Photo was taken yesterday in St Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney, Co.Kerry (Irl)

These beautiful stained glass windows really stood out in early morning sunshine, flooding inside with spectacular colour

Thought on Monday – September – 23/09/2013

‘No servant can be the slave of two masters: they will either hate the first and love the second, or treat the first with respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.’ ~Luke 16:12-13


I had the opportunity to attend Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney yesterday. We got a homily full of wisdom, on how money is important but equally has the potential to be divisive and block what matters most in life. The priest Pat Horgan shared a story with plenty food for thought.

The story is about a rich man who went to a rabbi for a blessing. The rabbi took him to a window facing a busy street. “Tell me what you see”, he said. “I see lots of people moving in all directions”, the rich man added. Next the rabbi took him to a mirror and again asked the young man to report what he saw. “I see a reflection of myself” he said. The rabbi paused and then spoke: “You have just seen through two different panes of glass, but the difference with the mirror is that behind that one, lies a veneered sheet of silver. It’s a bit like money and when it becomes your sole priority in life, all you can see is yourself. But like the normal window, if you can balance it with the other essentials in life, you always include other people and yourself.