I took this photo yesterday afternoon at Myrtleville, Co.Cork (Irl)

Light is so scarce at this time of year. The low winter sun created beautiful light at Myrtleville, with Fountainstown beach in the distance.

(The photos on 2u.ie are updated daily)

On This Day

On November 20th 1986 the World Health Organization announces first global effort to combat AIDS

On November 20th 2019 the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year is “climate emergency”

On November 20th 2022 theUN COP27 summit agreed to establish fund to help poor and vulnerable countries with climate change, with committee to be made up of representatives from 24 countries

On November 20th 2022 US President Joe Biden turned 80 years old, becoming the first octogenarian to serve in the country’s highest office

Birthday’s Today

Joe Biden (President of the United States) is 82

Kimberley Walsh (Former Girls Aloud singer) is 43

Joe Walsh (Eagles guitarist and singer) is 77

Saint For Today

Saint for November 20th for Saint Edmund

Significance of Today

Today November 20th is World Children’s Day and was first established in 1954. It is celebrated on 20th November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.

Interesting Quote For Today

“Anytime someone tells me that I can’t do something, I want to do it more.” ~Taylor Swift

Did You Know

TYPEWRITER is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.

My Latest Video 🎥

I am resharing this video until I get my new video up by Friday

The video below I had up last week and it is called ‘Always drawn to God’s Light.’ 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)

‘Love is a maze, life is a riddle and I’m just a bit caught in the middle.’ ~Author Unknown

Abraham Lincoln, a noted storyteller, recalled that there was a farmer who had a very large tree that grew beside his house. It was a majestic looking tree and apparently perfect in every part, tall, straight and of immense size. One morning, while at work in his garden, the farmer saw a squirrel run up the tree into a hole and he wondered if the tree might be hollow.

He proceeded to examine the tree carefully and much to his surprise, he found that the stately tree that he valued for its beauty and grandeur, was hollow from top to bottom. Only a rim of sound wood remained, barely sufficient to support its own weight.

What was he to do now? If he cut it down, it could do great damage with its great length and enormous spreading branches. If he let it remain, his family would be in constant danger. In a storm it might fall or the wind might blow it down onto his home and the children would be crushed by it. What should he do? As he turned away, he said sadly: ‘I wish I had never seen that squirrel?’

There are times in our own lives when we too feel caught in the middle. We’re not sure what to do next and sometimes regret how we got dragged there in the first place. But even in that place that we call the middle, we have to make a decision. We might be pulled in both directions, but a decision will have to be made.

Even Jesus himself was often caught in the middle between those who loved what he was doing and those who hated him for the good he was doing. We pray for guidance, direction and strength when we are caught in the middle. But it can also be a place of growth and a place of new beginnings. So maybe the farmer could have whispered: “I’m so glad I saw that squirrel.”