Photo was taken at Grand Parade, Cork (Irl)

What a difference a bit of sunshine makes. These floral displays were looking their best over the weekend and the splash of colour is just so eye catching.

Thought on Sunday – August – 22/07/2012

The following reflection is by Jane Mellett called ‘Follow Them’

The disciples return from their ‘sending out’ and tell all that they have done. They ‘rejoin Jesus’. They have been so busy that Jesus invites them away to a deserted place for some time out. This is the first important point in this passage – even though we are sent out in many different ways we must always come back to the source, stay connected with the message, give time for reflection, prayer and those deserted places. Only when we do this can we serve the needs of others.

Still the crowds find them and Jesus takes pity on them because they were ‘like sheep without a shepherd’. They have no leadership or perhaps have only experienced fruitless leadership. The crowd take a risk in following the disciples and Jesus, desperate for some new direction.

‘The biggest mistake is to sometimes play things safe in this life and end up being moral failures.’
~ Dorothy Day