Photo was taken at Priest’s Leap, near Bantry, Co.Cork (Irl)

This road looks as if it is going nowhere and is a delightful road to walk or drive. It twists, turns, climbs, drops and has magnificent views which ever way you look.

Thought on Sunday – June – 12/06/2016

Thought For Today by Fr Iomar Daniels

‘The one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.’ (Lk 7:47)


How come there was a woman at the Pharisee’s house? How did a woman of ‘ill-repute’ get in? It would have been unusual to have a woman at such a gathering. Even more so at the home of this particular Pharisee who seems to be haughty, arrogant. It merits investigation. It would appear that the Pharisee is self-opinionated and liked to rub shoulders with people who were popular or who were seen as celebrities. Jesus was making a name for himself as a teacher and preacher. Hence, the invitation to dinner. The woman must have slipped in with the crowd.

The Pharisee could not humble himself, nor had he the manners to afford Jesus, his guest, the customary etiquette. Visitors were usually greeted with a kiss of peace, had their feet washed and their head anointed with oil or sweet-smelling incense. The Pharisee, who is named as Simon, was so self-preoccupied that he was above showing any kind of welcome or love. The woman, on the other hand, who knew her need of mercy and love, let her love be shown. I suppose we could say that Simon was guilty of the greatest sin of all; no sense of sin! Or, as Pope Francis expresses it in Misericordiae Vultus, he has not recognised yet the grace that he, too, is a sinner.