Come & See Inspirations (C&SI)

For this Easter Sunday, Sr Caitriona Kavanagh from the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia in Limerick joins us to offer a reflection on 'New Life' and the joy of Easter! Text us at +353 874668950 or email at comeandseeinspirtaions@gmail.com

Christus Resurrexit! Alleluia!! Christ is Risen! Alleluia!! With joy we greet our listeners this Easter Sunday and wish everyone a joyous Easter as Christians celebrate the good news of the Resurrection! (For our Orthodox & Greek Orthodox brothers & sisters, they have another week before celebrating Pascha!) On this weeks podcast we are joined by Sr Catherine Kavanagh who reflects on the m...

Holy Week reflection lead by Sr Phyllis Moynihan & Sharon Collopy at Mount St Alphonsus, Redemptorist church, Limerick on 9th April 2022 Text us at +353 874668950 or email at comeandseeinspirtaions@gmail.com

Easter is the high point of the Christian liturgical year and as we enter into Holy Week and begin the final preparations for Easter, John and Shane reflect on the days of Holy Week with brief reflections, music and some suggestions for devotions and prayers to help listeners enter more deeply into the days to come. Text us at +353 874668950 or email at comeandseeinspirtaions@gmail.com

Easter is the high point of the Christian liturgical year and as we enter into Holy Week and begin the final preparations for Easter, John and Shane reflect on the days of Holy Week with brief reflections, music and some suggestions for devotions and prayers to help listeners enter more deeply into the days to come. As Holy Week takes precedence there is saints for the week on this weeks podcast....

Pope Francis has called for prayer and fasting during Lent seeking peace for Ukraine in these troubled times.  On this weeks podcast we share with you the Liturgy for Peace which was recorded on 27th March from St John's Cathedral in Limerick. A Liturgy of Peace took place in solidarity with people suffering in Ukraine and Russia. Led by Bishop Brendan Leahy, Sr Phyllis Moynihan, and the past...

Pope Francis has called for prayer and fasting during Lent seeking peace for Ukraine in these troubled times.  On this weeks podcast we share with you the Liturgy for Peace which was recorded on 27th March from St John's Cathedral in Limerick. A Liturgy of Peace took place in solidarity with people suffering in Ukraine and Russia. Led by Bishop Brendan Leahy, Sr Phyllis Moynihan, and the past...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane explore an often over looked element to the Russian war against Ukraine - the impact of the ideology of "Ruskii Mir" (Russain World) which underlines the Russian political and religious justifications of the current conflict. We have a discussion about  the various Christian communities in Ukraine especially the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. We als...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane explore an often over looked element to the Russian war against Ukraine - the impact of the ideology of "Ruskii Mir" (Russain World) which underlines the Russian political and religious justifications of the current conflict. We have a discussion about  the various Christian communities in Ukraine especially the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Consec...

On the extract from this weeks podcast  we have a reflection with Fr Michael Liston who leads us through a short reflection considering "this extraordinary man" Patrick who couldn't " stay silent because of all that God had done for him in His mercy" and what his example has for Irish people today.  The reflection is a repeat broadcast originally from 18 March 2012 but it...

Welcome to this weeks podcast where we mark the Irish national holiday and celebration of St Patrick - Apostle of the Irish. We have a reflection with Fr Michael Liston who leads us through a short reflection considering "this extraordinary man" Patrick who couldn't " stay silent because of all that God had done for him in His mercy" and what his example has for Irish peop...

On this weeks podcast Colm Hogan from Trocáire joins us to speak about the 2022 Lenten Appeal. We have our regular liturgical odds and ends including saints of the week and of course our reflections on the Sunday gospel which this week is Luke's account of the Transfiguration. Trocaire Lenten Appeal 2022 Trócaire is the Irish language word for “compassion”. For almost 50 years Trócaire has pu...

Trócaire is the Irish language word for “compassion”. For almost 50 years Trócaire has put the compassion of Irish people into action. Trócaire is an agency of the Irish Catholic Church. They are the Irish member of the Caritas Internationalis federation. On this weeks programme, Colm Hogan from Trocaire joins us to talk about the 2022 Lenten Appeal. This Lent, Trócaire’s Appeal highlights the imp...

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On this weeks podcast we are joined by Fr Frank Duhig (PP, Newcastle West) to reflect on the beginning of our Lenten journey for this year. In addition we go through some resources for Lent for people to consider as we take up this opportunity for a spiritual "operation transformation" to allow us to take our spiritual life in hand and get it back in shape.  We have our regular reflectio...

On this weeks podcast we have the third of three podcasts where we share with our listeners a series of talks from Knock Shrine about Synod on Synodality being held in Rome in 2023. As usual, we have our liturgical odds and ends, some local notices and of course our reflection on the Sunday gospel (Luke 6:39-45). Synod on Synodality 2023 On the podcast, we covered the Synod on Synodality in a podc...

On this weeks podcast we have the second of three podcasts where we share with our listeners a series of talks from Knock Shrine about the Synod on Synodality being held in Rome in 2023. As usual, we have our liturgical odds and ends, some local notices and of course our reflection on the Sunday gospel (Luke 6:27-38). Synod on Synodality 2023 On the podcast, we covered the Synod on Synodality in a...

On this weeks podcast we have the first of three podcasts where we share with our listeners a series of talks from Knock Shrine about Synod on Synodality being held in Rome in 2023. As usual, we have our liturgical odds and ends, some local notices and of course our reflection on the Sunday gospel (Luke 6:17, 20-26). Synod on Synodality 2023 On the podcast, we covered the Synod on Synodality in a...

We are a little behind schedule with this weeks podcast this week with our look back at the year just gone. Usually we aim to do this in January as a review of the events and happenings that happened in 2021 and dig out the crystal ball to see what is up coming for 2022. We take a quick look at events at a global level (with a slight focus on things papal) including Pope Francis papal trips to Ira...

We are a little behind schedule with this weeks podcast this week with our look back at the year just gone. Usually we aim to do this in January as a review of the events and happenings that happened in 2021 and dig out the crystal ball to see what is up coming for 2022. In addition to our look back and look forward we have our weekly liturgical odds and ends, and our reflection on the Sunday gosp...

We are slightly behind on this weeks podcast topic wise discussing what is Sunday of the Word of God which is celebrated on the Third Sunday in Ordinary time which was last week (Jan 21st), however, John and Shane talk through what is the meaning of the celebration and the challenges it puts forward for us as individuals and as praying communities. We have our regular run through the liturgical od...

We are slightly behind on this weeks podcast topic wise discussing what is Sunday of the Word of God which is celebrated on the Third Sunday in Ordinary time which was last week (Jan 21st), however, John and Shane talk through what is the meaning of the celebration and the challenges it puts forward for us as individuals and as praying communities. Sunday of the Word of God In his Apostolic Letter...

On this weeks podcast we are joined by Martin Browne OSB from Glenstal Abbey to discuss the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally observed from the 18th to the 25th January – the octave of St. Peter and St. Paul. However, some areas observe it at Pentecost or some other time. With Martin we reflect on what is the WPCU, and why are such eve...

On this weeks podcast we are joined by Martin Browne OSB from Glenstal Abbey to discuss the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally observed from the 18th to the 25th January – the octave of St. Peter and St. Paul. However, some areas observe it at Pentecost or some other time. With Martin we reflect on what is the WPCU, and why are such eve...

On this weeks programme John and Shane are delighted to welcome Noirin Lynch (Director, FCJ Spirituality House, Spanish Point) back to reflect with us and share a few thoughts about January "blues". A few thoughts on the January Blues January can be a month where we are "expected" to be enthusiastic and energetic signified in part by the pressure sometimes for change with our N...