Photo was taken Moscow last Wednesday, just after the walkers walked through a cooling down mist, during the 50km World Championships walking event in Moscow.

Ireland’s Rob Heffernan did a nation proud when he won the gold medal and he got a heroes welcome last night in Cork on his return home with his precious gold medal.

Thought on Saturday – August – 17/08/2013

‘There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out in the soul, or sink low, then we hear these whisperings of God. God is always whispering to us, only we do not always hear, because of the noise, hurry, and distraction which life causes as it rushes on.’ ~Frederick William Faber

Lots of different things are said about God. Some of it makes a lot of sense and some of it is not always easy to understand. The bits that do make sense and the bits that connect with us are all that matters. It is often said that with God in our lives we are never on our own. This hopefully is one bit of good news that we can connect with. Even when we do our own thing, make mistakes and fall we are still loved by God and never excluded or left on our own.

God’s presence in our lives isn’t always like a spectacular fireworks display or flashing lights and lots of noise. The presence of God is much quieter and is often as quiet as a whisper. It might be the whisper of a smile from someone, a kind word, a thoughtful card or a little gesture of kindness that meant the world to you. If you really look around there are lots of whispers of God’s presence in our world. But there are lots of distractions too so it’s not always possible to hear or see them. But they are there! Can you see or hear some of them this weekend?