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ST MARIA GORETTI, 1890-1902, Virgin and Martyr ST MONINNE, one of Ireland’s early women saints Anyone who endures a sciatica nerve pain in the leg knows the discomfort it causes. Sciatica originates in the lower back and travels down the leg.  Jewish religion forbids the Jewish people to consume the sciatic nerve. The explanation for […]

Good human relationships build on the foundation of trust. A quote printed recently on trust read, ‘To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.’ Trust once broken is difficult to re-establish. With God, all things are possible because God loves unconditionally. The ability to trust does not happen automatically in a relationship. Trust […]

To stand up for truth or in the cause of defence of human rights has cost many people their lives.  Numerous people die and many are in prison for speaking and witnessing to the truth in love and justice. We have seen examples of this in the lives of St Oscar Romero, Jean Donovan and […]

Springtime brings new hope to peoples’ lives and hope brings joy. The world of nature unfolds with emerging shoots, birth of animals, spring flowers, increased daylight hours and more sunshine. However, grief, sadness, despair, loneliness and isolation abound in the world also, due to poverty and infringement of human rights. Never have these feelings been […]

To remember historical events, people and places offers humankind an opportunity to ‘live life to the full.’ We recall significant events like the first lockdown due to the pandemic in March 2020; nine eleven; the first person who landed on the moon: Auschwitz; scientists and medical researchers who invented the vaccines for the coronavirus etc. […]

Events that happen first in life are significant. Take for example, the baby that is born first in the family. Everyone waits in joy for the first smile, the first lock of hair, the first tooth, the first birthday, and first day at school etc. Then, along comes child two or three in the family […]

Today the world celebrates Earth Day 2021.The objective of this annual event is the restoration of our earth by reducing climate change. The theme for 2021, the second ‘Earth Day’ Live digital event, is ‘Restore our Earth.’ President Joe Biden and his Administration will convene a global climate summit today to celebrate Earth Day 2021. […]

Each time Pope Francis speaks to the world, he upholds the dignity of human life, while he cautions people about their lifestyle in terms of relationship with self, neighbour, God and the environment. For example, in Laudato Si’ (no. 23), the Pope states ‘that the climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant […]

During the early days of pandemic, the world waited longingly for a vaccination to eradicate the corona virus. The long awaited vaccine is in situ, but problems exist about type of vaccine, who will receive it, age cohort, frontline workers, and people with underlying health conditions. Many complain saying, one vaccine is better than the […]

Have you ever found yourself in a situation either good or bad and said to yourself, ‘I just don’t believe this happened’… ‘How could this situation turn out in this way?’ ‘This is impossible’? Well, in the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 5: 17-26), this is exactly what happened to the […]