archbishops of armagh

‘Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you, I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not let them be afraid.’St John 14:27Christmas is traditionally a time of joy and happiness as we celebrate…

And of his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” (John 1:16) A highlight of the Christmas season is the solemn reading from the prologue of John’s Gospel with its memorable opening: “In the beginning was the Word…

The Most Revd John McDowell & The Most Revd Eamon Martin write -Just before Christmas 1937, Monsignor Ronald Knox wrote a letter to the English Catholic periodical, The Tablet. Knox was the son of a Church of England bishop and had…

One of the words which we associate most strongly with Easter is 'hope'. It is a word that has become a bit debased in the way we use it nowadays. “I hope so,” very often means “I would like to think this or that might happen, but I doubt…