Our reluctance to cause division or dispute can lead to a ‘conspiracy of silence’, writes Fr Martin Delaney
Fr Martin Delaney
Reflections on a difficult week
Is there a deeper question about the nature of priesthood at the heart of the debate around Maynooth, asks Fr Martin Delaney
A letter to a new priest
“I’m more and more convinced that the most important task of a priest is to be an agent and minister of God’s compassion and mercy”, writes Father Martin Delaney
Instruments in the hands of somebody much greater
Fr Martin Delaney reflects on a powerful memory
Keeping the promise of the Last Supper
“The big challenge for the faith community is to welcome these young children who seek to be full members of the Church”, writes Fr Martin Delaney
Most real Confirmation at St Anne’s
“Everything about that celebration was… a celebration of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, inclusion”, writes Fr Martin Delaney In 2013, when the movie Philomena was released, worldwide attention was focused briefly on Seán Ross Abbey near Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. Seán Ross was the mother and baby home where Philomena Lee had given…
The voice of the martyrs
We need to think about and pray for our brothers and sisters suffering and dying for what we take so casually for granted, writes Fr Martin Delaney Recently I returned to my alma mater, the Irish College in Rome. Some years ago the college chapel was extensively renovated by the Slovenian Jesuit artist, Mark Rupnik.…
We are the Easter People!
“Jesus has, indeed, broken through the barrier of death to new life, and where he has gone, we will follow”, writes Fr Martin Delaney At the heart of the Easter story is a most extraordinary idea. The incomprehensible notion that someone dies but comes to new life. This claim has then led to a belief…
We should be publicly proud to be Catholic
There is a concerted campaign to relegate religion to the shadows of Irish society, writes Fr Martin Delaney Recently I watched a US television interview with President Obama in the Oval Office of the White House. The interviewer from CBS mentioned to the president that she had heard he carries in his pocket some mementoes…
Responding to the call of God
“the God who calls is the God who loves, who forgives, the God who sees into our hearts and gently but very definitely coaxes us to be the very best person we can be”, writes Fr Martin Delaney Recently I returned to my home parish for the funeral of one of my neighbours, a Kiltegan…