Church’s Ministry of Healing
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Latest Journal Entry
Clontarf Parish Launches a New Bereavement Support Service8 September 2021 - 11:39 amThe 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 […]
Latest Event
Online Service of Wholeness & Healing for Meath and Kildare Diocese, 1st November 202121 October 2021 - 3:59 pmMeath and Kildare Diocese would like to invite you to join their first Online Service of Wholeness and Healing on Monday, 1st November 2021 via Facebook live. The service starts at 2pm. The service will be led by Rev Lesley Robinson, the rector of Clontarf Parish and a Board member of the Church’s Ministry of […]
A Healing Tree
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020St. James’s Church, Castledermot, is situated on the site of monastery founded around the year 800 by the father of St. Diarmuid and is an active church in West Glendalough Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, Church of Ireland. Dean Philip Knowles, Priest in Charge encouraged the parishioners of the group of parishes of Narraghmore, Timolin, […]
Starting the year with gratitude
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020“Gratitude … takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.” Thomas Merton Nowadays we can hear a lot about […]
Merry Christmas
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020The Church’s Ministry of Healing: Ireland wishes you all a very happy and blessed Christmas. May the God of gentleness be with you may his tenderness shine through you and the blessing of gentleness be upon you May the God of peace be with you taking your fears and doubts May the blessing of peace […]
Self-care around Christmas
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020It is a few days to Christmas and some of us will find it harder than others to enjoy the festivities. It could be we have been very busy and need rest, but we don’t know how to incorporate it in our schedule over the next days. Or it could be that we lost a […]
Advent gives us riches, stored in secret places
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020‘I will give you….riches stored in secret places’. (Isaiah 45:3) This verse from Isaiah, pledging hidden riches, was written at the end of the exile, a time of homecoming. God assures his people, not just of a new home, but of one which is thrilling beyond expectations, where treasures are waiting to be discovered. He […]
Waiting is God’s word
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020“They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31) Waiting is something that we regard as a bit of a nuisance. At best it is a waste of time that could be […]
Advent, something that God does
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020We are approaching the season of Advent. Nights are longer, days are colder, and the lights in our homes shine brighter. If we have an Advent wreath, lighting candle after candle each week in our houses and churches, we are guided by their light. Hope, love, joy and peace are traditional meanings for each of […]
A time to remember
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020The change from autumn to winter is a time when the natural cycle of nature in this part of the world invites us to reflect on the reality of change and the inevitable process of ageing and death. It is no coincidence that at this time of the year we often reflect both personally and […]
Looking beyond ourselves in compassion
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020There is a natural human inclination at various times in our life to move into times of introspection and periods of self-reflection. Socrates after all said, “an unexamined life is not worth living”, and while this is relevant for everyone it is particularly important for the follower of Christ and especially so for those involved […]
Integrating the summer into daily life
Posted on: /in Thoughts /by CMH_Admin2020The summer may be nearly over but I decided not to be only a visitor this summer and to enter the season as if the quality of my life depended on it. Our everyday life has challenges, so at times we may feel that we need a deeper restoration. Earlier in the year that’s exactly […]