Come & See Inspirations (C&SI)

Epizodes

• C&SI - Summer Reflection Series 2026: "Faith, Sport & Addiction" - 5 July 2026 (S06E33b) (podcast excerpt) 04.07.2026 17min

  During the summer months here on C&SI we try to share with listeners reflections and talks which we have come across over the year from various workshops and novenas which we think deserve a wider audience and to provide some thoughtful listening for our listeners. On this weeks podcast excerpt former Limerick intercounty hurler, Ciaran Carey shares a reflection at the Kilmallock Novena on "Faith, Sport and Addiction". Text us at +353 874668950 or email at comeandseeinspirtaio...
• C&SI - Summer Reflection Series 2026: "Open hearts - Open Doors" and "Faith, Sport & Addiction" - 5 July 2026 (S06E33) 04.07.2026 1h

  During the summer months here on C&SI we try to share with listeners reflections and talks which we have come across over the year from various workshops and novenas which we think deserve a wider audience and to provide some thoughtful listening for our listeners. On this weeks podcast we have two such reflections and talks to share. - In part one, Belfast-based writer and pastoral worker Jim Deeds shares a poignant reflection titled "Open Hearts, Open Doors" during the annual Solemn Nov...
• C&SI - Summer Reflection Series 2026: Journeying from being a Muslim to the Catholic Church - 28 June 2026 (S06E32b) (podcast excerpt) 27.06.2026 45min

  We have a lighter programme/podcast this week as Shane was galivanting with the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes leaving John to mind the shop back in Ireland. During the summer months here on C&SI we try to share with listeners reflections and talks which we have come across over the year from various workshops and novenas which we think deserve a wider audience and to provide some thoughtful listening for our listeners. On this weeks podcast excerpt we have a thoughtful reflection f...
• C&SI - Summer Reflection Series 2026: Journeying from being a Muslim to the Catholic Church - 28 June 2026 (S06E32) 27.06.2026 59min

  We have a lighter programme/podcast this week as Shane was galivanting with the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes leaving John to mind the shop back in Ireland. During the summer months here on C&SI we try to share with listeners reflections and talks which we have come across over the year from various workshops and novenas which we think deserve a wider audience and to provide some thoughtful listening for our listeners. So in part two on this weeks podcast we have a thoughtful refle...
• C&SI - The Irish Synodal Pathway: progress and purpose (TheWay.ie) - 21 June 2026 (S06E31) 20.06.2026 59min

  On this weeks podcast C&SI partners up with TheWay.ie to bring you an update on the Irish Synodal Pathway. We had hoped to have Juliann Moran (the Synodal Pathway General Secretary) on with us but unfortunately Juliann is a bit under the weather at the minute. So this week we are sharing an interview with Fr Declan Hurley, Chairperson of the National Synodal Pathway, and Patricia Carroll, member of the National Synodal Pathway and Pastoral Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Dublin who dis...
• C&SI - The Irish Synodal Pathway: progress and purpose (TheWay.ie) - 21 June 2026 (S06E31b) (podcast excerpt) 20.06.2026 20min

  On this weeks podcast C&SI partners up with TheWay.ie to bring you an update on the Irish Synodal Pathway. We had hoped to have Juliann Moran (the Synodal Pathway General Secretary) on with us but unfortunately Juliann is a bit under the weather at the minute. So this week we are sharing an interview with Fr Declan Hurley, Chairperson of the National Synodal Pathway, and Patricia Carroll, member of the National Synodal Pathway and Pastoral Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Dublin who dis...
• C&SI - Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Limerick's Solemn Novena 2026 - 14 June 2026 (S06E30) 13.06.2026 1h

  Limerick is preparing to celebrate its Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help from June 19th to 27th at Mount St Alphonsus on Henry Street in Limerick with the Redemptorist Fathers. On this weeks podcast we are joined by Fr Gerry Moloney who takes us through the Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and through what is up coming at the novena this year where the theme is "Called and Sent". The theme is based on the Irish Synodal Pathway and over each day of the Novena, there will be s...
• C&SI - Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Limerick's Solemn Novena 2026 - 14 June 2026 (S06E30b) (podcast excerpt) 13.06.2026 21min

  Limerick is preparing to celebrate its Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help from June 19th to 27th at Mount St Alphonsus on Henry Street in Limerick with the Redemptorist Fathers. On this weeks podcast we are joined by Fr Gerry Moloney who takes us through the Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and through what is up coming at the novena this year where the theme is "Called and Sent". The theme is based on the Irish Synodal Pathway and over each day of the Novena, there will be s...
• C&SI - Reflecting on Corpus Christi - 7 June 2026 (S06E29b) (podcast excerpt) 07.06.2026 24min

  As we move into Ordinary Time, this Sunday in Ireland we have the beautiful feast of Corpus Christi. So on this week's programme excerpt, we bring out a reflection from our old colleague Lorraine Buckley who shares with us some thoughts on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi originally in 2019. Lorraine's reflection on Corpus Christi begins by taking us through a history of the feast which owes its existence to Blessed Juliana of Liege, who began devotion to the Blessed Sacrament in around ...
• C&SI - Reflecting on Corpus Christi - 7 June 2026 (S06E29) 07.06.2026 59min

  As we move into Ordinary Time, this Sunday in Ireland we have the beautiful feast of Corpus Christi. So on this week's programme, we bring out a reflection from our old colleague Lorraine Buckley who shares with us some thoughts on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi originally in 2019. In part one, we have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends including the Pope's Prayer Intention for June 2026 and the saints for the week. In part two, Lorraine's reflection on Corpus Christi...
• C&SI - Reflecting on the Rosary and the All Ireland Rosary Rally 2026 - 31 May 2026 (S06E28b) (podcast excerpt) 31.05.2026 27min

  As the month of May dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary draws to a close, on this weeks programme we are joined by Karen Clancy from Totus Tuus magazine who shares with us about the Rosary and the forth coming All Ireland Rosay Rally in Knock on June 6th. She shares with us some of the history of the rosary and also reflections on the Mysteries of the Rosary - a prayer, a meditation, a sharing with God which has been promoted and encouraged by saints and Popes down through the centuries.&nbs...
• C&SI - Reflecting on the Rosary and the All Ireland Rosary Rally 2026 - 31 May 2026 (S06E28) 31.05.2026 1h

  As the month of May dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary draws to a close, on this weeks programme we are joined by Karen Clancy from Totus Tuus magazine who shares with us about the Rosary and the forth coming All Ireland Rosay Rally in Knock on June 6th. She shares with us some of the history of the rosary and also reflections on the Mysteries of the Rosary - a prayer, a meditation, a sharing with God which has been promoted and encouraged by saints and Popes down through the centuries.&nbs...
• C&SI - Pentecost Sunday - The Fruits of the Holy Spirit (WoF) - 24 May 2026 (S06E27b) (podcast excerpt) 24.05.2026 21min

  Pentecost is one of the great feasts of the liturgical year and brings to a close the season Easter where we celebrate the manifestation of the Holy Spirit into the church and the need for the church to go out into the world. In this weeks podcast excerpt, we share a reflection from Word On Fire Ministries where Bishop Robert Barron focus on the fifth chapter of St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians, where you find what Paul calls “the fruits of the Spirit,” which he contrasts with “the wo...
• C&SI - Pentecost Sunday - The Fruits of the Holy Spirit (WoF) - 24 May 2026 (S06E27) 24.05.2026 59min

  Pentecost is one of the great feasts of the liturgical year and brings to a close the season Easter where we celebrate the manifestation of the Holy Spirit into the church and the need for the church to go out into the world. In part one of this weeks podcast we go through the up coming liturgical odds and ends as well as flagging some up coming events on the calendar for local listeners in West Limerick. In part two, we share a reflection from Word On Fire Ministries where Bishop...
• C&SI - Why do we suffer? With Fr Patrick Cahill (TheWay.ie) -17 May 2026 (S06E26b) (podcast excerpt) 17.05.2026 29min

  On this week's podcast we are sharing an interview from "A Question of Faith" podcast from TheWay.ie with Fr Patrick Cahill who reflects on the age old question of why suffering exists The A Question of Faith podcast (available on YouTube and Spotify) features broadcaster Wendy Grace in conversation with a range of guests who grapple with some of the big questions in regard our search for meaning and truth. These questions are echoed in the scriptures and each episode has biblical quest...
• C&SI - Why do we suffer? With Fr Patrick Cahill (TheWay.ie) -17 May 2026 (S06E26) 17.05.2026 1h

  On this week's podcast we are sharing an interview from "A Question of Faith" podcast from TheWay.ie with Fr Patrick Cahill who reflects on the age old question of why suffering exists In part one we have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends for the coming week including saints of the week and some local notices. In part three we have our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel which this week is Matthew's account of the Ascension of the Lord (Matthew 28:16-20) with the very co...
• C&SI - News Magazine from around the world - 10 May 2026 (S06E25b) (podcast excerpt) 09.05.2026 26min

  On this weeks podcast excerpt John and Shane take a spin around the globe looking at various stories from across the Catholic News-sphere which caught our eye. Seoul names patron saints for WYD 2027, highlighting faith amid struggle and witness.A Summary of Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to Africa With a new Archbishop of Canturbury enthroned on 25 March 2026, during her visit to the Vatican - Pope: Anglicans and Catholics must continue working to overcome differences Exposition of the ...
• C&SI - News Magazine from around the world - 10 May 2026 (S06E25) 09.05.2026 59min

  On this weeks podcast John and Shane take a spin around the globe looking at various stories from across the Catholic News-sphere which caught our eye. In part one we have our run through the liturgical odds and ends for the coming week including the saints of the week and the Pope's Prayer Intention for the month of May. In part three we have our weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel which this week continues from the John's account of the Last Discourse at the Last Supper (John 14:15...
• C&SI - Lough Derg - Sanctuary of St Patrick - 3 May 2026 (S06E24b) (podcast excerpt) 03.05.2026 33min

  St Patrick's Sanctuary at Lough Derg in Co Donegal has been a place of pilgrimage in Ireland since the Middle Ages and once was as famous as Santiago de Compostela, Walsingham and Rome for European pilgrims. On this weeks podcast we are joined by Fr Lawrence Flynn, the current prior at St Patrick's Sanctuary on Station Island in the lough. Fr La shares with listeners this week a little about the history of pilgrimage to this spot but also what the pilgrimage has to offer us in the 21st centur...
• C&SI - Lough Derg - Sanctuary of St Patrick - 3 May 2026 (S06E24) 03.05.2026 1h

  St Patrick's Sanctuary at Lough Derg in Co Donegal has been a place of pilgrimage in Ireland since the Middle Ages and once was as famous as Santiago de Compostela, Walsingham and Rome for European pilgrims. On this weeks podcast we are joined by Fr Lawrence Flynn, the current prior at St Patrick's Sanctuary on Station Island in the lough. Fr La shares with listeners this week a little about the history of pilgrimage to this spot but also what the pilgrimage has to offer us in the 21st centur...