John Donne and religious authority in the reformed English church by Mark S. Sweetnam (Four Courts Press, €65.00 hb / £52.99 hb)

John Donne’s poems move towards a genuine contact with Christ

Anthony Redmond Father Paul Murray OP is Irish by birth. He now works in Rome where he teaches at the Angelicum University. He is also a poet.  There is so much of extraordinary value in his book, Scars, of both thought and poetry, that it’s difficult to know precisely where to begin. He deals with affliction,…

Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay by Michael Lillis and Ronan Fanning (Gill and Macmillan, €14.99 / £12.50)

Connemara Marble: Ireland’s National Gem by Stephen Walsh (O’Brien Press, €14.99 / £12.50)

Celebrating the Eucharist: Sacrifice and Communion ed. Gerard Deighan (Smenos, €20.00 + p&p / £16.30 approx + p&p; from www.smenospublications.com) Benedict XVI and the Roman Missal, ed. Janet E. Rutherford and James O’Brien (Four Courts Press, €30 / £25)  I began thinking about this review on that recent Sunday when the two Popes were canonised.…

In My Room by Jim Lucey (Gill & Macmillan, €16.99 / £13.99)

The Three Visitors: The Story of Knock by Eleanor Gormally (Vertias €5.99 / £5)