I took this photo yesterday afternoon at Drishane in Millstreet, Co.Cork. Lots of rain recently has meant our fields are very wet and some are under water they are so saturated
Significance of Today
Today is International Tug of War Day. It is one of the simplest of sports in our world today.The basic elements of the game are simple: two teams hold each end of a large rope and attempt to pull the other towards them, over some sort of barrier or line in the middle, in order to win. From humble beginnings, Tug-of-war has become a competitive sport that takes place around the world and has a long and ancient history.
Interesting Quote for Today
“It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.” ~Confucius
Video for the Week🎥
This is my new video and it is called ‘Sometimes we get stuck in life’. I got stuck with my car in a muddy field and I got help to get me out. This video also has an important message – we may get stuck in life but we don’t have to stay there. There is always help available.
The video below was the one I had up last week called ‘Celebrating Saint Gobnait’. I recently visited her place of pilgrimage in Ballyvourney and I also got to see the musical ‘Gobnait’ which took place recently in Ballingeary. This video is a blend of both.
This was my recent video last week called ‘Celebrate Your Light’
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 to Celebrate love
We have just celebrated Valentine’s weekend. The main focus may have been romantic love. But there are many other different types of love too, spiritual love, sacred love, gentle love, simple love, joyful love, healing love, self love, single love, caring love, family love and the love between friends. For me personally it is my firm belief that all love must have a source and this source is our loving God.
Here is a prayer to celebrate love. Loving God, I know you are the source of love and you are love itself. Draw me deeper into your love. Strengthen and inspire me to live your love with generosity and joy, with imagination and courage. Help me to know that the smallest act of love makes a big difference. Even when life knocks me off course, help me to find myself in your love every day. You remind us in scripture that only three words really matter: faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love. Amen
The Thought For The Week is updated each Monday
