Archive for August, 2007
Welcoming the stranger
Friday, August 10th, 2007
I’m just back from holidays in the US. Through the internet we arranged to swap houses with a family in the wilds of Ohio. When my husband and I wandered into the local Catholic church to enquire about Mass times, we were given a royal welcome. The parish embraced us!
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Pain as a path to Love
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
It has often been noted that painful experiences in life can bring you closer to God. This could explain why the faith seems so much stronger in developing countries than in the West. “Pain leads man to thought, thought leads man to wisdom, wisdom brings man happiness with God.” So in our modern world, where [...]
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Waste Not Want Not
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
There has always been a line between those that have and those that have not. Modern society look at countries where poverty is at its worst and feel that we can ease the burden, ours and theirs, by donating to a telethon or charity and that will be enough until next year.
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“An honest declaration” - What’s the problem?
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
There’s been a lot of talk in the media recently about the document released on the Vatican’s website (www.vatican.va) which re-affirmed the Church of Rome as Christ’s one true Church on Earth. The document, ‘Responses to some questions regarding certain aspects of the doctrine on the Church’ was drawn up by the Congregation for the [...]
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Think about drink
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
We all like to relax and wind down after a hard day/week and have a few drinks, but what happens when relaxation fades and we start to become dependent on alcohol?
Ireland is known for its boozing and great craic, they go hand in hand and it is what attracts many tourists here every year. With [...]
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The Long Road
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
After all the warnings, all the campaigns and even getting Gay Byrne to be the famous face to tell us to slow down; it’s a guarantee that we will read of at least one road death this coming weekend.
A recent EU report has ranked Ireland as one of the worst countries for reducing road deaths. Between [...]
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“We are talking of peace”
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
In 1979 Mother Teresa of Kolkata was awarded the Noble Peace Prize for her work with the poor and dying in Kolkata, India. In her acceptance speech this holy woman famously refered to abortion as “the greatest destroyer of peace” today. These words shocked the world…pro-lifers and pro-choicers alike. A bit extreme for anyone really. What was [...]
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Is it us or the media?
Monday, August 6th, 2007
It never fails to amaze me how real news is substituted by the media for ‘what is in the public interest to know’. It is too easy for newspapers to create a scandal. Throw in a famous face, add speculation as to their extracurricular activities and the quotes from a ‘close source’ and you have [...]
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Our wellspring of morality
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Catholics have often been accused of blindly following a supreme authority (Roman Pontiff) and in so doing sacrificing there own views…there own soul. An argument as to a Catholic’s first allegiance, when making a decision, has raged in the Church for years. Some theologians claim the infallible word of the sitting pope must dictate the [...]
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The Missing
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Today marks three months since the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The four year old has become the focus of people’s attention across the world, as has her parents plight. Unfortunately Madeleine is one of many missing children and the manpower needed to help all of them just isn’t available.
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