Come & See Inspirations

On this weeks podcast we dip into the archives and listen back to a piece from October 20217 where John and Shane reflect on the up coming solemnity of All Saints on November 1st including a reflection from Word on Fires's Bishop Robert Barron.We have our weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel where this week John is joined by Fr Frank Duhig and of course we have our saints as well as other notices and liturgical odds & ends.Reflecting on the Feast of All SaintsAs the clocks change this weekend and the evenings have firmly drawn in, we head into Samhain (November) and the dark days of Winter here in Ireland. As the earth heads into hibernation and rebirth, the ancient Celts saw this time as a "thin place" between this world and the next. All Hallows Eve (Halloween) and the celebrations of All Saints and All Soul's are a reminder to us that our nearest and dearest who have died are not really that far away and that we honour and pray for and with each other in the Communion of Saints es