I’m sitting in the waiting room of The Radiant Light Healing Spa (a.k.a. Radiation Oncology Department) watching a video of a growing nebula in a distant part of the galaxy. It is intended to comfort me. Yet, why is this happening to me and my body? Read more
June 8, 2021
A Bhagavad Gita for Bealtaine
June 8, 2021 By Father Seán ÓLaoire, PhD
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For the Celts, Bealtaine is one of four great times when the planet becomes a Caol Áit (a thin place). For those who want to draw closer to God, it is a chance to ascend to higher levels of reality. Read more
May 13, 2021
What Does It Mean to Be Created “In the Image of God?”
May 13, 2021 By Bill Miller
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The Hebrew term translated as “image” (tselem and variations) has several other uses: a phantom, illusion, resemblance, a representative figure, an idol. Rather than humans created “in” the image of God, were humans perhaps created as the image of God? Read more
May 11, 2021
Mother Mary’s Diary
May 11, 2021 By Father Seán ÓLaoire, PhD
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I recently had an image of the major events in the life of Mother Mary and her son, Jesus. Here are Gospel passages, arranged chronologically, and written as if they were entries in Mary’s journal. Read more
April 5, 2021
Falling in Love – Rising in Love
April 5, 2021 By Father Seán ÓLaoire, PhD
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She hadn’t expected it would end like this. It was still difficult to believe it had really happened. But, like everything else about him, she accepted it completely with total love. Read more
March 23, 2021
Hail, Homo Narcississimus
March 23, 2021 By Father Seán ÓLaoire, PhD
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The essence of personal evolution – psychological and spiritual – is that we use ‘uncomfortable’ life situations to grow. Is Homo Narcississimus the self-appointed exception? Read more
March 3, 2021
How a Basic Income Begins to Heal Social Division
March 3, 2021 By Bill Miller
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The perception of society as a pyramid of wealth in a world of scarcity fosters the social and political division which plagues us. Read more
February 10, 2021
Pareidolia – Selecting the Reality of Love
February 10, 2021 By Father Seán ÓLaoire, PhD
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Reality is in the mind of the beholder. This is true not just of our visual sense, it’s true of all our senses and of science, religion and ‘the news.’ Read more
January 12, 2021
Crossing the River Lee
January 12, 2021 By Father Seán ÓLaoire, PhD
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I explained to somebody in a therapy session that it is important to test new relationships and not reveal too much too quickly, nor commit one’s heart too soon. Here’s the image I used. Read more
December 28, 2020
A Child’s Christmas in Cork
December 28, 2020 By Father Seán ÓLaoire, PhD
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Snail mail was costly; postage to the North Pole was prohibitive for most of us, so “Santy” had a special arrangement for the children of Ireland. Read more
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