Since I returned to Ireland in 2013 and reacquainted myself with the Church in the country of my birth, having

…But if you think that crowd of award winners was criticized how much more the crowd that Jesus chose as his base: the lepers, prostitutes, tax collectors, and Samaritans. His valentines, his palentines, even more so, his “egalentines” – equal in dignity.

“When we look back to nostalgic past tendencies or wish to impose them again, there is the risk of placing the part before the whole…”

Commentary on the Psallite communion antiphon – an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday.

Newman would not have had any trouble with Vatican II.

Catholics use the language of “sacrament” very frequently. We are a sacramental people, with a sacramental imagination.  But what exactly

Fewer and fewer ordination candidates are going to major seminaries in the Anglican tradition

Preparing for Triduum Part 1