C&SI - Reflecting on Grief with Sr Phyllis Moynihan -16 Nov 2025 (S05E49)

On this weeks podcast we are joined by Sr Phyllis Moynihan who gives us a reflection on grief taking the account from the gospel of Luke of the death of Lazarus. 

We have our regular run through the up coming liturgical odds and ends on the liturgical calendar including Saints of the Week and we also went through some up coming resources for Advent (listed in the notes at the end).

As we come towards the end of the liturgical calendar, the gospel puts before us the teaching of Jesus to his disciples about enduring the travails of the world and trusting in God (Luke 21:5-19). 

Lord if you were here, my brother would not have died

Grief is a difficult journey to comes to us all and it is a time in which God can seem very far away. On this weeks podcast Sr Phyllis Moynihan reflects on that sense of aloneness and deep darkness and how even when we don't feel it, God is there in the darkness with us taking us through Jesus' own experience of grief of a loved one with the death of his friend Lazarus. 

Preparing for Advent

29th November - Advert Desert Day - Limerick Diocesan Office

29th November - Prepare the Way - Glenstal Abbey

1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd of December - Advent Retreat (via Zoom) - Ruah Rest & Martina Leehane Sheehan

6th & 7th December - Whisper of God Retreat - Knock Shrine

20th December - Oasis Days 2025 – December 20th – Present for Christmas , present to Christ - FCJ House of Spirituality, Spanish Point

On the podcast this week we mentioned a number of other events coming up at Knock Shrine in the next few weeks. Find more information under Whats On at Knock Shrine.