by soconaill | Jun 16, 2020 | Articles, Featured
Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman in ‘Gaslight’ (1944). A trusting young wife is in deadly danger of disbelieving her own eyes. “In recent years in Ireland many bishops have organised assemblies, gatherings and deep-listening processes in their...
by soconaill | Jun 12, 2020 | Articles, Featured
An avowed fascination with military force; an overwhelming need for attention; a gift for gulling the less discerning while lying from dawn to dusk; an extraordinary inability to empathise with those who suffer worst from bigotry, abuse of power and lack of health...
by soconaill | Jun 2, 2020 | Articles, Featured
Be Thou My Vision Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that thou art – Thou my best thought, by day or by night; Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and...
by soconaill | Jun 1, 2020 | Articles, Featured
Nothing could be more misleading than the attribution of the term ‘traditionalist’ to the bitterest opponents of Pope Francis within the Church. The earliest traditions of the church begin, obviously, with Jesus himself. Asked to name the...
by soconaill | May 28, 2020 | Articles, Featured
To meet the objections of some to the Derry Journal’s presentation of a recent article by Bishop Donal McKeown, he has given us permission to publish the full article below. Clearly it was intended simply as a response to Pope Francis’s call for prayers on...
by soconaill | May 22, 2020 | Articles, Featured
Aidan Hart calls for more attention to church teaching on the Eucharist as both sacrificial food for the journey and the assurance of God’s presence within us as Tabernacles of the Lord. One of the issues that has struck me powerfully during the current lockdown...
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