TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY

Get behind me, Satan! (Gospel)

Peter wanted to spare Jesus from suffering and death, but Jesus rebukes him. Doing God’s will is not easy. Jeremiah complains that it has made him a laughing stock and brought insult and derision (First Reading). In a world with no suffering we would never learn our need of God and the greatness of the promise which is beyond all imagining.

Christ does not explain in the abstract the reasons for suffering, but before all else he says: ‘Follow me!’. Come! Take part through your suffering in this work of saving the world, a salvation achieve through my suffering! Through my Cross. (John Paul II, Salvifici Doloris, 26).

News & Updates
15.08.08 MASS AT BARRiGONE WELL Bishop Murray celebrated the feast of the Assumption at the Holy Well in Barrigone.  August 15th is the pattern day and several hundred people attended in spite of the rain. The homily preached can be read here. You can also find the history of the well and a few photos of the well and the altar on the Heritage Site
29.07.08 World Youth Day Sydney Bishop Murray gave a talk as part of the series of catecheses given by bishops to young pilgrims.  { Talk }
16.06.2008 Civic Reception Bishop Murray was given a Civic Reception by Limerick County Council in Adare Manor on Monday 16th June.  The presentation was made by the Cathaoirleach, Councillor Kevin Sheahan.  Also honoured at the Civic Reception were Bishop Michael Mayes, recently retired Church of Ireland Bishop and the Franciscan Order who have left Limerick after more than seven centuries.  At the ceremony Bishop Murray spoke: { Address }
13.06.2008 Departure of the Franciscan community Address by the Bishop of Limerick, Dónal Murray, at the Franciscan Church, Henry Street, marking the departure of the Franciscan community from the Church and Friary in Limerick. { Address }
26.05.2008 Corpus Christi Bishop Murray delivered two homlies, one at Corpus Christi  parish Moyross to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary and the feast of Corpus Christi { Homily } and the second at the Mass in the Augustinian Church which is followed by the Corpus Christi Procession { Homily }.
22.05.2008 Parish Life facing a challenging future BIshop Murray gave a talk at a conference, Parishes in Transition in Mary Immaculate College on May 22nd and 23rd { Talk }
11.05.2008 The Other and the Beyond Bishop Murray gave a talk at The Irish Centre for Faith and Culture in Maynooth on May 8th. The title of the conference was Otherness in our Midst: the place of the immigrant in the Irish religious landscape. { Talk }
11.05.2008 Pentecost Sunday On Pentecost Sunday in St John’s Cathedral there was a Liturgy of Thanksgiving in which members of Parish Pastoral Councils gave thanks for how God’s grace has been at work in their parishes.  At the celebration, Bishop Murray preached the following: { Homily }
13.04.2008 Vocations Bishop Donal Murray gave the following homily at the Day of Prayer for Vocations mass { Homily }
11.04.2008 Limerick Statement Bishop Murray's statement about the current of violence in the city  { Statement }
02.04.2008 Kosovo Visit Bishop Murray visited the troops of the 37th Infantry Group in Kosovo.  The lead unit of this Irish group is from Sarsfield Barracks in Limerick – including Colonel Matt Murray who commands the group and Fr Seamus Madigan, the Chaplain.  { Article 1 } { Article 2 }
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