To the poor man, God does not appear except in the form of bread and in the promise of work. The Eucharist inspires our humanity by a story of bread broken and shared for the life of the world.
Caritas Christi urget nos. (2 Cor 5.14)
For the birds:
The mornings are good. The river is hospitable. The ducks and herons sleep on. The swan- family fly in together and are raucous. The other little birds chirp away. We …
Brendan Hoban reading a reflection from his new book ‘A Priest’s Diary’ on Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive programme with Monica Morley.
Copies of ‘A Priest’s Diary’ are now available at €15 from all local bookshops in Mayo …
The man from Del Monte was one of our own
I’ve just published my new book, A Priest’s Diary. Not so much a diary as a series of 60 reflections on incidents and experiences after almost half a century of …
This Advent Coming
Chris McDonnell CT
In the Northern hemisphere, the weeks before Christmas are often dark and dank, “the ways deep and the weather sharp, the very dead of winter” as Eliot wrote in his poem The Journey of …
A Priest’s Diary
Brendan Hoban
The word ‘diary’, used to describe these jottings, is a bit of a misnomer. Usually a diary is a private document, written for the author alone. It’s a way for writing to yourself and for…
Every day is a blessing.
The Eucharist of nature:
The day was quiet. The river was mostly a whisper with some variations. And then there was the heavy flapping of wings; the swans arrived. The grunts accompanied the flap. I …
From Joshua J McElwee – National Catholic Reporter…
ROME — Pope Francis has strongly defended his record on naming women to positions of authority at the Vatican, saying in a new book that women do not need to be priests …
Brendan Hoban’s Western People article…
Joe Biden’s Catholic faith is distinctly Irish
For all of his political life, Joe Biden has sought the American presidency. In 1980 when he was 37 and a senator barely a year in office, Biden …
Seán O’Conaill writes:
Too Many Steps Too Far
It is impossible to watch the first episode of the fourth Netflix ‘season’ of The Crown without being appalled at the prospect of going further.
That episode alone, especially for those …
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