Photo was taken at Kenmare, Co.Kerry (Irl)

A boat sits quietly in a tranquil Kenmare Bay at the end of a lovely summers day

Thought on Sunday – May – 28/05/2017

Today’s reflection is by Triona Doherty called ‘Good News’ from Intercom Magazine

Today marks the 51st World Communications Day, and the theme for this year is ‘Fear not, for I am with you’: Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time. In his message to mark the occasion, Pope Francis urges us to engage in ‘constructive forms of communication’.


‘In a communications industry which thinks that good news does not sell, and where the tragedy of human suffering and the mystery of evil easily turn into entertainment, there is always the temptation that our consciences can be dulled or slip into pessimism,’ he warns. ‘I ask everyone to offer the people of our time storylines that are at heart “good news”.’


For Christians, Pope Francis says, the lens through which we view life must be the Good News, the gospel of Jesus Christ: ‘In Christ, even darkness and death become a point of encounter with Light and Life. Seen in this light, every new tragedy that occurs can also be a setting for good news, in as much as love can find a way to draw near and to raise up sympathetic hearts, resolute faces and hands ready to build anew.’


It is fitting that this day coincides with the Feast of the Ascension. In today’s Gospel, Jesus entrusts his disciples with the important task of spreading the Good News – to ‘make disciples of all the nations’. The way we communicate, and the news we choose to share with others, is a vital part of our role as disciples.