Legacy Supplement Sustainable, local solutions for people with disabilities and their families are the key to CBM’s work in a precarious global landscape, writes Jason Osborne Between the ongoing aftereffects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the dire impact the war in Ukraine has had food-wise on the most vulnerable around the world, threats continue to…
Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. “If anyone comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:1-2). The size of the crowd did not impress Jesus. He could read their minds and intentions. Some…
Israel Olatunde is sprinting ahead as the world stands still, but sees God as the greatest prize, writes Jason Osborne Few activities are as liberating as running as fast as you can. For some reason as we grow up, we do it less and less, but most of us can remember the ecstatic joy of…
Nicaragua is becoming one of the most dangerous countries for the Church and missionaries to minister, writes Chai Brady Looking at the situation in the Central American country of Nicaragua, the martyred and canonised St Oscar Romero comes to mind. He spoke out against a regime he knew to be unjust up until the end,…
The Dominican General Chapter gathered the brothers in Spirit and in prayer to address the global challenges the Order faces, writes Jason Osborne The General Chapter of the Dominicans convened this year in Tultenango, Mexico from July 18 to August 8, during which time the brothers came together in a spirit of prayer and fraternity…
The Sunday Gospel On a sabbath day Jesus was invited for a meal to the house of a leading Pharisee (Luke 14:1). No table was considered blessed unless a scholar sat at it. The body will savour the delights of victual and vine all the more if the meal is salted with lively table-talk. In Luke’s…
The findings of the largest consultation process ever undertaken in the Church in Ireland – part of the synodal pathway – were sent to Rome this week. Here The Irish Catholic presents a summary of the 15 major themes of the report. Abuse as part of the story of the Church The scale of…
The Sunday Gospel Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. Last Sunday, we heard him say that he had come to bring fire to the earth and that he would have to plunge into the sea of suffering, a prospect that caused him great distress. Somebody came up to him and asked, “Sir, will there…
Soaring inflation and the impacts of Covid-19 are causing increasing strife in Lebanon, writes Chai Brady Despite Lebanon being considered by the World Bank as an upper middle-income country, they face a plethora of crises which are being acutely felt by the most vulnerable and discriminated in society. The country has seen the worst food…
The Sunday Gospel My inspiration this week takes the Second Reading (Hebrews 12:1-4) as a lead in to the Gospel of the day (Luke 12: 49-53). “Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, who leads us in our faith and brings it to perfection.” I have often taken this sentence as the theme of…
Chai Brady
You must be logged in to post a comment.