O Key of David and sceptre of Israel,
what you open no one else can close again;
what you close no one can open.
O come to lead the captive from prison;
free those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death.

It would be difficult to reflect on this antiphon as this Holy Year of Hope draws to a close without making the connction to the Jubilee Year and the significance of the Holy Door.

All our Advent O antiphons apply to Jesus our Saviour the most magnificent titles drawn form the Messianic prophecies and throw light on the various prerogatives of His salvific work. ...

O Adonai, is a title that bring us to the innermost depths of God’s mystery. It draws attention to the extraordinary paradox of Christmas, hidden in the Hebrew language. The word Adon signifies a master, a free man who has self-control. Its opposite is Ewed — slave. The Incarnation is the moment when ...

Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus.

As we begin our reflections on the ‘O Antiphons’, we can’t help noticing that each Antiphon contains the word “COME!”

With this repeated word we are imploring God to come and save us. ....

Happy Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary!
Here follows a reflection on the second joyful mystery - the Mystery of the Visitation of Our Lady to St Elizabeth.

We are 'opening' our Christmas shop, it's that time of year again!

This year, we are selling our cards in variety packs of either 6 or 12, or, as in previous years,
you can order packs of just one design, according to your preference.

Our sisters are also busy designing and making Christmas candles which will be available to order shortly.

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Last Thursday (21st August) we had the privilege of hosting a very special tree planting, as part of the "St. Oliver 400" celebration of the National Heritage Week. The Oak sapling that was planted had been grown from an acorn taken from one of the Oak trees, which stood on the grounds of the house that St Oliver Plunkett lived in in the 1660s, in Ardpatrick, Co. Louth.

Towards the end of his life, when the disciples of St Anthony, the father of monasticism, asked for a word of advice he replied with three words – always breathe Christ. Breathing and respiration is a double movement – in and out. St Dominic was certainly always breathing Christ. His life, in its nights and its days, was an incessant rhythm of praying and preaching. And even Dominic’s prayer had this rhythmic quality.