franciscanponderings

On Shrove Tuesday the community here came together to reflect on the Pope’s Lenten Message. Little did we realise when we decided on this...

I have finished reading The Duty of Delight , an abridged version of the diaries of Dorothy Day (1897-1980), the founder the Catholic Wo...

St Francis used to tell his friars, ‘Let us begin again for up to now we have done little or nothing.’ He had the capacity ...

Writing of London in the days before Christmas, John Betjeman's poem Christmas captures the rush and fuss that precedes the celebrat...

The beautiful lines below by Denise Levertov go to the heart of the mystery we celebrate in this season.  Love - both divine and hu...

Elizabeth cried out: "Why should I be honour with a visit from the mother of my Lord?" The Advent-Christmas season ...

Taoiseach (Prime M inister) Enda Kenny, chats with Friar Pat Lynch at the offic ial opening of the Riverbank Centre, Dublin, on 21 No ...