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Posted on May 10, 2019

“mar nach mbeidh ‘chuile mháthair mar sin lena mac féin?” #MarianMay – “Caoineadh Na Tri Mhuire” (The Lament of the Three Marys) , Joe Heaney

Joe Heaney was a sean-nos singer born just over one hundred years ago near Carna in Connemara. He sang in both Irish and English, and would contribute to John Cage’s…

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Posted on April 19, 2019February 14, 2019

Music for #GoodFriday: “Les Sept dernières paroles du Christ en Croix”, César Franck

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Posted on April 18, 2019February 14, 2019

Music for #GoodFriday – Liszt’s “Via Crucis”, piano setting played by Reinbert de Leeuw

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Posted on July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Stained Glass from St Mary’s Church, Aughnacloy, Parish of Aghaloo and Carntell, Co. Tyrone

This parish has three Churches – St Mary’s Church Aughnacloy, St Joseph’s Church Caledon & St Brigid’s Church Killens. St Mary’s Church is located just beyond the main road of Aughnacloy in…

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Posted on March 30, 2018

“I thirst”

From Fr Robert Hugh Benson’s Seven Last Words: THE FIFTH WORD I thirst. Our Lord continues to reveal His own condition, since He, after all, is the key to all…

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Posted on March 30, 2018March 29, 2018

“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”

https://youtu.be/kMbGWPaXX8Y From Fr Robert Hugh Benson’s reflections on the Seven Last Words: Father forgive them, for they know not what they do. In previous considerations we have studied the Life…

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