Photo was taken yesterday morning outside Séipéal na Carraige,
(Carraig Church), Ballyferriter, Co.Kerry (Irl)

Students from Col√°iste Choilm, Ballincollig, gather for a group photo after Mass yesterday. It is always nice to go to the Gaeltacht and take part in everything as Gaeilge including Mass!

Thought on Monday – April – 22/04/2013

‘Regardless of what you believe in churches are extraordinary places of peace. Take a pew and absorb the atmosphere of absolute peace and calm that permeates them.’ ~Paul Wison

Everyone has their own favourite church. It might be your own local one, the one you got married in or the one you were baptised in. It might be a big huge cathedral or a small country chapel in the heart of the country. The sites of these churches, particularly the older ones, were picked because they were known locally as being ‘special’ or it was known locally as a ‘sacred site’. Every church has its own character, its own feel and energy and is always a place of peace. It is little wonder that you find people drawn to churches each day. It is not always to a formal liturgy that is the priority. Sometimes people are happy just to walk in and sit in silence. Some light a candle but for nearly everyone it is to absorb the peace and calm that one so often finds in a church. It is the best prayer of them all and it doesn’t always have to be about words. There is no charge for such a visit. It is an open invitation and one that we can take up any time we want.