Mary KennyFasting and Feasting: Radio Reflections on Christmas and Easter by Aidan Mathews (Veritas, €12.99)
Lasting insights on the turn of the Christian year
Month: June 2016
The struggle to love our neighbour
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
“The most damaging idolatry is not the golden calf but enmity against the other.” The renowned anthropologist, Rene Girard, wrote that and its truth is not easily admitted. Most of us like to believe that we are mature and big-hearted and that we do love our neighbours and are free of enmity towards others. But…
Jerusalem immovable ladder is a very human story
Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly reflects on a notable visit to a “special place of devotion and pilgrimage” in the heart of Jerusalem
Another example of contempt for impartiality
Brendan O’Regan
Abortion reigns as the main topic of media controversy with Ray D’Arcy playing a central figure in last week’s viewing, writes Brendan O’Regan
Sacramentals
Cathal Barry
The Church teaches that certain blessings have a lasting importance, writes Cathal Barry
Mum’s the word in multi-layered modern comedy
Aubrey Malone
Mother’s Day (12A)
Meeting ourselves as we really are
Peter Costello
The Republic photographed by Seamus Murphy (Allen Lane, €32.00)
One-third of Irish adults active in local church
Greg Daly
Challenge of engaging young Catholics remains
Language and its effect on meaning and belief
Passwords to Paradise: How Languages Have Re-invented World Religions by Nicholas Ostler (Bloomsbury, £20.00)
News in Brief
Archbishop asks for prayers for Orlando Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has asked for the Prayers of the Faithful at all Masses in the Dublin archdiocese on the coming weekend to remember those who have been affected by the shooting in a nightclub in Orlando on Sunday, which killed 50 people and left several more injured. He also cautioned against “unfoundedly” and…