From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 21st April 2019        As you know, there are so many symbols of Easter – the Easter fire and water and  candle, the empty tomb, the butterfly and many more. But, according to the liturgical experts, the greatest symbol of Easter is not any...

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 14th April 2019      All in the April evening April airs were abroad; I saw the sheep with their lambs And thought of the Lamb of God. These are the last lines of the well – known poem written by Katherine Tynan who was born...

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 7th April 2019      Jesus was teaching at daybreak – so early! And a big crowd had gathered to hear him. We’ll never know what Jesus intended to speak about that morning because the Scribes and Pharisees arrived dragging a woman caught in the very...

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 31st March 2019        You know today’s gospel story very well, almost by heart!  Books have been written about it. Whole courses have been given on the wisdom contained in every sentence of it.  But we haven’t space here for a book – so...

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 24th March 2019      I think Jesus loved trees. He talked about trees a lot! Mustard trees and Mulberry trees, vines, olive trees and especially fig trees! A few times he said we could learn from the fig tree. I also like fig trees and...

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 17th March 2019      There’s a word in Greek that we don’t have in English and it’s been described as a word with a caress in it! The word is ‘prautes’ and it’s used all the time in the Gospels to describe Jesus. So, it’s...

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 10th March 2019      It seems to be a law of life that after every high there’s a low; when you’ve a great experience, watch out for the low that may well follow!  I’ve seen in the lives of the saints; I’ve seen it in...

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 3rd March 2019      It’s hard to believe but next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent and Lent means spring and lengthening of days. The gospel today reminds us we’re always in need of spring-cleaning.                 ...

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 24th February 2019          A friend of Jesus wrote this: “I related well to Jesus, or thought I did. I would talk to him, thank him and ask for help. But always I had this uneasy feeling that he wanted me to look...

From the desk of Fr. Ignatius Waters, cp Sunday, 17th February 2019      When I was a young priest, an old priest told me this story about his mother and father at home and I never forgot it. He said if you didn’t know them, you’d think they didn’t like each other at all....