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March 2024
March 30, 2024

Risen and Reigning

Risen and Reigning                   Word on the Week          30th March 2024. Of all the expressions of Easter my least favourite would be the cartoon which adorned the front page of one of our national newspapers.    It portrayed the common man surveying a litany of disasters appearing in a news sheet and exclaiming loudly ‘Jesus Christ’. Recognising […]

March 23, 2024

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be              Word on the Week                 23rd March 2024. On 20 March 2024, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying recommended the introduction of legalisation regulating assisted suicide and euthanasia in its majority report.   The spirit of our age, so fond of death, commended we follow Holland, Belgium and Canada on […]

March 16, 2024

St Patrick

St Patrick                         Word on the Week                     16th March 2024. It’s tomorrow that St Patrick kisses the stone!   His kiss transforms the land from its winter hibernation to the green fertility that makes Ireland the Emerald Isle.   After this Winter’s deluges of rain, he may need to blow his warm breath over it to dry up […]

March 9, 2024

From the River to the Sea

From the River to the Sea         Word on the Week          9th March 2024. It’s the slogan, chanted by Palestine/Hamas supporters, seeking the total destruction of Israel who inhabit the land from the river Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea.   It is matched by the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s intent to annihilate Hamas!   The conquest of […]

March 2, 2024

Counterfeit Relief

Counterfeit Relief            Word on the Week                     2nd March 2024. Life in this life can be hard.   It can offend our desire for fairness.  Things happen that should never have been allowed.   The apparent randomness of illness and accidents.    Then, in some cases, the premature-ness of death. To combat these thoughts many turn to the drug […]

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