Come & See Inspirations (C&SI)

On this weeks podcast excerpt on the 4th Sunday of Advent, John and Shane have a brief reflection on how embracing the darkness of Winter prepares us to welcome the Light of the World at Christmas. Embracing the darkness of Winter to welcome the Light of the World On the weekend of the Winter Solstice here in Ireland, a time which has  been full of spiritual significance to Irish people for millen...

On this weeks podcast, we are joined by Fr Frank Duhig who gives us a reflection on Advent looking at the call of the season to turn back to God echoing the message of St John the Baptist. We are reminded that Advent is a penitential season where we are reminded that Jesus came to save sinners and that the spiritual life is a response to the invitation of Christ and is a total gift of God.  The pr...

On this weeks podcast, we are joined by Fr Frank Duhig who gives us a reflection on Advent looking at the call of the season to turn back to God echoing the message of St John the Baptist. We are reminded that Advent is a penitential season where we are reminded that Jesus came to save sinners and that the spiritual life is a response to the invitation of Christ and is a total gift of God.  The pr...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane are joined Pat Kenny, one of the two editors of a new book " The Rock From Which You Were Hewn: The Lives & Legacies of Holy Irish Men & Women ". We have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends for the coming week including the reminder that the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is still a holy day of obligation in Ireland de...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane are joined Pat Kenny, one of the two editors of a new book " The Rock From Which You Were Hewn: The Lives & Legacies of Holy Irish Men & Women ". Pat Kenny joins us on this weeks podcast to tell us about his new book which  he helped to edit. The book presents brief biographies of over 40 modern Irish men and women whose causes for canonizatio...

Welcome to the New Year here on C&SI and no, we havent mixed up  our calendars as today of course is the first Sunday of Advent and the beginning of the new liturgical year. On this weeks podcast we start the season of Advent with a reflection from Ascension Press entitled ' What did Mary do for Advent?' It w as a series of four videos which they published in 2018 and was a free seri...

Welcome to the New Year here on C&SI and no, we havent mixed up  our calendars as today of course is the first Sunday of Advent and the beginning of the new liturgical year. On this weeks podcast excerpt we start the season of Advent with a reflection from Ascension Press entitled ' What did Mary do for Advent?' It w as a series of four videos which they published in 2018 and was a f...

On this weeks podcast C&SI team welcome back Julieann Moran,  General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Julieann shares her thoughts with us on the experience of the Church's Synodal journey following on the conclusion of part two of the Synod on Synodality in Rome and the publication of the final document which Pope Francis immediately approved . Juliea...

On this weeks podcast C&SI team welcome back Julieann Moran,  General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Julieann shares her thoughts with us on the experience of the Church's Synodal journey following on the conclusion of part two of the Synod on Synodality in Rome and the publication of the final document which Pope Francis immediately approved . We hav...

On what is the last Sunday in Ordinary time in the current liturgical year, here on the podcast we dip into one of the Alpha course resource material to share with you a presentation from Nick Gumbel asking the question, "How does God guide us? ". Text us at +353 874668950 or email at comeandseeinspirtaions@gmail.com

On what is the last Sunday in Ordinary time in the current liturgical year, here on the podcast we dip into one of the Alpha course resource material to share with you a presentation from Nick Gumbel asking the question, "How does God guide us? ". We have a run through the liturgical odds and ends for the coming week including the up coming saints of the week as well as our prayer space...

On this weeks podcast Shane and John share some thoughts on November as the month of the dead and reflect on how it can both challenge and console us. We have our regular reflections on the Sunday gospel (Mark 12:38-44) about the widow's mite. We have our weekly prayer space and a run through the up coming week's liturgical odds and ends. Memento Mori - Remembering the dead In the Roman...

On this weeks podcast excerpt Shane and John share some thoughts on November as the month of the dead and reflect on how it can both challenge and console us.  In the Roman Catholic tradition November is the month of the Holy Soul's where we pray for those who have left this mortal world but may not enjoy full the vision of God. November can be a hard month for many people as we recall the me...

On the podcast excerpt this week John and Shane are joined by Mary-Aoife and Seamus Ong who are part of Carlo Acutis Ireland to tell us about Blessed Carlo Acutis who is in line to be the first canonised millennial saint! Carlo was a young website designer born in London to Andrea Acutis and Antonio Salazano in 1991. Carlo grew up in Milan and had huge interest in video games, football, films, and...

On the podcast this week John and Shane are joined by Mary-Aoife and Seamus Ong who are part of Carlo Acutis Ireland to tell us about Blessed Carlo Acutis who is in line to be the first canonised millennial saint! We have our regular run through the saints of the week and liturgical odds and ends with our prayer space in part one. And in part three we reflect on the Sunday gospel from St Mark (Mk...

On this weeks podcast we dip into the archives and listen back to a piece from October 20217 where John and Shane reflect on the up coming solemnity of All Saints on November 1st including a reflection from Word on Fires 's Bishop Robert Barron. We have our weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel where this week John is joined by Fr Frank Duhig and of course we have our saints as well as other...

On this weeks podcast excerpt we dip into the archives and listen back to a piece from October 20217 where John and Shane reflect on the up coming solemnity of All Saints on November 1st including a reflection from Word on Fires 's Bishop Robert Barron. Reflecting on the Feast of All Saints As the clocks change this weekend and the evenings have firmly drawn in, we head into Samhain (November...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane were delighted to welcome Sr Sean Marie and Sr Mary Dolora of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma Michigan who have recently landed on the banks of the Shannon here in the diocese of Limerick. So we have a sit down with them to find about them and about their religious institute. We have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends from the calendar...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane were delighted to welcome Sr Sean Marie and Sr Mary Dolora of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma Michigan who have recently landed on the banks of the Shannon here in the diocese of Limerick. So we have a sit down with them to find about them and about their religious institute. The Religious Sisters of Mercy, Alma, Michigan which is an off shoot of the Rel...

On this weeks podcast John and Shane were delighted to welcome Fr Roman Lahish CSsR who is the chaplain to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Community in the Mid West of Ireland. We have our regular run through the saints of the week and local notices. Our prayer space this week is from the Word of Life October 2024 from the Focolore Community. In part three we have our regular reflection on the Sunday...

On this weeks podcast excerpt John and Shane were delighted to welcome Fr Roman Lahish CSsR who is the chaplain to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Community in the Mid West of Ireland. Fr Roman is actually a member of the Redemptorist community and is based out of Mt St Alphonsus in Limerick city and he shares with us his own back ground and vocation story before sharing the highs and lows of the wor...

We had a busy podcast this week here on C&SI with a couple of visitors joining John and Shane. In part one, we have our regular run through saints of the week and Sr Caitriona Kavanagh OP joins us to tells us about news from the Dominican community. In part two, Br Justin Robinson OSB joins us from Cairo to share with us about the situation of Christians in the Holy Land and the challenges the...

In this weeks podcast excerpt, Br Justin Robinson OSB joins us from Cairo to share with us about the situation of Christians in the Holy Land and the challenges they face.  Br Justin Robinson OSB is a Benedictine monk of Glenstal Abbey in Ireland. After studying theology at the Salesian Pontifical University in Jerusalem, he is now undertaking an MA in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American Un...

On this weeks podcast we are joined by Julianne Moran, General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland to discuss the Synod on Synodality the second part of which is due to be held in Rome during the month of October 2024. We have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends for the coming week, and also our weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel (Mark 9:28-43,4...

On this weeks podcast we are joined by Julianne Moran, General Secretary for the Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland to discuss the Synod on Synodality the second part of which is due to be held in Rome during the month of October 2024. We have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends for the coming week, and also our weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel (Mark 9:28-43,4...