I was having a relaxing Tuesday morning last week when news of the killing of a priest near Rouen came through as breaking news early on The Pat Kenny Show (Newstalk), with an up to date report soon after from journalist Lara Marlowe. It had been a terrible few weeks for atrocities and this one…
Where is God in Suffering? by Brendan Purcell (Veritas, €12.99) God You’re Breaking My Heart: What is God’s Response to Suffering & Evil by Brian Grogan SJ (Messenger Publications, €9.99)
The Heavens and the Earth: Colour your way through the Bible’s most beautiful Verses Created by Stu McLellan (Hodder & Stoughton, £9.99)
Star Trek Beyond (12A)
A documentary on seminary life leaves Brendan O’Regan reflecting on the state of religious faith
The Church Always in Need of Reform by Gabriel Daly OSA (Dominican Publications, €19.99)
Centenary Classics Series edited by Fearghal McGarry with special introductions by others to each volume (UCD Press, €60 the set of six)
The God of Mercy, The God of the Gospels by Peter McVerry SJ (Veritas, €9.99) Fr McVerry will need no introduction to any reader. This book was written to celebrate 2016, not in the revolutionary sense, but as the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. But in its own it is a revolutionary text. Mercy may…
How to Pray the Secret Rosary by Frank M. Rega OFS (CreateSpace, £9.27pb).
I don’t often watch garden makeover programmes, but when I do I’m usually impressed. On Tuesday of last week I enjoyed Love Your Garden (ITV/UTV). In this series presenter Alan Titchmarch does makeovers for people with special needs in the broadest sense. Last week it was the turn of Hari Budha Maga, a former Gurkha…
Brendan O’Regan
Peter Costello
Aubrey Malone
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