The summer months bring an increased flow of pilgrims to the Eucharistic and Marian Shine at Knock in Co. Mayo, one of the encouraging signs of Irish people’s enduring faith. Devotion to Our Lady in particular has always been a feature of Irish piety and a day in Knock is a means of revitalising that…

Probably two of the best-known stories in the bible, the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son, come from the Gospel of Luke where Jesus gives a teaching on prominent aspects of his ministry. We hear something different in Luke’s account of Jesus’ visit to the home of Martha and Mary because this is not a…