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Webcam Broadcast C-19 21-5 Hello Everyone! I Hope You Are All Safe and Well Webcam Broadcast C-19 21-5 Hello Everyone! I hope you are all safe and well. It’s Monday 8th February 2021. My basic Message this Monday is: One of great hope that - where proclaiming and living the Good News of the Gospel is concerned, the task is always bigger than the ones chosen for the task. But this is only part of the story. The Holy Spirit comes, as with the prophets, Mary, Jesus and the Saints, to equip. This also applies to each one of us today, and to our new Archbishop, Dermot Farrell. Our new Archbishop, Dermot Farrell, was installed last Tuesday in the Pro Cathedral in Dublin. Because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Liturgy was not open to the public. There was a minimum number of people in attendance, which included the now former Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Jude Okolo. Everything else was at the minimum as well, such as music and participation. The Mass was live- streamed by Webcam on the Pro Cathedral Website. I ended up looking at in on my phone because I couldn’t get a connection on the computer. I’m glad I was able to tune in because the installation of a new Archbishop is no small thing. It’s 17 years since Diarmuid Martin became Archbishop, and our new Archbishop will be with us until he retires in less than 10 years time. The task Dermot Farrell is taking on is, to put it mildly, enormous. Where would he begin? Even before the Pandemic, the Church in Ireland and in Dublin has been, again to put it mildly, limping for quite some time, aided and abetted, as they say, by the scandals, and by the crisis of faith. This has resulted in scattered and diminished congregations, and very few, if any, young priests. 1 On top of all that, we now have the Covid-19 Pandemic. Church buildings are effectively closed until further notice. What the outcome of all that will be for the foreseeable future no one knows. How is the Church in Dublin going to recover from this harrowing? Our new Archbishop is the one now charged with the responsibility of leading us through these current ‘flash floods’ to what will hopefully be a better place. His homily on Tuesday was dotted with references to Scripture, Pope Francis, and the Documents of Vatican II. This augurs good to me. I’d like to refer to some of the things he said in his homily. At the beginning he said: ‘Today, I stand before you more than aware of my own inadequacies. But you and I also stand before God, the giver of gifts (see Matt 6:25–33), who is our hope and our help (see Pss 61:5, 26:1). It is a daunting task, but I am sufficiently acquainted with the calls of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Mary and others to realise that the enormity of the challenge is more than matched by the power of the One who has called me. Like Mary and the prophets of old, in the depth of my shortcomings, I also am called to trust the words of Abraham, our father in faith: “God will provide” (see Gen 22:8, 14). The God who calls us all can be counted on to empower us to respond generously to the call in this local Church.’ Later he says: ‘… the future is God’s gift to us… There is no pre-packaged plan to address the reality in which we find ourselves. There is a direction; there are way markers, we know them well: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (see Gal 5:22– 23). They call us to build, or to re-build parishes marked by welcome, openness, forgiveness, resilience, and courage.’ 2 I have never met Archbishop Dermot Farrell. All I know about him is what I saw last Tuesday and have read in his homily of yesterday at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Ballymun, when he spoke about ‘knife violence’. I exhort you to read what he said. There’s a link on the homepage of the Parish Website. I do know he has experience of parish life, and that is positive. I get a sense too that he will bring change for the good. Of course, change can be difficult. I have sent him a card to wish him well and every blessing as he takes up his new role as Archbishop. This is what I wrote: Dear Archbishop Dermot, I wish you all the Blessings you will need to fulfil your new role as Archbishop of Dublin. I assure you of my prayers and support, and the prayers and support of the Parishioners of Kilnamanagh and Castleview. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide and strengthen you on the journey ahead. With kindest regards. Fr Michael Murphy. A fitting prayer for our new Archbishop would be the conclusion of the Angelus: Let us pray, Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O LORD, Thy grace into our hearts; that, we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. 3 We are still being urged by the CMO to persevere, and to continue to follow Public Health Advice, in order to suppress the transmission of the Covid-19 Virus, the first measure being to restrict our movements and stay at home. Restrictions will be in place for many weeks to come. It is difficult, but we do not need more people getting sick. Until next time. Keep safe. Keep each other safe. Slán agus beannacht. 4 .
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