Sport, when rightly ordered, can point towards God. Lived with integrity, sport cultivates virtues our world desperately needs, writes Fr Barry White Sunday, May 11, I was in Croke Park for two gripping Leinster finals. Meath, heartbreakingly, lost both the men’s and ladies’ matches, but football was the real winner that day. The games were…

With the feasts of the Holy Spirit and the Sacred Heart coming up, both celebrations of the Love of God, we can ask the perennial question: what is love? What does it mean to say ‘God is Love’? And what clues can love, as we know it, give us about the nature of God? There’s…

Meeting this hunger for God requires youth leaders who are themselves nourished, connected, and renewed in their mission, writes Paula Mckeown In recent weeks there has been a sense of hope within the Church – the large numbers of adults coming forward for Baptism at Easter, a new Pope who amasses a 13 million following…

The more we intercede, the more we are shaped by the love that desires unity, not uniformity, says Peter Kasko Pray for one another’ is a phrase we Christians often use to encourage and support each other. Expressions like ‘Please pray for me’ or ‘I’ll keep you in my prayers’ remind us that we belong…

Fr John McCarthy   Dear friends, there have never been so many languages within our hearing. When you walk down any street in a big town in Ireland, you hear many languages other than English or Irish. But the thing is, no matter what language is used, the physical gestures will be familiar on their…

In preparation for a National Synod next year, Irish dioceses recently engaged in conversations to propose priority themes. These themes were taken from seventeen topics related to the life of the Church that emerged from previous conversations in the Spirit and were summarised in the National synthesis document: ‘Synthesis of the Consultation in Ireland for…

Choosing Heaven again and again is what sanctifies even the messiest corners of Earth, writes Renata Milán Morales In our fast-paced world it’s becoming unusual to find moments of quietness. Our souls used to be content with waiting, but now they want to experience new things all the time, stopping the voice of God from…

Emma O’Broin What can I tell you about the Logos Scripture Summer School? Perhaps if I tell you that I begin to look forward to it shortly after I put away my Christmas decorations, you might have some idea! And it looks like I’m not the only one who feels this way, because this year…

Acts 1:1-11 Hebrews 9:24-28, 10:19-23 Luke 24:46-53   I still vividly remember the shocking question Jesus asked Peter, after the resurrection, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, as recorded in the Gospel of John (21:15). Yes, shocking, because we all know too well how Peter had rejected his friendship and indeed all relation…