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Three significant Feasts approach this week.
Embracing God’s presence throughout life’s journey is His desire, encouraging us to connect with the Divine in every stage of our existence. Church Feastdays serve as divine breakthroughs, drawing us closer to the transcendent reality of God and fostering a deeper connection through the familiar aspects of our lives. Restricting our faith to a specific Read more
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28 ‘little ones’ baptised in 2023
Its such a privilege to be asked to baptise a little child (or indeed someone of any age), and in 2023, 28 babies/children were baptised in Monasterboice parish. It’s the key Sacrament, because not only does it free us from sin, bind us to God, and enable us to be members of the Church, it Read more
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New Year’s Day Mass
While January 1st is the beginning of a new year in the Calendar, it is not the beginning of our liturgical year, which begins on the first Sunday of Advent, but even so, New Year’s Day is seen as a time for setting new resolutions to break bad habits, build good ones, and generally have Read more
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Christmas Message
For me, this Christmas feels very different. It’s the first after the death of my younger brother, Eoin Pól, on the 19th July. I miss him a lot, and Christmas will not be the same this year. I know there are many reading who have their own story of loss, suffering and trouble – all Read more
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Peace Light comes from Bethlehem
On Thursday 21st December 2023 the ‘Peace Light of Bethlehem’ was collected from the Ecumenical Service of Reception in St Pat’s at DCU. The light will now be distributed in Mell, Tenure & Togher over the weekend. Traditionally, in the early weeks of December, a small ceremony is held in the grotto of the church Read more
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Confession for Christmas
As a child, I remember going to the ‘old chapel; in our town, and queueing for what seemed like ages in the quiet and semi-darkness of the Church; the silence peppered by the shuffling of parishioners along the pew, the opening and closing of the doors to the confession box and the ‘snap’ of the Read more
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