I took this photo yesterday morning at Altamount, Co.Cork. It is a corner of our garden that is filled with all sorts of colours as we move into the last few days of this month of May.
On This Day
On May 28th 1961 Amnesty International was founded
On May 28th 1999 in Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece “The Last Supper” is put back on display
Birthday’s Today🎂
Nathan Carter (Country Singer) is 34
Ryan Tubridy (Broadcaster) is 51
Derval O’Rourke (Retired Irish Athlete) is 43
Mark Feehily (Singer with Westlife) is 44
Kylie Minogue (Singer and Pop icon) is 56
Gladys Knight (Singer) is 80
Significance Of Today
Today is World Hunger Day. It is observed annually on May 28th, and it sparks global action to combat hunger, a challenge that affects every nation. This day emphasizes the critical need for sustainable solutions to hunger and malnutrition worldwide. It draws attention to the various factors that contribute to food insecurity, such as conflict, climate change, and poverty.
“If you want to eliminate hunger, everybody has to be involved.” ~Bono
Did You Know😇
Did you know that apples float on water
Thought For The Week
Last Sunday was Trinity Sunday. Here are my few thoughts on this particular Feast Day.
One of the first prayers we learned as a child is of course the Sign of the Cross. It’s a prayer we often take for granted because we do it without even thinking. It’s the shortest prayer we can say.
It’s a prayer that can mark a beginning and a prayer that can mark an ending. But at its heart is what we call mystery. It is beyond human explanation.
We have heard the saying ‘two is good company but three is a crowd.’ And at the heart of the mystery of the Trinity is the number 3. Right throughout scripture 3 keeps coming up, we had 3 wise men, Jesus was tempted 3 times, the parable of the Good Samaritan speaks of 3 people who passed by, the parable of the sower speaks of 3 different types of terrain that the seed fell into, yielding 3 different levels of harvest, Peter denied Jesus 3 times, on the hill of calvary there were 3 crosses, Jesus between the 2 thieves and Jesus spent 3 days in the tomb.
The Trinity may give the impression that God is distant and removed. But at the heart of the Trinity is that everything in our Universe is connected, everything in life is connected and nothing is in isolation. It is the same with the God we believe in. Everything is connected. If we say God is love, then love holds everything together.
We may not have all the words about what Trinity means but we are not stuck for words when we say that God is love. Love holds everything together. And when you start a prayer with the sign of the Cross, or when you finish a prayer with a sign of the Cross, you are very simply blessing yourself with love.
To me that is not mystery, or something to be dismissed. It is something beautiful and special. Continue to bless yourselves with love whenever you get the chance.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
‘The Thought For The Week is updated each Monday
