Photo was taken yesterday at Magazine Road, Cork (Irl)

Ireland basked in beautiful sunshine again yesterday with these fuschia flowers looking their best.

Thought on Sunday – May – 27/05/2012

The following reflection is by Triona Doherty called ‘Speak their language’


Put yourself in your customers’ shoes. Are you speaking your child’s language? Find out what makes them tick. Speak their language. In order to be a good communicator, we have to learn how to speak other people’s language. Great relationships are formed when we are able to put ourselves in the other person’s shoes, to speak to them at a level that engages them. It is the basis of good communication.

On the day of Pentecost, when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, each of the people gathered heard them speaking in his or her own language. The ability to communicate was the first gift they received from the Holy Spirit. Today, we need the gift of communication more than ever. We need to be able to share our message in a way that others can understand, to speak to our hearers’ interests, needs and desires. We are called to spread the Good News of Jesus in our own time, and to do this we need to speak the language of the time. ‘Pentecost is still happening,’ said John Paul II. The Spirit which came upon the early believers is the same Spirit that guides us today. We must also learn to listen to the Holy Spirit at work among us.