The Church teaches that faith is possible though the working of the Holy Spirit, writes Cathal Barry
Category: Opinion
Christmas is to be delighted in
‘Christmas is about the monumental challenge to reform our lives’, writes Fr Ron Rolheiser
Through the eyes of Mary
Gazing upon the awesome majesty of the face of God
Praying to win at sport
Dear Editor, in relation to your article on the female boxer Katie Taylor (‘Katie Taylor thanks God for world boxing title, IC 27/11/2014), are we to believe that God takes side in boxing competitions? That Christ approves the idea of girls punching the face off each other? To pray to God to win in any sport…
Carrauntoohil cross rises again
Dear Editor, The liberal-left fundamentalists are at it again in Ireland. Thank you to the people of Kerry for promptly re-erecting the cross on Carrauntoohil. If these fundamentalists succeeded in destroying one cultural and religious icon, what would be next? Christ Church Cathedral? Clonskeagh Mosque or one of the many pre-historic sites like Newgrange or…
Remember your priest at Christmas
Dear Editor, It’s the season of giving, when we remember how God sent his son to live among us. The Church’s sacraments are administered to us by the hands of our local priests. Why not show them how much their sacrificial vocation and care is appreciated, with a card or small gift, e.g. book token/invitation…
Availability of gluten-free Communion hosts
Dear Editor, We regularly hear biblical references to the ‘goodness’ of wheat, but for coeliacs wheat is not all it is cracked up to be. What are the chances of ‘no gluten’ or ‘low gluten’ breads being used for Mass? I have had challenging encounters both in Ireland and abroad as my teenage daughter and…
‘He ascended into Heaven’
The Church teaches that Jesus’ final apparition ends with the irreversible entry of his humanity into divine glory, writes Cathal Barry
We need each other to understand God
‘Without recognising that the other too is carrying the divine, we will… be unable to truly release our own Magnificat’ writes Fr Ron Rolheiser
Returning to Bethlehem
‘To meditate on the manger of Bethlehem is to realise that our life is not some meaningless sequence of events’, writes Andrew O’Connell

Cathal Barry
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Archbishop Eamon Martin
Courtney McGrail