I took this photo during the week looking across towards the Old Head of Kinsale from Nohoval, Co.Cork
It was a cloudy afternoon but despite all the clouds the light was still penetrating through.
(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 17th 1869 After 10 years of construction, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt opened in Egypt.
On November 17th 2003 Britney Spears at 21 years of age, became the youngest singer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
On November 17th 2022 Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the US House of Representatives and one of its most influential in recent times, announced she was stepping down
Birthday’s Today
Danny DeVito (Actor) is 80
Ru Paul (Entertainer) is 64
Rachel McAdams (Actress) is 46
Saint For Today
Saint for November 17th is Elizabeth of Hungary. She married at 14 years of age, she had three children in a happy marriage, was widowed in her early twenties and died at the age of 24, makes for an unusual and interesting story. She was deeply commited to the poor, was deeply in love with God and saw God’s love in everything.
Today November 17th is October 17 is the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty. 712 million people (nearly 9% of the world’s population) live in extreme poverty
Interesting Quote For Today
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” ~B.B. King
Did You Know
Did you know that a snail can sleep for three years.
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.
