Sermon preached by the archbishop of Dublin during CMH:I Annual Thanksgiving Service

Service in St John the Baptist Clontarf for The Church’s Ministry of Healing: Ireland Saturday May 21st 2022 3pm Sermon preached by the archbishop Michael Jackson   “Jesus said again, Peace be with you! As the Father sent me, so I send you.” (John 20:21)   Today we gather for a Service of Thanksgiving and […]

May God strengthen you in your inner being

“I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.” (Ephesians 3:16-17) These last two years of the pandemic […]

Create space for God this Advent

“The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. Life is Advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord.” Henri Nouwen Advent is approaching. For some people it is a hectic time of the year, others love […]

Clontarf Parish Launches a New Bereavement Support Service

The Dublin Bereavement Support Service (DBSS) was launched by Clontarf Parish. Comprising of a team of trained bereavement counsellors who are volunteering their time and expertise, the service will initially operate via Zoom until such time as it can safely transition to a person-to-person counselling service. The new DBSS was born out of conversations between […]

Sympathies on the death of Reverend Canon William Stanley Baird RIP

Reverend Canon William Stanley Baird Warden: Church’s Ministry of Healing Ireland 1971-1979. Died on June 12th, 2021 Reverend Canon Daniel Nuzum Chairman and the Board of Directors of CMH:Ireland would like to express their sadness on hearing of Stanley’s death and extend their deepest sympathy to Helen and family. Canon Stanley Baird was appointed Warden […]

Resurrection, when Jesus walks through a closed door. Guided prayer

I invite you to pray with Resurrection stories that the Gospel writers tell us about. Praying with the Resurrection helps us to see its reality in our own lives. Find a quiet place where you can sit comfortably. Put your feet firmly on the ground, with your back straight. Know that God is with you. […]

Lent, when Jesus enters our desert

“The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” Psalm 51: 17 These days many people are struggling. Some struggles are common for we all share the human condition. And yet there are struggles that are unique to each individual, because we cannot know […]

Reaching out

What a time it’s been these past few months of needing to live differently, for our own safety and for that of others. How counter-intuitive it has been having to pull back from family and friends, with some of us having to cocoon or even self-isolate in order to ensure community health and well-being. We […]

Prayer at a time of social distancing

Prayer is life-giving and also not always easy. God is not ‘socially distant’ so one might think that prayer is to be the same at the time of lockdown, as it was before or as it will be after. But when life changes, often prayer changes as well. Any authentic prayer will reflect what is […]

Consecrating empathy

One time, after Jesus was busy ministering to people and healing them, He went to a solitary place to pray. “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, […]