Photo was taken in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican

Pope Francis gives a blessing to a group of Spanish children from Madrid at the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
(Photo Alessandra Tarantino AP)

Thought on Friday – June – 27/06/2014

Thought For The Week

‘There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.’ ~Bram Stoker

This weekend we have marked the the longest day of the year. We have been truly blessed for the past two weeks with beautiful weather across Ireland. The farming community have had a great chance to cut silage and make hay. Our gardens are looking their best with up to sixteen hours of sunshine each day. For those living in the northern hemisphere, the earth has been tilting towards the sun for the past six months and for the next six months it will begin to tilt away. The biggest tilt towards the sun are these few days and hence such long hours of sunshine.

From a spiritual point of view we are always invited to tilt towards everything that is good and life giving. We are equally invited to tilt away from negativity, bitterness and darkness. Nature has worked out that balance over millions of years. We are often unsure and unsteady about where to find balance in our lives. The invitation on the longest day of the year is to tilt even a little, to something good and worthwhile in our lives. The Gospel stories are all about people who tilted towards Jesus. For each one who made that tilt, their lives were overwhelmingly changed and for the better. Which way are you going to tilt today?


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