Almost everyone in Ireland knows that May is a month dedicated to our Lady - culturally we ‘get’ it in Ireland! We probably all have memories of collecting flowers as children or learning a new hymn for Our Lady in school.

Recently at Mass one Sunday morning, I came across a prayer to Our Lady which began with the following words; “Take my hand O Blessed Mother, hold it gently lest I fall.

The second episode of our prayer series features a special guest, Jonna Schuster, founder of Catholic Revival Ministries.

We may think prayer is not for people like me. Instead, people who pray are very religious or holy or close to God. In today’s podcast, we explore prayer as a must for someone who wants to get to know God.

Sometimes we can arrive at Holy Week feeling like we’ve lost a bit of the stamina we had six weeks ago, and thus end up feeling a little deflated; like we could have done a bit better. But don’t lose heart - the race isn’t over yet! As St Irenaeus said “God’s power is shown most perfectly in weakness.” We still have time to accompany Him this week.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since the country entered its first lockdown due to the pandemic. One thing that the pandemic brought to light was our tendency to normally be ‘on the go’ – to be busy with something, to be going somewhere, to be meeting someone, to be hurrying from one place to another.