Photo was taken yesterday at Ballinlough, Cork (Irl)
This beautiful ivy leaf was so striking and beautiful in lovely autumn sunshine yesterday
On This Day
On October 24th 1945 the United Nations was established at the end of World War II to maintain world peace and friendly relations among the nations of the world.
On October 24th 1979 the Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc as all-time best selling singer songwriter.
Birthdays Today
Drake (Rapper) is 36
Waye Rooney (Former Man Utd Soccer player) is 37
Saint For Today
Today October 27th is the feast day of Saint Raphael the Archangel. Raphael is one of the seven Archangels, and one of the only three mentioned by name in the Bible. Raphael special task is to bring healing and is the Patron Saint of travellers
Significance of Today
Today Oct 24th is United Nations Day. The United Nations, as an organization, is well known to just about everyone around the world. They participate in activities ranging from assistance in times of disaster, both those coming from natural disasters and those caused by the wages of war. They offer medical assistance to those in need in these places, as well as providing clean water, food, and places to rest and recover.
Quote For Today
“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” ~Elbert Hubbard
Did You Know
Did you know corn, rice, and wheat make up most of the world’s staple foods?
Thought For Today – October – 24/10/2022
Thought For The Week
‘The Celtic approach to God opens up a world in which nothing is too common to be exalted and nothing is so exalted that it cannot be made common. So God meets us where we are, at home, at work, in the daily, in the ordinary.’ ~Esther de Waal
The generations who have gone before us built their lives around Celtic Spirituality. For them God was not some separate duty or event that happened occasionally. God was simply a part of their everyday lives, who they felt was with them through every experience of life. Every moment and opportunity was somehow connected to God.
It was for example at this time of year that prayers of thanksgiving for the harvest would take place. The crops were harvested, stored and put away and the next most natural thing to do was to give thanks to God. Sadly as time went on religion became more formalised and structured. It didn’t happen overnight, but our sense of God in everyday events and moments just got pulled away. Today there is an acknowledgment and an awareness of just how important it is to get back to the basics of our faith. Why complicate something that doesn’t need to be. Watch Jesus in the Gospels. He had no time for those who choked and killed the message by making it complicated and out of reach. It is time to begin reclaiming the beautiful simple message that it is.
Yesterday was Mission Sunday and it also a celebration of the simple and beautiful presence of God’s love in our world today. So many people have dedicated their lives to sharing this beautiful love all across the world. Sometimes it has been done in very difficult situations and sometimes in places where there is extreme poverty.
Mission Sunday is not about trying to calculate results or evidence of success. We know that wherever the seeds of God’s love are sown and shared there will be a bumper harvest. This is what our ancestors did through Celtic spirituality. For them God meets us where we are. Mission Sunday is a celebration of God’s love everywhere. Without it we have nothing and with it we have everything.
