Photo was taken at the RDS, Dublin, (Irl)

Students from Col√°iste Choilm, Ballincollig celebrate their classmate Simon Meehan’s win in the recent BT Young Scientist Competition 2018

Thought on Sunday – January – 21/01/2018

Thought For Today is by Triona Doherty called ‘The call’

‘Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?

Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same?

Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known,

Will you let my life be grown in you, and you in me?’

The hymn ‘The Summons,’ by John L. Bell, consists of a list of questions from Jesus as he calls each one of us to be disciples. Each one begins with the words ‘Will you?’ The final verse is our response as disciples: ‘Let me turn and follow you and never be the same.’



Today we reflect on Jesus’ call to the very first disciples. There is a simplicity to the scenes where Jesus gathers his first disciples. He issues the invitation to follow him, and the fishermen respond with a resounding yes, leaving their nets, boats, and even their families behind, no questions asked. In the opening chapters of Mark’s gospel everything happens ‘at once’ or immediately. There is a sense of urgency; the time has come, the kingdom of God is near, and Jesus needs helpers to work alongside him.



Jesus asks the same of us, his modern-day disciples: ‘Follow me’. We are summoned too. We are challenged to leave aside our worldly concerns, see the world in a new way, and to begin a new adventure with Jesus.