All our Advent O antiphons apply to Jesus our Saviour the most magnificent titles drawn form the Messianic prophecies and throw light on the various prerogatives of His salvific work. ...

O Adonai, is a title that bring us to the innermost depths of God’s mystery. It draws attention to the extraordinary paradox of Christmas, hidden in the Hebrew language. The word Adon signifies a master, a free man who has self-control. Its opposite is Ewed — slave. The Incarnation is the moment when ...

Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus.

As we begin our reflections on the ‘O Antiphons’, we can’t help noticing that each Antiphon contains the word “COME!”

With this repeated word we are imploring God to come and save us. ....

Happy Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary!
Here follows a reflection on the second joyful mystery - the Mystery of the Visitation of Our Lady to St Elizabeth.

We are 'opening' our Christmas shop, it's that time of year again!

This year, we are selling our cards in variety packs of either 6 or 12, or, as in previous years,
you can order packs of just one design, according to your preference.

Our sisters are also busy designing and making Christmas candles which will be available to order shortly.

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Last Thursday (21st August) we had the privilege of hosting a very special tree planting, as part of the "St. Oliver 400" celebration of the National Heritage Week. The Oak sapling that was planted had been grown from an acorn taken from one of the Oak trees, which stood on the grounds of the house that St Oliver Plunkett lived in in the 1660s, in Ardpatrick, Co. Louth.

Towards the end of his life, when the disciples of St Anthony, the father of monasticism, asked for a word of advice he replied with three words – always breathe Christ. Breathing and respiration is a double movement – in and out. St Dominic was certainly always breathing Christ. His life, in its nights and its days, was an incessant rhythm of praying and preaching. And even Dominic’s prayer had this rhythmic quality.

Mother of Mercy

One of the oldest prayers to the Virgin Mary is the ancient antiphon titled in Latin Sub Tuum Praesidium. By soom accounts this prayer dates to the third century. The beautiful words, first written in Greek, present the Blessed Mother as one who intercedes for us.