C&SI - "The Rock from which you were hewn" - 8 Dec 2024 (S05 E02)

On this weeks podcast John and Shane are joined Pat Kenny, one of the two editors of a new book "The Rock From Which You Were Hewn: The Lives & Legacies of Holy Irish Men & Women".

We have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends for the coming week including the reminder that the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is still a holy day of obligation in Ireland despite it moving to the 9th!

We have our regular reflection on the Sunday gospel in part three of the podcast where St Luke brings us the bridge between the Old and New Testament's - St John the Baptist. 

The Rock From Which You Were Hewn: The Lives & Legacies of Holy Irish Men & Women
Pat Kenny joins us on this weeks podcast to tell us about his new book which  he helped to edit. The book presents brief biographies of over 40 modern Irish men and women whose causes for canonization are in process, along with others who enjoy a strong reputation for sanctity. Written in response to Pope Benedict XVI’s call to the Irish to renew the Church in Ireland by drawing on the legacy of holiness offered by their ancestors, this book details the heroic lives of more recent saintly models to encourage contemporary Catholics to seek holiness in their lives.

Featuring chapters written by various contributors, including the postulators of some of the causes, the book offers moving insights into the subjects themselves and the times and places in which they lived. All are native-born Irish, some lived and died in Ireland, and some were missionaries in other countries as was often the Irish experience for a great part of its modern history.

You can purchase the book:

• Ireland - Knock Shrine Book Shop
• USA - Ignatius Press

Interview with Pat Kenny on iCatholic

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