Author: Brian Doyle

2011 – How to be good

19 September 2018 EH

First, pick up your wet towel and at least, for heavenssake, hang it up to dry.

Prayer blog: The Quotidian Instrument

30 June 2016

I was a child when my grandmother died, but I remember her wake vividly, and even now when I am in a hushed room I am again peering over the edge of her coffin and noting that she had the rosary with the blue beads rather than the rosary with the black beads. This was a surprise.

The March of mercy

1 June 2016 EH

Who deserves mercy?

The world will say you are silly!

27 October 2014 1 comment(s)

Receiving some off-the-cuff wisdom from one of the world’s most respected religious leaders.

How to love your neighbour who is a roaring idiot or even worse

9 October 2013 EH

Aw, it's easy to love Mister B, as he's the guy who cheerfully lends his tools to everyone on the street, and gives away hatfuls of fresh redolent tomatoes.

Three Kings in a Kombi Van

24 September 2012 EH

In a remote corner of the world, on a deserted road, sometime around the start of the new year...

How to be good

13 December 2011 EH

First, pick up your wet towel and at least, for heavenssake, hang it up to dry.

The terrible brilliance

12 March 2009 EH

The terrible brilliance of our faith is that there isn't one Christ, there are billions.

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