I took this photo yesterday afternoon in the garden of the Tullig Medical Centre, Millstreet, Co.Cork. This year in Ireland the main feature of our spring is lots of rain. The ground is saturated with water with no cattle out yet. It has been mild in recent months which means lots of our shrubs and flowers are in flower, much earlier than normal. With many things in flower, our bees cannot maximise their presence, as they cannot get out because of the rain. So it’s a complicated situation with nature out of balance, as a direct result of climate change.
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Thought For The Week
It was lovely to see Jason Smyth win the RTE Dancing With The Stars Final last Sunday evening . Jason is a Paralympian who has Stargardt’s disease which affects his central vision with only 10% sight and is legally blind. So dancing for Jason was always going to be a challenge but he rose to the challenge right throughout the series.
His dance partner Karen, in their final show dance, wore a blindfold to enter Jason’s world of darkness to get a sense of what it’s like and they danced together with a beautiful trust and beauty. There were many tears shed as people watching at home were genuinely moved.
It’s the same with the Easter story. Jesus wears a blindfold too
during holy week. He wears our shoes and walks our story
with us. Jesus knows and understands better than anyone our darkness, difficulties and struggles. He is not removed or distant from them, but very much a part of them. He walks our story with us. The Easter story reminds us that there is hope, that there is light no matter how dark it may get
for us and that there is a meaning to life. I hope your journey through Holy Week goes well for you.
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