Spend Time in Glendalough to Pray, Relax
or Take Time Out in a Serene Environment.

Published: 21st May 2018

Communion

The road from Laragh to Rathdrum in Wicklow is one of the most beautiful in Ireland.  It is particularly lovely in early summer when the fresh green leaves explode into life on the trees and again...

Published: 29th April 2018

THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES

Last Sunday, John’s Gospel used the metaphor of shepherd and sheep for Jesus’ teaching that God cares for all people. A walk in a field today came upon two dead lambs.  All shepherds a...

Published: 22nd April 2018

THE CALL OF THE EARTH

Today, Good Shepherd Sunday is also Earth Day 2018.  The two are closely related. The theme for Earth Day this year is: “End Plastic Pollution.”  The call to all is to rise up, sign u...

Published: 10th April 2018

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Back in the mid west of Ireland last weekend, it was all about place and family.  “Home is where the heart is” is a familiar saying. The mind travels all over the place but the heart i...

Published: 2nd April 2018

THE RISEN CHRIST

The picture shows a silhouette of a group of people watching and waiting for the sun to rise on Easter Sunday morning at Ballyvaloo beach in Co. Wexford. They were one of many groups of Christians ...

Published: 26th March 2018

HOLY WEEK

Castleruddery in West Wicklow has an ancient stone circle erected in late Neolithic or early Bronze Age times.  The picture above gives a glimpse of what the site looked like this morning.  Imagi...

Published: 20th March 2018

THE CROSSING POINT

The picture was taken yesterday at the Wicklow Gap, still blanketed in Sunday’s snow.  It is always a good place to stop and look both ways, backwards and forwards.  Sometimes as we look ba...

Published: 11th March 2018

THE CALL TO LIBERTY

The daffodils in the picture are emerging from under a heavy weight of snow which has been lying on the ground for the past week. Some are still waiting to be released by the ongoing thaw.  They a...

Published: 4th March 2018

IN GOD WE TRUST.

It has been a tumultuous week in Ireland and America. Ireland came out on top this time because we confronted and survived a battle with the beast from the east which was the weather.  Here in the...

Published: 26th February 2018

THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN

The Scripture readings for the second Sunday of Lent highlight two words – sacrifice and transfiguration.  The word sacrifice means to make holy which calls for a wholehearted response to li...