Spirituality

God at the Registry Office

November 12, 2015

GAVIN T. MURPHY :: I felt alive at my sister’s wedding yesterday, a civil marriage ceremony in Dublin City Hall. And I felt a deep sense of the presence of...

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‘The long learning of love’

November 10, 2015

Irish Jesuits · Funeral Mass homily for Michael Paul Gallagher The moving homily given by Bruce Bradley SJ at the funeral mass of Michael Paul Gallagher SJ, in Milltown Park...

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‘A prayerful letting go’

November 10, 2015

Irish Jesuits · MPG Funeral Mass Jesuits, family and friends of Michael Paul Gallagher SJ, gathered in Milltown Park Chapel on Tuesday 10 November to say their final farewells to...

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‘The long learning of love’

November 10, 2015

'The long learning of love' was how Michael Paul Gallagher RIP described his life shortly before he died. Jesuit, family and friends having been paying tribute to him.

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Death of Michael Paul Gallagher SJ

November 7, 2015

Renowned academic and author Fr Michael Paul Gallagher SJ died last night (Friday 6 November) in St Vincent's Private Hospital, just after the anointing of the sick and prayers, accompanied...

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‘The creative and destructive power of words’

November 6, 2015

'We need to surprise ourselves and others with creative words that connect us to our greatest hopes and desires' explained Tom Casey SJ in his address at a conference celebrating...

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Where are our dead?

November 2, 2015

During November we remember in a special way those who have died. We may ask questions like will I ever meet my dead loved ones again? What will heaven be...

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Exploring the Bible – how not to lose the plot

October 29, 2015

Jeff Cavins, the designer of a hugely successful bible study programme, is coming to Ireland and on Saturday 21st November he will lead a workshop on The Bible: Our Everlasting...

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Fully alive, fully emotional

October 23, 2015

Gavin T. Murphy reflects on his emotional responses and numbness from his father's death and his friend's wedding, with surprising insights to be more fully alive.

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Psalm 23 in the light of the Synod

October 15, 2015

With the current Synod on the Family in mind, Gavin T. Murphy adapts Psalm 23 in accordance with the Pope remarking that the Church ought to be like the Good...

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