Courtney McGrailDear Editor, No doubt there will be some think Bishop McAreavey over the top in describing as “outrageous” the Dáil’s failure to condemn as genocide the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, but I am not among them. The bishop is absolutely right to call the scope of the Dáil motion on the activities…
Category: Opinion
Incarnation – God is with us
Fr Ronald RolheiserFor many of us, I suspect, it gets harder each year to capture the mood of Christmas. About the only thing that still warms our hearts are memories, memories of younger, more naïve, days when the lights and carols, Christmas trees and gifts, still excited us. But we’re adult now and so too, it seems,…
The People that walked in darkness has seen a great light’
The English Sculptor, Henry Moore is unique because in his work what appears essential is left out; the light is let in…In his work the light always wins. Of all the symbols of this Christmas Season, light is probably the most evocative. The story of how light triumphs over darkness has so much to do…
Bringing the Gospel to the marketplace this Advent
Michael Kelly“Jesus didn’t spend his time sitting around in the Temple or teaching in the Synagogue”, writes Michael Kelly
Watch The Innocents – the most poignant film I’ve seen this year
Mary Kenny“The director… transmits the fragility of faith as well as its strengths, and a genuinely powerful sense of sisterhood emerges…”, writes Mary Kenny
Family is changing but ‘traditional’ family remains all-important
David QuinnThe ‘Family Rhythms’ report gives cause for thought, writes David Quinn
Slaying the sectarian dragon
The tone of discussions about the Catholic Church in Ireland increasingly reminds me of growing up in the North surrounded by sectarianism, writes Michael Kelly
We can’t ignore today’s world
Dear Editor, It seems, to judge by your letters page and comment online in recent months, that there is a depressing determination among otherwise informed and faithful Catholics to turn their backs on the modern world. Perhaps the three most dramatic and obvious illustrations of this have been Catholic support for the Brexit vote in…
Others beyond Trump and Clinton
Dear Editor, Your correspondent Declan Cooney (Letters IC 01/12/2016) took Fr Gerry O’Hanlon to task for bemoaning the election of the Republican candidate as President of the USA. In doing so he repeated the “there was no other alternative [to Hilary Clinton]” argument which has already been trotted out – and refuted – ad nauseum. There…
Reflections inspired by God’s communication
Dear Editor, In a culture of ignorance or indifference to the mystery of Jesus Christ may I suggest some reflections inspired by God’s communication with us, beginning with the call of Abraham to become the father of the Jewish chosen people, God’s inspiration of messengers/prophets to go among the people and to begin writing the…