Fr John preaches on “The road to Emmaus”
April 27th 2020
Third Sunday of Easter, Luke 24: 13-35 At the very end of John’s Gospel there are these intriguing words: “But there are also many other things, which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that
HOW WE BUILT A CHAPEL IN THE BACK GARDEN – PART I
April 26th 2020
These photos were taken before and during the construction of the Chapel of St Albert the Great. Here is the back garden as it was on 1st February 2009. The copse of trees was planted by the owner of number
CARAVAGGIO’S DOUBTING THOMAS
April 25th 2020
“Doubting Thomas”, c.1601/02, Caravaggio, Bildergalerie, Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany. It is known that this work was painted as a private commission while Caravaggio was in Rome. It must surely have created a stir among those who saw it,
BR SAMUEL PREACHES ON EASTER SUNDAY
April 21st 2020
The story begins in darkness. It was “still dark”, St. John tells us, when Mary Magdalen went to visit the tomb, three days after his agonising death. There was darkness outside for it was before dawn, and there was darkness
CIMA DA CONEGLIANO’S INCREDULITY OF ST THOMAS WITH BISHOP MAGNUS
April 18th 2020
“The Incredulity of Saint Thomas and the Bishop Saint Magnus”, Cima da Conegliano, 1504-1505, Gallerie dell’ Accademia, Venice. When Cima da Conegliano received this commission from a guild of tradesmen, he was at the height of his career. In
Homily for Easter Friday
April 18th 2020
Fr Fergus preaches on John 21:1-14 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=264744428016763
Fr John preaches at the Easter Vigil
April 11th 2020
It must have been sometime in May or June 1993. I was back at home having just finished my final engineering exams in Galway. I had gone for a walk and returned to learn that my mother had received a
Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection of Christ
April 11th 2020
In his essay “The Best Picture” of 1925 (which you can easily find online) , Aldous Huxley wrote this of Piero’s “Resurrection of Christ”: “It stands there before us in entire and actual splendour, the greatest picture in the world.”
Fr Dermot Preaches on Holy Thursday
April 9th 2020
There is a weir on the river near where I grew up. There was a stone on which you could sit under the shade of a tree and cool your feet in the river water in on a hot day.
Fr Fergus Preaches on Palm Sunday 2020
April 6th 2020
Who is this?’ people asked, as Jesus, riding on an ass, with a crowd of supporters, arrived in Jerusalem, creating something of a stir (Matthew 21: 10), on the first day of what we know as Holy Week. It’s the
