Photo was taken yesterday morning at Togher, near Millstreet, Co.Cork (Irl)

There might be signs of spring all around but there were plenty of snow and hail showers yesterday. This photo was taken looking across the lower slopes of Mushera mountain. Whenever there is a hint of snow you can be guaranteed to find it at Mushera!

Thought on Tuesday – February – 24/02/2015

Thought For The Week

The word ‘lent’ has different meanings in English. He leant against the wall. She lent me some money. If you’re from Cork ‘he ran the lent of de field!’ The Lent we’re talking about means ‘springtime’, so the emphasis is on growth, on renewal and on new life. Lent is a stretching time, a challenging time, a seasonal reminder of the intrinsically challenging nature of the Christian life.’ ~Joseph Cassidy

The spiritual life is best described as a collection of gentle curves. Every curve of life in some way touches God. This means that God is connected to everything that happens throughout our lives. Even in difficult times we are helped and supported. When it comes to spirituality we can also say that Lent is like a blank canvas. Each day we can pick up the paintbrush of our lives and add colours. Like gentle curves eventually creating a circle so too with the colours of our lives. Some days our colours are bright and easy to find, while on other days our colours are scarce, lacking energy and focus. Lent is all about invitations. Each day is an invitation to simply be ourselves and to add our colour to the daily canvas of life. Lent is spread out over many weeks to give us a fair chance and even the smallest efforts on our behalf are always worth the effort.

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