As a help in this Year of Prayer, 2024, by way of preparation for the Holy Year, 2025, the following booklet, which can be read online, will be very helpful. I highly recommend it for individuals, families, friends and any other grouping of persons in search of a deeper experience...
ACT OF REPARATION BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT FOR THE PARODY OF THE LAST SUPPER ENACTED IN PARIS, JULY 2024 Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour and Redeemer of the human race, you instituted the Sacrifice of the Mass, on the night you were betrayed, as the perpetual memorial of your saving Passion,...
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Accomplished, adventurous, of strong character, deeply committed to God, marriage and family, and quite simply delightful: these are some of the words which occurred to me as I pondered the family eulogy on Maud McGuire. She comes across as a force to be reckoned with in her day and I...
A heart that has never known true love, or has been manipulated, wounded or abused by another when trying to love, experiences a living death. It can happen between parent and child, between husband and wife, between siblings or friends. Since these are the foundational relationships of our life, the...
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The prophet Isaiah speaks of the mourning veil which covers all peoples, as a reference not only to the reality of death but also to the terrible suffering the bereaved endure when a loved one dies. And it is terrible, because the prospect of death flies in the face of...
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2024/06/faithful-and-invisible https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/06/rupture-by-stealth https://www.firstthings.com/article/1993/06/men-and-womencan-we-be-friends
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In the marriage register of St. Mary’s Parish in Largs, there is an entry for the marriage of James Harper and Sheila Catherine Quinn for 21stOctober 1967. I am not sure if I have read the parish priest’s handwriting in Latin properly, but he indicates that the marriage was presided...
