I took this photo last evening at Tooreenbawn, Millstreet, Co.Cork (Irl)
As the sun dipped down below Mullaghanish Mountain, the skyline turned into these beautiful colours
(The photos on 2u.ie are updated daily)
I have a new video 🎥 below and it is called ‘Always drawn to God’s light’
On This Day
On November 13th 1980 the US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back 1st close-up pictures of the planet Saturn
On November 13th 1985 the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano erupts in Colombia, killing 25,000 in the town of Armero
On November 13th 2021 the United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as Cop26 took place in Glasgow. It committed to a phasing down of “unabated” coal, to end deforestation by 2030 and cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030
Birthdays Today
Whoopi Goldberg (Actress) is 69
Saint For Today
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini. She was canonised a saint in 1946 making her the first United States citizen to be canonised. Her feast day is celebrated on November 13 and she is the patron saint of immigrants.
Significance of Today
Today November 13th is World Kindness Day. Our world today is experiencing a lot of sadness particularly in places like the Middle East and Gaza. If only there was more kindness in our world today there would be no wars. Today we are encouraged to be simply kind and nice to others knowing every act of kindness no matter how small makes the world of a difference.
Quote For Today
“How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time” ~Morgan Freeman
Did You Know
Did you know that kindness is contagious. The positive effects of kindness are experienced in the brain of everyone who witnessed the act, improving their mood and making them significantly more likely to “pay it forward.” This means one good deed in a crowded area can create a domino effect and improve the day of dozens of people!
My Latest Video 🎥
This is my latest video and it is called ‘Always drawn to God’s Light’ (The video is updated each Wednesday)
The video below I had up last week and it is called ‘The Beautiful Mount Usher Gardens’. 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
Spiritual Thought For The Week
(The Spiritual Thought For The Week is updated each Monday)
‘Most of us go through periods in our lives, especially after difficulties of some kind, when our faith seems to disappear or fade away to a weak shadow of what it was previously.”~Saint Martin magazine
For the past week we have seen little sunshine here in Cork. It’s been dry and mild but not even a few hours of sunshine has come our way. During these dark days of November, it is sometimes hard to see everything at its best.
The same can be said when it comes to our spiritual lives. We all hit those days when even our faith seems distant, out of touch and even irrelevant. What gave strength and meaning at one stage of our lives seems to fall short at another stage.
And this is ok. It is ok because it happens to everyone including the saints. If you read the life story of any saint you will inevitably read about the stage in their life where they struggled. Words like ‘desert’, ‘barren’, ‘dry’, ‘meaningless’ and other similar words will be used to describe the experience.
So we are certainly not on our own when it happens to us. It might be tempting to give up, but even the heaviest of fog or darkness will always lift. The words of Jesus, “Be not afraid” are the only words we need to hold, when it seems the clouds and darkness are slow to lift.
