I took this photo on my brother’s farm near Millstreet, Co.Cork. New born calves are always such a lovely sight at this time of year. It is a busy time on farms over Ireland at the moment with cows calving. After storm Éowyn last week, it has been a challenging time for many farmers, with power out and no water. Many homes in Ireland are still without electricity. We are all looking forward to this coming weekend, with Saint Brigid’s Day tomorrow Saturday. It is also a Bank Holiday weekend here to mark this special saint.

Video for the Week🎥 

This is my latest video and it is called ‘Finding quiet time even for a few minutes’.

Next Saturday is February 1st and the feast of Saint Brigid. This video is simply called ‘A Prayer To Saint Brigid’

The video below shows you how a Saint Brigid’s Cross is made🙏💕

If you would like to see a selection of my other videos on YouTube you are welcome to have a look at some of them here: https://www.youtube.com/@JamesMcSweeneyFr/videos

Spiritual Thought For The Week

A prayer for guidance and blessing:
Loving God I ask you to be with me on this day. I don’t know what lies ahead of me today but I ask you to be with me. Give me the strength and courage to get through everything as best I can. I ask you to hold me in my fears, worries and frustrations. Help me to see clearly the things that matter and the things that don’t. Help me to use every gift I have, remembering that it is from you. May your presence in my life give me a generous and open heart, making me an instrument of peace and love in whatever choice I make. Help me to use these days as a time to make good positive choices in everything I do.
I would also like to include any person who needs a prayer, a word of encouragement, help or guidance at this time. For anyone who finds life a struggle, please give them the inner strength to keep going. When I have doubts, questions, uncertainties or worries, hold me in your special care. Even if today is not a great day or if I feel I messed up, help me to restart and get going again. Whatever may happen, all I need to know is that there is nothing that you or I can’t handle together today. Amen

The Thought For The Week is updated each Monday