Photo was taken yesterday at Kinsale. Co.Cork .With beautiful winter sunshine the beautiful seaside town of Kinsale was looking its best
On This Day
On November 24th Taylor Swift continues to dominate the music headlines by winning Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade at the American Music Awards
Birthdays Today
Billy Connolly (Comedian) is 81
Katherine Heigi (Actress) is 45
Ian Botham (Famous cricket player) is 68
Saint For Today
Feast day for November 24th is Saint Andrew Dung Lac and companions. Through the missionary efforts of various religious families beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing until 1866, the Vietnamese people heard the message of the gospel, and many accepted it despite persecution and even death. This included Saint Andrew Dung Lac.
Significance Of Today
Today is known as Black Friday and many online shops and retail stores have discounts to mark the day. It all started in the United States when people went off shopping on the day after Thanksgiving and the day became known as Black Friday.
Interesting Quote For Today
“A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude.” ~Bruce Wilkinson
Did You Know
Did you know that honey is the only natural food made without destroying any life. So isn’t milk a natural food? But a cow has to eat grass to produce milk and the grass is living.
Video for the week🎥 (Updated every Wednesday🎥)
This weeks video is called ‘A Simple Prayer of Thanks to mark Thanksgiving Day’
Thought For The Week
‘When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” ~Willie Nelson
Yesterday Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in the U.S and it is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. In America many families will gather to celebrate, to share a meal, to relax and importantly to give thanks for blessings received. It is a day for all of us to pause too and to quietly thank God for all our blessings.
Maybe right now there may not be much to give thanks for in your life. Maybe there are other difficult challenges in your life right now. But whatever our story, it is always good if we can look deeper into our lives. Once we begin to reflect and look at our lives, we all will find some things to be grateful for. A spirit of thankfulness or gratefulness can make such a difference.
It is well known that giving thanks can make you happier in life. Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, appreciate good experiences, improve our wellbeing, help us deal with adversity and help build better relationships. It is also well known that when we are grateful, it helps us connect to something larger than ourselves, such as to other people, to nature, to our universe, to a higher power and so on.
So as we journey through this week, it is a good opportunity to thank God for all our blessings and it is particularly good and fitting to do it on Thanksgiving Day.
The Thought For The Week is updated each Monday
