Love Thy Neighbour
Relying on Technology
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
I went to see Die Hard 4.0 in the cinema last night and while enjoying it, came away wondering how would we all react if the storyline in this film ever took place in real life.
Now I realise it might seem slightly strange to think that discussing anything from an action movie would have any [...]
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All You need is love?
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
A Red C Poll, for the Irish Examiner Newspaper, has shown that nearly a quarter of Irish Adults have cheated on their partners.
Adultery is something that has risen to prominence over the last 15 years. In some ways it’s seen as a badge of honour. We revel in the stories in the newspapers about those [...]
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“What God shall join together, let no man tear assunder” - St. Matthew
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
A real bone of contention for many Catholics today is the Church’s stance on divorce. This when anywhere from 1,000 to 4,000 Irish divorce legally each year and 86% of the nation still claim to be Catholic. What then of these tens and twenties of thousands. Living in sin? Are all these Catholics destined for [...]
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“People hurt the ones they love. That’s how it is all around the world.” -John Coffey (’The Green Mile’)
Friday, July 6th, 2007
I was watching ‘The Green Mile’ last night and was struck once again by the horror, not only of capital punishment, but of murder of any kind. To clarify: my view is that the taking of a life by any other is ‘murder’.
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‘A well founded fear of persecution’
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
‘We never really realise what it is we have until it’s gone.’ No truer words were ever spoken. You could apply this to anything from a warm place to sleep at night to the freedom to think. The latter is what I want to talk about now.
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“No one comes to the Father except through Me.”- Jesus Christ
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
I’ve been reading recently about inter-religious dialogue and I’m beginning to realise that the issue isn’t as simple as it always appeared to me. The problem stems from what is the Catholic view of those of other Churches or religions.
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“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.”
Friday, June 29th, 2007
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
Nelson Mandela
Hate is defined as ‘ [...]
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My Musings on a Bus
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
On the bus this morning I couldn’t help noticing that most of the passengers were foreign nationals and it led me to reaffirm for myself my views on nationalistic politics. This may seem extreme but I never liked the idea of nationalities….
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