Next year’s centenary of the Easter Rising offers Irish society an opportunity in which to rediscover key values, Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick has said.

Writing for the Sunday Independent, the Bishop of Limerick said the celebrations for next year’s commemoration of 1916 also offers an opportunity for all of us to prepare personally for the centenary, not just in terms of the outward displays but also in terms of personal relationships with others.

He suggested that the year ahead is a chance to offer an Easter amnesty to anyone who may have offended us.

“To forgive those who have hurt us is to plant a seed of hope that will grow to the benefit of society,” the Bishop wrote.

Elsewhere in his article, Bishop Leahy stated that if we find ourselves in this way on the march of living hope, “we’ll be offering a contribution to building a society that is ‘all risen’ with a wisdom that helps us live out a founding vision of hope in genuine fraternity, cherishing all the children of the nation equally”.

Read the full article on CatolichIreland.net By Sarah Mac Donald