easter message

“Peace be with you”. These were the first words of Jesus to his disciples, after the resurrection, when he met them behind locked doors on the evening of that first Easter Day.  He showed them the marks of the crucifixion on his hands and…

In his Easter 2026 Message, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Rt Rev Dr Richard Murray, reflects on a truism that he heard at a recent funeral he attended. The expression caught his attention, as the minister had made…

At a time of considerable uncertainty in the world, in his Easter Message, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Rt Rev Dr Richard Murray, asks a simple question, ‘Have you any hope?’ Quoting from a story told by Dr Billy…

Easter Peace - an Easter 2022 message issued by Archbishops John McDowell and Eamon Martin:The joyful carol that we know as the ‘Carol of the Bells’ has its origins in a Ukrainian folk song which in ancient times was sung, not at…

In his Easter 2022 Message, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, reflects on the recent tours that he made of PCI’s Presbytery of Iveagh and the Presbytery of Coleraine & Limavady – the work…