Photo by Dan Linehan (from irishexaminer.com) was taken at Rosscarbery, West Cork (Irl)
Are ewe up for the match? These sheep have shown their colours in support of Carbery Rangers. The Cork County senior football final today is sure to be a hotly contested affair between Carbery Rangers (Rosscarbery) and Ballincollig but one fan and a few sheep have gone the extra mile.
Shelia Regan, from Rosscarbery is confident Carbery Rangers will claim the title and so are the sheep living in her field.
The sheep, owned by Dean and Rector of Ross, the Very Rev Chris Peters, have been decked out in Rangers colours in the hope it’ll inspire the team to victory!
Thought on Sunday – October – 16/10/2016
Thought For Today by Sheila Crowe
Support; an important word in our vocabulary today and very much so in our families. Where would any of us be without the support of the family which is the bedrock of society? Moses had his family, the Israelites of old, and note how they supported him, holding his hands on high, as he interceded for his people when they were engaged in defending the people. No cameras to record it, but what a sight it must have been and a wonderful family story.
We had a wonderful summer of sport this year. We had the thrills and spills of the European Cup, the Olympics and the GAA Championship. Our sportsmen and women did us proud and themselves too. Everybody wants to bask in the glory of coming out as number one. Only one can make it to the top and yet can we recall the frequency with which we secretly, or openly shouted ‘God, O God, can they make it?’
God, O God: I wonder is He always listening! Could he ever be akin to the unjust judge, who even though, apparently, not interested in the dear old lady in the gospel story, granted her request to get her, as it were, ‘out of his hair’. I wonder did he still have hair and how long was the widow pestering him. Isn’t this how it is in some families? In the time of large families, it was noticed that younger members easily got what they wanted, their first disco, holidays away from the family, etc., in comparison with the struggle the first members of the family had to endure. Even parents give way to pressure perhaps because of weariness or it could be that they too acquire wisdom over the years.
Being human and trying to communicate with a divine being we use human concepts and the God we call on is sometimes likened to a parent who could possibly know what is best for the children. He may be slow in responding and we wonder why. Is the Almighty mind being changed or is it my request that is being modified?
