Tag: Fr Paddy

I have a recurring dream, it centres itself around my leaving cert. I find myself sitting my history exam and not having a clue of...

You don’t just wake up one morning, light streaming in from the window, birds fluttering about, and jump from your bed with exuberance declaring...

Jack Charlton’s recent death left many deeply saddened. An iconic personality, that won the hearts of the Irish people. He made people believe in themselves....

I was moved by Brendan O Connor’s interview with Brent Pope recently. Brent spoke of his reflective-time during the lockdown. He thought of his mother...

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland have launched a new study, Protection with Dignity: Roadmap to System Change, which identifies necessary steps for system change...

Our world screams out for poetry even if it can’t cope with it. Faith can only exist in a world of poetry. God is always...

These days all of us are confronted with situations which seem confusing and contradictory and we wonder where we are going and what the...

This Sunday we celebrate together the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, celebrating the moment when forty days after His Resurrection, our Lord...

Living through this pandemic, coping with isolation whilst managing our mental health is undoubtedly a challenge. It is completely normal to be feeling overwhelmed and...

How can we use this time wisely? Perhaps the best use of time right now is, as Jesus said, to love one another. In times...

Who says that Christ is not Risen this year? When in fact he is dressed in a blue gown in green and white in our...

On Ash Wednesday we were reminded of our frailty, when we received ash on our foreheads. And we were advised by Jesus in the Gospel...

Yes there is fear. Yes there is isolation. Yes there is panic buying. Yes there is sickness. Yes there is even death. But, They say that in Wuhan after so...

My friends, while the name of the virus we are struggling to control is known as COVID 19 – the entire experience that we...

This is a particularly tough time in human history where the new coronavirus has many people worried, unsure as to how to act and...

I am greatly taken by the life story of Carlo Acutis, a young, talented and deeply spiritual teenager whose life story is a real...

Last Wednesday we began Lent, the season of reflection that leads us towards the three days of the Triduum, with Easter Sunday falling on...

Lent begins on Wednesday 26th February. Christians around the world mark the beginning of Lent with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. This ancient day...

A 24 year old boy looking out the train window shouted … ‘Dad, look the trees are going behind!’ Dad smiled and a young couple...

This Tuesday, February 11, is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and also World day of Prayer for the Sick. Behind many hall-doors in...

Prime Time Extra on RTE television invited Peter McVerry SJ to tell the nation what he would do in his first 100 days if...

The following article was recently penned by Fr. Brendan Hoban. It’s a very honest reflection from a man who is almost 50 years ordained...

A second class student in primary school recently wrote the following wisdom……… One of God's main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace...

Belief is central to identity and we live our lives based on our systems of beliefs. Faith, particularly organised religion, demands a faith that...

Unless he can master the art of bi-location the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar himself will not be in attendance at the controversial centenary commemorations for...

It’s hard to believe we are almost ready to begin another new year, the rituals of celebrating a new year is an ancient one....

Back in May, Portlaoise said goodbye to Fr Paddy..who only moved up the road! Popular Portlaoise priest Fr Paddy Byrne is set to leave for...

I was struck by a headline on a national newspaper recently that read, “A nation yearns for meaning at Christmas”.         ...

Once upon a time there was a man who looked upon Christmas as a lot of humbug. He wasn’t a Scrooge. He was a...

Generosity is a wonderful gift. To have a big heart is a blessing that is to be open and compassionate in love to the...