Photo was taken during the week at Gougane Barra, West Cork (Irl)

A student from Transition Year in Col√°iste Choilm, Ballincollig, making the most of some quiet time as part of a retreat day during the week.

Thought on Friday – October – 11/10/2013

‘We are called to be hopeful. We are called to be hopeful even when there are very few signs of hope around us. Nancy Griffith had it all wrong when she told us that God is watching from a distance. God is not doing this but instead is walking with you’ ~Andrew O’Connell

There are some days when it’s hard to be hopeful. When there are lots of clouds in our lives it is hard to see what direction and where the sun might break through. Our belief in a loving God assures us that the sun always shines but significantly breaks through the darkest of clouds. There are many who feel God is watching from a distance, not connected to our lives and not really important. But the great truth sometimes forgotten and sometimes overlooked, is that God is walking with us and nearer than we can possibly imagine. How do you see God in your life? Watching from a distance or walking with you? Our prayer today is asking God to help us feel that sense of closeness, that we are not on our own and that light will always break through the darkest of clouds.