I took this photo yesterday morning at Wicklow, Co.Wicklow (Irl)
I took this photo as the sun rose through the clouds at 8.30a.m. There was beautiful light at the top of the clouds and beams of light were breaking through underneath. It’s a photo of hope reminding us spiritually that there is always light and hope especially when the dark clouds roll in.
I have just uploaded my new video below and it is called ‘Saying Goodbye To Our Swallows’
On This Day
On September 28th 2018 Up to 50 million Facebook accounts hacked due to a code weakness
On September 28th 2020 the total recorded global deaths from Covid 19 toll passed 1 million
Birthdays Today
Finbarr Furer (Irish Musician and Singer) is 78
St.Vincent (Pop Singer) is 42
Naomi Watts (Actress) is 56
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
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” ~Aristotle
Did you know that goosebumps are caused by a muscle. At the base of every hair follicle are tiny fan-shaped muscles called Arrector pili. These muscles contract when the body is cold in an effort to warm the body up and cause a person’s hair to “stand up straight” on their skin aka goosebumps.
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
