Fr Paddy: Five spiritual tips for new year 2022
The best resolutions are elastic, they cannot be broken with a single act.
If you swear never to touch red meat, one burger ruins the...
Fr Paddy: Advent – A counter cultural season
Christmas seems to arrive now by the start of November and ends on Christmas day.
In a secular culture the season of Advent, a time...
Fr Paddy: Celebrating the Feast of Christ the King
This week, we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, we are called to work with this King.
And this King is the one who...
Fr Paddy: Climate change and COP26
The two young ladies were noisy. Vinisha Umashankar and Greta Thunberg.
Vinisha said: “We’ll build the future, even if you are stuck in the past....
Fr Paddy: How prayer can help overcome phobias
Many situations in this pandemic world present themselves as almost impossible: coping with stress, keeping going under pressure, addressing tough health issues, coping with...
Fr Paddy: November – A time to remember
Halloween did not come from Hollywood but rather its origins are strongly connected to ancient Celtic roots.
In Celtic Ireland, about two millennia ago, Samhain...
Fr Paddy: In the name of God
Pope Francis, in a keynote address to the popular movements, a group that includes activists working on a wide variety of justice causes, called...
Fr Paddy: Nine principles for building solid foundations
One key biblical image is that of building solid foundations, making a dramatic distinction between building on rock as opposed to on sand (Matthew...
Fr Paddy: Leave the phone at home
“God brings forth His Son in thee, whether thou likest it or not, whether thou sleepest or wakest; God worketh His own will. That...
Fr Paddy: Celebrating the feast of St Francis
This week we celebrate the Feast of St Francis. St Francis is among the most beloved and most familiar of all the saints of...
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Fr Paddy: Wisdom on life
George Carlin at age 102, offered the following wisdom that is deeply relevant for us all.
If you don’t read this to the very end,...
Fr Paddy: Harvest thanksgiving .. A time for justice
Perhaps this harvest time is an opportunity for us all, to acknowledge the fruits that we all have in the depth of our being.
Fruits...
Fr Paddy: Don’t quit…
There was once a bunch of tiny frogs, who arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high...
Fr Paddy: Climate Crisis all our concern
‘May you live in interesting times’, it’s said, is a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Sometimes, like the present, we discover we could...
Fr Paddy: Take a deep breath
The person who has probably done most in the Christian world to promote the idea of concentrating on our breathing as a form of...
Fr Paddy: Ten tips for keeping balance and Minding our mental health
Recent research shows that levels of mental illness, anxiety, and depression are at an all-time high, especially among younger people.
I recently came across these...
Fr Paddy: Olympic Inspiration
Wilma Rudolph is the absolute proof that nothing is impossible.
Born prematurely, in a family of 21 children, with little to no resources to sustain...
Fr Paddy: The giver is bigger than the receiver
I love this story from Katharine Hepburn’s childhood; it is beautiful, in her own words...
“Once when I was a teenager, my father and I...
Fr Paddy: Harvest … A time to give thanks
Time seems to be flying by. It’s hard to believe that August has arrived so quickly!! I pray that this wonderful Season of hope,...
Fr Paddy: Grandparents – a real blessing
This week, in a special way we are invited to reflect on the role of grandparents.
Family is all about ‘connection’, and grandparents are vital...
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