This photo I share today to coincide with the Thought For The Week below. The photo is of Jason Smyth who won the RTE Dancing With The Stars with his dance partner Karen Byrne
This photo I share today to coincide with the Thought For The Week below. The photo is of Jason Smyth who won the RTE Dancing With The Stars with his dance partner Karen Byrne
On This Day
On March 27th 1977 two airplanes, a Pan Am 747 and a KLM 747, collided on a runway in the Canary Islands, killing 583. With 583 fatalities, the disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history. Pilot error was the cause of the crash, with one of the planes deciding to take off, in the mistaken belief that a takeoff clearance from air traffic control had been issued. Foggy conditions also contributed significantly to the disaster.
On March 27th 2020 North Macedonia became the 30th country to join Nato
Birthday’s Today🎂
Mariah Carey (Singer) is 54
Jessie J (Singer) is 35
Saint For Today
Today’s Saint is St Rupert
Significance Of Today
Today is called Spy Wednesday and traditionally part of Holy Week. It marks the betrayal of Jesus by Judas.
Today is also International Scribble Day. With a stroke of a pen or a swipe on a screen, ideas can come to life through scribbling. It’s a day to let your creativity flow. Ranging from some of the smallest children to the oldest of adults and everyone in between, just about anyone can scribble! And scribbling can be a delightful relief from stress. International Scribble Day is here to show appreciation for and celebrate the simplicity of the activity of scribbling. All it takes is just a piece of paper and something to write with.
Interesting Quote for Today
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” ~Rabindranath Tagore
A Video For You🎥
A new video will be posted here on Holy Thursday at 7.30a.m
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.
The Thought For The Week is updated each Monday
