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Philip Joyce

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The Legion of Mary

Calvary – “She seemed totally absorbed with inutterable grief. She was pale, and her eyes, without any more tears to shed, cast a dead...
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Columns

Liturgical Calendar for Ireland 2020

Easter Sunday Anno Domini 2021 will fall on April 4th.  This information – and much, much more – is included in the 2019/20 Liturgical...
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Comment

Living with Covid-19

Coronavirus emanated from China in December 2019. Its rapid escalation was reminiscent of the seed-distribution of a dandelion, and it had somehow travelled the...
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Comment

A ‘dreamer’ is celebrated on the first day of May – Saint Joseph the Worker

As Saint Matthew describes in his Gospel, Saint Joseph received an angelic message in a dream-state as he lay pondering the breaking of his...
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Comment

From the peace of Palm Sunday to the cruelty of the Crucifixion and beyond

How wonderful it would have been to have walked into the palm-strewn streets of Jerusalem alongside Jesus, with His exuberant followers 2000 years ago....
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International News

Saint Teresa of Los Andes, Chile – Centenary Feastday, April 12th

In this season of Irish State centenary  commemorations – many of them proving to be quite contentious – spare a thought for the Catholics...
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Monthly Meditations

The Ideas of March

There is something about the month of March - named after the Roman god of war - that definitely indicates change. Momentous change did...
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Where is the Mass?

With the whole country now at level 5 restrictions...
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New Book on Pope Benedict XVI – an ideal Christmas present

A new book on Pope Benedict XVI ‘The Best...
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