Photo was taken at Col√°iste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co.Cork (Irl)

Yvonne Delaney (1st Year Head) gets an aerial lift and is also first to the ball during the end of a most enjoyable 1st Year Sports Day in beautiful sunshine!

Thought on Wednesday – May – 01/05/2013

‘God lit a candle of hope for each of us. It’s not waiting in a window somewhere or around a bend. God lit it right inside us so that we need not ever live one moment without it.’ ~Vickie Girard

Today is ‘L√° Bealtaine’ which translates as May Day and today is also the feast of St Joseph the worker. It’s a day that goes way back many generations in Irish culture and history and has always been a day of hope and a celebration of the beginning of summer. Hope is a word we sometimes throw around a lot. We often say that we live in hope or that we hope for the best. When the word hope is used to mean everything and anything, it can loose some of its impact. It never looses impact when used in a faith context.

Hope is the voice that God uses to speak to our hearts. Hope is God’s parachute in life and it is always God’s smile. It is not a product, you can’t buy it and it is always a part of a journey. In many ways hope is prayer. Without it you have nothing and with it you have so many possibilities. During these difficult economic times we must have hope. We put our trust and hope in God to guide us through the unknown, to help us learn from mistakes and to use wisely the wisdom of those who have been there before.