Photo was taken near Sligo (Irl)

Benbulben mountain looks well against a blue sky with plenty of colour in front

Thought on Monday – October – 08/10/2012

The following is an extract from a letter by the Irish Catholic Bishop’s Conference to mark a Day for Life which took place yesterday

Amidst all the rich variety of life on earth, human life is a cause for special wonder. We alone can contemplate the beauty around us. We alone can create art and music and literature to express this beauty. We alone can love one another. Each human being has the capacity to experience and express this beauty and love in a unique way and in doing so, to enrich others. We know that we did not create the beauty and love around us. We know that we did not create ourselves.

When we say that human life is sacred we are recognising something that is sensed not only by religious people but by everyone who appreciates the wonder of human life. As human beings we depend on one another and so others have the right to expect something from us, it is the right to be recognised and respected and never to be treated as less than he or she is. That is true at every moment of our life – from its first beginnings to its natural end.