Photo was taken over the Gearagh, near Macroom, Co.Cork (Irl)

When this photo was taken the clouds were looming and particularly dark. Yet in this seemingly dark moment, the rays of sunshine broke through. Nature always gently reminds us that no matter how dark it may seem in our lives, light and hope are never too far behind. Sometimes we have to be patient knowing that light always has the upper hand.

Thought on Thursday – March – 12/03/2009

‘We are sometimes vaccinated against faith. We don’t get to the essence of it. We get distracted by our acquaintance with it. ~Ronan Mullen

We vaccinate to prevent something and we only give a little to make sure something much bigger doesn’t happen. In terms of what we believe in, we often seem to be happy with a vaccination of faith. We just take the bare minimum but in doing so we miss out on so much. Vaccinations prevent but when it comes to matters of faith its all about being open and being exposed to it. It is God’s precious gift to us, its free, never forced and always an open invitation. We have nothing to fear when it comes to the heart of our faith that God loves us uniquely. Nothing we may have done, are doing or will do can ever change this truth. Am I happy only with a little vaccination of faith this Lent? or am I willing to be exposed to some more?