Commentary on Palm Sunday (A) 2026

Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie … As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but when he
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Holy Week Celebrations and Confessions 2026

Celebrations PALM SUNDAYMasses: Saturday Vigil: 7.30pm;Sunday: 8.00am, 10.00am, 12.00pm, 16.30 (Polish), 6.00pm  HOLY THURSDAY   2nd AprilTenebrae  (Morning Prayer + Readings): 9.30am(No Morning Mass)Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 8.00pm GOOD FRIDAY 3rd AprilTenebrae  (Morning Prayer + Readings): 9.30am(No Morning Mass) Stations of the Cross for Children: 12.00 noonCeremonies of the Lord’s Passion: 3.00pmStations of the Cross 
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Wielki Tydzień (Holy Week for Poles) 2026

Pobierz program Wielki TydzieńTriduum Paschalne Niedziela Palmowa (29 marca) Msza św. – 16.30 (po polsku) Wielki Czwartek (2 kwietnia) Msza Wieczerzy Pańskiej – 20.00 (po angielsku) Wielki Piątek (3 kwietnia) Liturgia Męki Pańskiej – 15.00 (po angielsku)Droga Krzyżowa (po angielsku i polsku) – 20.00 Wielka Sobota (4 kwietnia) Liturgia Wigilii Paschalnej – 21.00 (po angielsku)
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Commentary on 5th Sunday of Lent (A), 22.03.2026

Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Jn 11:1-45 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.  Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill.  So the sisters sent a message to Jesus,
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Lenten Penitential Service – Mon, 30th March, 7.30pm

Lenten Penitential Service for the Tallagh Deanery.

Monday, 30th March at 7.30 in St. Mary's Church, Dominican Priory, Tallaght Village.

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Commentary on 4th Sunday of Lent (A), 15.03.2026

Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie John 9:1-41 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be
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Commentary on 3rd Sunday of Lent (A), 8.03.2026

Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie John 4:5-42 Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.  Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon.  A Samaritan woman came to draw
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Commentary on 2nd Sunday of Lent (A), 1.03.2026

  Commentary by Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mt 17:1-9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves.  And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white.  Suddenly there appeared to
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Lenten Reflections – Tuesdays of Lent at 7.30pm

St Mary’s Parish, Tallaght invite you to join them, in person, for five Tuesday evening Lenten Reflections at 7.30pm
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Ash Wednesday: 18th February 2026

ASH WEDNESDAYBeginning of LENT Blessed Ashes distributed at each Mass:  8.00am 10.00am  1.00pm 8.00pm. Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence.
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