Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae

For the month of May 'An Ancient Irish Prayer to Our Lady' taken from the wonderful little prayer book 'At Our Lady's Altar'. Not sure how 'ancient' this actually is, but I would be interested to trace it, the note appended says it was in daily use in Connacht. @catholicheritag

205th anniversary of the birth of this wonderful multi-talented priest whose "work took on the character of a national monument". His Lives of the Irish Saints inspired my blog and I share this obituarist's regret that it was never published in full: omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2021/04/30/bi-…

@JordanKonek God bless her!

I finally get to see my grandmother. 93 years old. She’s much happier than three weeks ago

The story of the 'cock in a pot, crowing', an Irish Easter legend recounted from a late 19th c. antiquarian journal at the blog here: omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2020/04/13/an-… @catholicheritag

@johnhd12 @catholicheritag Yes, indeed, Sr Declan Power. I didn't know she had died. Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen.

@OmniumH @catholicheritag Also known as Sr Declan who died in January 2025

'We Irish are, moreover, the only nation who have the great privilege of treasuring the writings of our Father in the faith about his founding of the Christian Church in our country' M. B. de Paor PBVM. Why don't we treasure them more? triasthaumaturga.blogspot.com/2026/03/in-yes… @catholicheritag

The Calendar of Scottish Saints from @stmoluagscorac1 for the month of April includes some well-known holy men with Irish links - Saints Donnan, Maelrubha and Egbert of Iona. stmoluagscoracle.com/s/scottish-sai… @catholicheritag

@stevhep Well worth reading. The '3 Marys' are honoured in Irish tradition with the lament Caoineadh na dtrí Muire.

"Love is an outward-flowing thing, it commands us not to close-in upon ourselves even in times of great grief and stress but to express that love in practical assistance to those who are suffering more than we are..." thoughtfullycatholic.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/mar…

An occasional reminder that my least clicked upon blogpost ever, 'Mary Magdalene & the Dead Christ', is inspired by the Easter story. Link in the next post if anyone can be bothered.

'...the feast of the Lord’s resurrection; the feast which surpasses all others; the honoured and venerable festival of the people of heaven and earth, is this festival of Easter. ' Homily XIX, ‘On the Resurrection’, Leabhar Breac. omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2016/03/27/the… @catholicheritag

The #Gnostic approach to #JudasIscariot can be seen on this retable at the #Landesmuseum in #Darmstadt, where he is depicted as “bridge-builder” (#Pontifex), wearing the cloak of gold (not yellow!) to deliver up his Master. #PassionOfChrist #MaundyThursday #Judas

A verse from the Saltair na Rann for Holy Thursday: The King through his pure mind made obeisance to his apostles on Thursday, in bright glory, before the great Pasch of the resurrection. omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2020/04/09/the… @catholicheritag

'Woe to Judas Iscariot whose intention is to betray the Lord. Selling Christ! – an evil bargain this for the thirty silver pieces.' James Carney, ed. The Poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2020/04/08/spy… @catholicheritag

'Give your assent Mary, you shall bear a beautiful son; let Jesus be his name, he will be the saviour of the world.’' (Poems of Blathmac) Looking at the Feast of the Annunciation in this and other Irish sources at the blog: omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/03/25/giv… @catholicheritag

"..here in his own writings, shall we find the real Patrick an intensely loveable character, a man human like ourselves.." A stirring quote from Fr Francis Shaw SJ brings the series to a close today at the blog: triasthaumaturga.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-re… @catholicheritag

Looking at the views of Irish writer Alice Curtayne (1901-81) on Saint Patrick's Confession today at the blog. She describes the opening 'I Patrick, the sinner...' as 'like a douche of cold water'! triasthaumaturga.blogspot.com/2026/03/saint-… @catholicheritag

'The Confession of St Patrick', a 1937 article, continues the series today at the blog. All hardships were forgotten "in the warm glow of the Presence of which he had suddenly become conscious, on the desolate slopes of Slemish". triasthaumaturga.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-co… @catholicheritag

Continuing the series on St Patrick's Confession at the blog with the views of Fr Francis Shaw SJ (1907-70) on how the 'real Patrick' can only be found in his writings. triasthaumaturga.blogspot.com/2026/03/discov… @catholicheritag

Continuing the series of posts at the blog on St Patrick's Confession by looking today at the definition of a Confessio. St Patrick's is one of two extant ancient examples, the other being that of St Augustine: triasthaumaturga.blogspot.com/2026/03/what-i… @catholicheritag

Beginning a series of posts at the blog today looking at St Patrick's Confession. As the writer of this 1936 newspaper piece points out Patrick is a documented saint whose writings are 'his great and enduring monument': triasthaumaturga.blogspot.com/2026/03/saint-… @catholicheritag

@jshocds I got mine from the Clogher Historical Society here: clogherhistory.ie/books.html Rather a weighty tome!

@OmniumH Now that’s a book I don’t have! Must root one out.

St Patrick left us two pieces of writing: his ‘Confession’ & his ‘Letter to Coroticus’. The ‘Confession’ is a marvellous work & worth reading. See link below to a translation by Bishop Joseph Duffy on ‘Internet Archive’, one of the best translations. [You’ll need to create an account to read it, but it’s free & you have access to many other books on the site.] archive.org/details/patric…