I took this photo on a recent walk beside Clara mountain, Millstreet, Co.Cork (Irl)
The beautiful heather is always such a stand out flower at this time of year. It oozes colour, energy and confidence. Some of the symbolic meanings and associations with the colour purple include: creativity, femininity, imagination, inspiration, mystery, rarity, royalty and spirituality. The colour purple is often described as mysterious, spiritual, and imaginative.
I have just uploaded my new video below and it is called ‘Saying Goodbye To Our Swallows’
On This Day
On September 26th 2021 in the Ryder Cup Golf at Wisconsin, the United States regained their title beating Team Europe by a record, 19-9
Birthdays Today
Serena Williams (Tennis Player) is 43
Saint For Today
Today September 26th is the Feast Day of Sts Damian and Cosmos
Significance Of Today
As we come to the end of September just to say it has been dedicated as Friendship Month. It is all about highlighting the importance of what friends mean and celebrating what friendship brings to all of our lives every day. There is still plenty of time left this month to make contact with a friend that we may not have contacted in a while.
Interesting Quote for Today
“A single rose can be my garden but a single friend can be my world.” ~ Leo Buscaglia.
Did you know that a giraffe cleans its ears with its tongue. A giraffe’s tongue is over a foot and a half long or 21 inches. They also use their tongues to get around thrones and acquire the leaves they want to eat.
This is my latest video and it is called – ‘Saying Goodbye To Our Swallows’. If you would like to see a selection of my other videos on Youtube you can click this link here. https://www.youtube.com/@JamesMcSweeneyFr/videos
This was my video for last week called ‘What can we learn from the monks especially all about balance’
Thought For The Week
Saint Finbarr is the Patron Saint of Cork. Gougane Barra at the heart of West Cork was the home of Saint Finbarr and is a place of pilgrimage today. His feast is celebrated every year on September 25th. Gougane Barra is a sacred place and a beautiful place to visit, to recharge, to rest and to energise spiritually.
When you come to Gougane Barra you may come feeling stressed or worried or tired but you will always leave Gougane Barra feeling so much better. Saint Finbarr lived at Gougane Barra over 1400 years ago. The world that Finbarr lived in was radically different to the one we live in now. The world back then was much less complicated, life was lived simply with fewer distractions. Finbarr believed strongly that God was the one who gave us hope and strength to get us through everything.
This was the message that he brought from Gougane Barra, to the people of Cork and beyond. His message is still so relevant today. It is lovely that the feast of Saint Finbarr occurs during the Season of Creation which always happens during September and the start of October. The Season of Creation encourages us to get out and about to appreciate the beauty of creation and to sense God’s presence in the beauty of nature. We can of course do it anywhere but a beautiful place to do it is of course Gougane Barra.
Thought For The Week is updated each Monday
