I attended a priestly ordination recently. The first reading told the story of the young Samuel, under the tutelage of Eli, learning how to discern God’s word. We are told that: “In those days it was rare for the Lord to speak: visions were uncommon” (1 Sam. 2, 1-20). More of this later. This remarkable…
Why ‘A Divine Calling’ matters for the Church today
Ursula Halligan, Soline Humbert, Phil
Dunne and Fr Gerry O’Hanlon SJ at
the launch of A Divine Calling in the
School of Religion, Trinity College
Dublin. Photos: Colm Holmes.

