Come & See Inspirations (C&SI)

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". We have our run through the saints of the week and of course our reflection on the Sunday gospel - this week John's account of the Wedding Feast at Cana. A few thoughts on January Blues...

Fr Gerry Moloney CSsR preached at the 10am Novena Mass in the Redemptorist church in Limerick on 15th January 2022.  In his homily he shared his thoughts  about the tragedy of Aishling Murphy's death and his prayer for  her legacy.  He finished with these words - "We pray today that Aishling's legacy will be for a country where no woman of any age, race or background will ever again...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane take a virtual visit to France and to the Community of Taize reflecting on the 2022 Letter from Taize - Becoming Creators of Unity . We have regular run through our saints of the coming week and we also select our patron saints for 2022. Our podcast for 2022 is St Anne - grandmother of Jesus.  You can get your own patron saint for the year HERE . Our reflection...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane take a virtual visit to France and to the Community of Taize reflecting on the 2022 Letter from Taize - Becoming Creators of Unity . Taize Community The Taizé Community is an ecumenical Christian monastic fraternity in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of more than one hundred brothers, from Catholic and Protestant traditions, who originat...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022! John and Shane are delighted to welcome you to this weeks podcast as we continue to celebrate the Christmas season from Christmas Eve to the Baptism of the Lord - let no one tell you Christmas is only a day! So on this the second Sunday within  the Christmas season, we decided to take a flying visit to the Eternal City and see what Pope Francis has been say...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

John and Shane welcome you to our regular Sunday podcast on this special feast day dedicated to the Holy Family which is celebrated on the Sunday nearest to Christmas. On this weeks podcast we have our regular run through the saints of the week and some other liturgical odds and ends.  In addition we continue sharing with you Christmas reflections from friends and guests of the podcast programme g...

From all the Come & See Inspirations podcast team, wishing you and yours every best wish and blessing of this Holy & Festive Season and into the New Year 2021 May the Peace of the Babe of Bethlehem be the gift you receive this Christmastide. Nollaig shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh go léir From John, Ann & Shane ******************* On this special podcast we celebrate this spec...

C&SI brings together a series of reflections to share over the Christmas Season. Originally available for listening on Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we are sharing the individual reflections to allow listeners a bite size moment over the days of Christmas - to allow us to pause and reflect for a few moments and also as a reminder that Christmas is not just "the day" but a...

John and Shane are delighted to welcome back our old friend Noirin Lynch on this weeks podcast to catch up with her on her new project at the FCJ Spirituality House in Spanish Point and more importantly for this weeks podcast, for Noirin to share a reflection " Pregnant with Promise " for the fourth Sunday of Advent, taking as its starting point the account of the Visitation which is the...

John and Shane are delighted to welcome back our old friend Noirin Lynch on this weeks podcast to catch up with her on her new project at the FCJ Spirituality House in Spanish Point and more importantly for this weeks podcast, for Noirin to share a reflection " Pregnant with Promise " for the fourth Sunday of Advent, taking as its starting point the account of the Visitation which is the...

The C&SI team welcome Fr Frank Duhig to the podcast this week. Fr Frank is PP in Newcastle West parish and he gets frequent mentions on the podcast from John and Shane as Fr Frank leads the local lectio divine group and we are always delighted when he has the time and space to come on the podcast with us. Fr Frank shares an Advent reflection with us where  he reminds us of the words of Jesus t...

The C&SI team welcome Fr Frank Duhig to the podcast this week. Fr Frank is PP in Newcastle West parish and he gets frequent mentions on the podcast from John and Shane as Fr Frank leads the local lectio divine group and we are always delighted when he has the time and space to come on the podcast with us. In addition to Fr Franks reflection we have our regular run through the saints of the wee...

This week we welcome Sharon Collopy to our podcast from St John's parish in Limerick city. Sharon shares some of her faith journey with us including her using Godly Play concepts in bring faith stories to the young and not so young. Sharon is currently participating in the Limerick Lay pastoral Ministry formation programme and shares her experiences of this after one year on the course. We ha...

This week we welcome Sharon Collopy to our podcast from St John's parish in Limerick city. Sharon shares some of her faith journey with us including her using Godly Play concepts in bring faith stories to the young and not so young. Sharon is currently participating in the Limerick Lay pastoral Ministry formation programme and shares her experiences of this after one year on the course. Text...

Today begins a new year - in liturgical parlance - as with the first Sunday of Advent the church enters into another liturgical year. On this weeks podcast the C&SI team begins advent with music and three reflections from two of the current great online evangelizers - Bishop Robert Barron (auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles & founder of the Word on Fire ministry) and Fr Mike Schmitz  (Ascensi...