Category: Fr Dominic Writes

When Jesus sent the apostles out to proclaim his teaching openly and to witness to him before the world, he knew that they were fearful. And they had good reason […]

The Gospel shows us the character of Jesus. As he looks around at the harassed crowd, he feels compassion and pity. He sees a leaderless people, lost and unsure. They […]

Cardinal Hume recalled a incident that happened when he visited Ethiopia during the 1984-85 famine. He was taken to a settlement in the hills where people were waiting for food […]

There is a beautiful Russian Icon of the Blessed Trinity painted by a monk by the name of Rublev. It depicts the three Divine Persons sitting at a table. A […]

Pentecost is a great day in the Church’s life. It is a celebration of Jesus’ gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church and to each of the baptised.Today we […]

We are called to be in the world not on some ideal, antiseptic island. Over the centuries, some Christians felt that the world was so corrupt that the only solution […]

In his commentary on this Gospel Fr. Silvester O’Flynn writes: “I have one special wish for my death-bed. I long to have somebody reading these consoling words of the farewell […]

Over the next while in the Parish we will witness the great work of our parents as they guide their children and young people into the Sacraments of First Holy […]

The two people walking to Emmaus were evidently followers of Jesus. They don’t appear anywhere else in the Gospel. We don’t hear about them before or after this incident. We […]

A striking feature about this Gospel scene is that the Risen Christ retained the scars on the passion on His body. It’s quite extraordinary. Jesus had a transformed, exalted, glorious […]