by Gerard Bennett | Feb 27, 2023 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
At Mass on Ash Wednesday I suggested to the congregation in Multy and to those joining on webcam that we might regard the season of Lent as a time of personal and communal retreat. Later that morning I was in the Mercy Convent in Longford celebrating Mass for the...
by Gerard Bennett | Feb 8, 2023 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
This week’s readings at Mass focus on the account of creation in the Book of Genesis. It is meant to be theology, not history. The sacred writers were not concerned with getting their details right. So, we have two different accounts of...
by Gerard Bennett | Feb 7, 2023 | Homilies, Reflections from Fr Kieran
The Ethics of Jesus recorded in his Sermon on the Mount does not begin with a condemnation of sin or a reminder of obligations, but with a blessing. In fact, an acceptable translation of “blessed” could be “congratulations,” or, “how fortunate you are!” How lucky we...
by Gerard Bennett | Feb 1, 2023 | Homilies, Reflections from Fr Kieran
In this year of Matthew’s Gospel at Sunday Mass, we begin a period of six weeks listening to Our Lord’s teaching on the moral life of the Christian disciple. It is the famous Sermon on the Mount and begins with eight beatitudes or blessings. So, this Sunday we might...
by Gerard Bennett | Jan 29, 2023 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
There is a story told about the one-time Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid, presiding at a ceremony in the Dublin friary. Processing up the aisle, he noticed something odd about the crucifix over the altar. It featured the person of Christ as usual, but...
