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Homilies offered by Bishop William Crean
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Developing faith and ministry in the Diocese of Cloyne
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Bishop William Crean
Isaian Advent
Isaian Advent
A meditation given at an Advent service.
The prophet Isaiah is the mainstay of our Advent liturgy, which lets us hear a range of hopeful texts from his treasury.
Many motifs of Advent and Christmas iconography come from Isaiah, like the chief Read More
2. Sunday of Advent
2. Sunday of Advent
Baruch 5:1-9: Wrap the cloak of integrity around you.
Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11: Never stop improving your knowledge and deepening your perception of what is best.
Luke 3:1-6: In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign.
The word of God has been present in Read More
Tenderness I was sitting on the airport shuttle early this morning when I read the second reading of vigils, astounded by the immediacy of words written nearly a thousand years ago by that great man and monk, Anselm of Canterbury. How Read More
Healing Wounds ‘There is a tendency in Christian devotion to prettify, even to idealise, wounds. This tendency is perverse. Human nature, created in the image of God to be like God, is made for wholeness. Here and now we inhabit a world Read More
Die Manns The docudrama is a tricky genre. The dramatic component easily comes across as a series of ornamental vignettes jarring with or romanticising the documentary. Life is mostly duller than drama; so we are left feeling cheated, confronted with something that Read More