The Belgian spiritual writer, Bieke Vandekerckhove, comes by her wisdom honestly. She didn’t learn what she shares from a book or even primarily from the good example of others. She learned what she shares through the crucible of a unique suffering, being hit at the tender age of 19 with a terminal disease that promised…
Perhaps our New Year’s Resolutions should be to make more time for friends, family and God, writes FR Martin Delaney My father loved clocks and watches. His most treasured possession was a pocket watch bought with his first wage packet as a young man. At the age of 94, when he was dying, he called…
Mr Higgins’ apparent belief that religion is a club ‘keeping a society together’ is as superficial as it is stupid, writes Michael Kelly
“Irish leaders…seem to strive to avoid underlining faith’s role in Christmas traditions” unlike our English neighbours, writes Mary Kenny
Veteran broadcaster George Hook talks faith and family with Cathal Barry
Taste, as St Augustine said some 1700 years ago, is subjective. That should be acknowledged upfront whenever someone recommends a reading list. In my case, I need to state too that I’m not a full-time critic. It’s not like I’ve read 200 books this past year and these rose to the top. I read when…
The Church teaches that celebration of the Eucharistic is directed toward the intimate union of the faithful with Christ, writes Cathal Barry
The relationship between us and God is the deepest relationship of all, writes Fr Martin Henry
“The challenge of Christmas is to allow ourselves to once again fall in love with the Christ child”, writes Editor Michael Kelly
“we are made for love… we are made to love”, writes Nuala O’Loan
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Michael Kelly
Mary Kenny
Cathal Barry
Courtney McGrail
Nuala O’Loan