and his many friends in Ireland and around the world. Suaimhneas síoraí dó i nDún na bhFlaitheas. extracts from the Homily of Msgr Eoin Thynne HCF Mass of Christian Burial for Lt......
Read MoreFuneral homily for Sr Thérèse Marie O’Connell RIP Monastère des Pauvres Clarisses, Lourdes. Divine Providence is certainly at work today as we commend Sr Thérèse Marie to God’s embrace. On this Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary we gather for this Requiem Mass near the place where Our Lady revealed her title “Immaculate Conception” to......
Read MoreAddress by Bishop Pat Storey at 1916 Commemoration Mass at Arbour Hill 06 MAY 2015 President, Taoiseach and Distinguished Guests, may I first of all thank the Monsignor very sincerely for his very surprising invitation to speak at today’s event? I am wondering if he is shaking in his boots right now, having asked a......
Read MoreThe key phrase of today’s Gospel “you have treated them the same as us” finds an echo in the ears of people who think their hard work has not been valued by an employer – or children whose “that’s not fair” expresses their annoyance that their parent or teacher has favourites. Today’s Gospel image of the vineyard......
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