Photo from the archive was taken at the Tullamore Show, Co.Offaly (Irl)

A photograph of a photo is always hard especially indoors but this photo was one of many photographs lined up for the photographic competition. It’s a lovely moment and captured so well by the photographer.

Thought on Sunday – September – 10/07/2022

The following reflection is by Triona Doherty

‘Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will’ ~Pythagoras

Gossiping is part of human nature. The more we know we really shouldn’t tell a secret, the more we are itching to pass it on to just that one person. Of course we know gossip can be destructive, but that doesn’t always stop us giving in to the temptation to spread a story around. But isn’t it nice when it is a positive story that is doing the rounds; when we hear about a person’s goodness or generosity even though they do not want any recognition, or when we are dying to pass on an experience of kindness that has been shown to us? Every so often on radio programmes we will hear the story of a ‘good Samaritan’ who returned a lost wallet or went out of their way to be helpful. We like to spread good news as well as bad or scandalous.

The people in today’s Gospel want to spread the good news about Jesus. Even though he orders them to tell no one of the wonders he has worked, they are so filled with awe that they cannot help but publicise it.
‘Their admiration was unbounded’. What a wonderful description of their experience of the healing they had witnessed, and their enthusiasm to pass it on.