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Pastor's Desk: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome everyone. A theme running through our First Reading and the Gospel is that of a banquet. In both the Old and New Testament the image of a banquet was used as a metaphor for the Kingdom of Heaven. It is a beautiful image which evokes the thoughts of good company, good food and [...]
October 8, 2011
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Pastor's Desk: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome everyone and I want to begin by thanking everyone who took part in our liturgy last Monday evening when we hosted the Eucharistic Congress Bell. We were blest with a dry day and we gathered as planned at the site of the old Grange Abbey just off Donaghmede Roundabout. Dublin City Council ensured the [...]
October 1, 2011
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Pastor's Desk: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome everyone and wasn’t it a great week. Dublin winning the All Ireland, you can’t get better than that. There was definitely a smile on people’s faces all week with the afterglow of the result. Our commiserations go to Kerry who looked like they had it in the bag at the latter stages. To beat [...]
September 24, 2011
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Pastor's Desk: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Welcome everyone as we gather for Mass on All Ireland Football Final day! Our prayers will very much be with Dublin as they face the men of the Kingdom in Croke Park today. We have waited a long time to be in the final let alone win one so our best wishes go to Pat [...]
September 17, 2011
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Pastor's Desk: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today we join the people of the United States and the rest of the world in mourning the loss of so many lives in the horrific terrorist attacks which took place on September 11th 2001. It is one of those events when everyone can remember clearly where they were when they heard the news. The [...]
September 10, 2011
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