Photo was taken in the prayer room at the Dominican Ecology Centre, Wicklow Town (Irl)

This red geranium simply comes alive as it soaks up the sunshine as it sits pretty on a window sill. It’s no doubt soaking up all the prayerful sunshine within the room as well!

Thought on Sunday – May – 20/04/2008

Jesus said to his disciples ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled.
Trust in God still, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s house;if there were not, I should have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you, and after I have gone and prepared you a place,I shall return to take you with me; so that where I am you may be too.~John 14:1-6


We all know how racing pigeons can find their way home. When left off they don’t fly straight in the direction they’re supposed to go. Instead they will circle many times as they find their bearings and then they set off. It’s called the homing instinct. We too have that within us. It takes the form of an inner restlessness and discontent. It is to be seen as a blessing. Just as the homing instinct of a racing pigeon doesn’t protect them in their struggle with wind and rain, so it is with us. Our faith doesn’t shield us from the hard knocks of life but it does give us our bearings. Our own homing instinct will lead us to our eternal home which is promised to us in the lines quoted from John’s gospel above. We may not fully understand what all this means but its very consoling to know in which direction we are going.