Photo was taken next to Grafton Street, Dublin, (Irl)

Students from Rang Eimear, Col√°iste Choilm, gather at the statue of Molly Malone after a visit to the D√°il followed by time for some shopping on Grafton Street. When you take a school group on a day trip to Dublin, it is always good to have a meeting point and Molly Malone has always been a reliable friend!

Thought on Tuesday – November – 05/11/2013

‘For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research. To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting.’ ~Pope John Paul II

November can be a long month. It gets dark so early and the energy of summer seems a distant memory. But the season of winter is important and healthy. It puts us in touch with the need to pause, the need to be patient and that sometimes we have to journey in darkness. I was doing some gardening during the mid term break and happened to dig up some daffodil bulbs. Even though they are lying in darkness in the soil, the shoots were already pushing through underneath. They will soon will push up overground but only when the moment is right. We live in an instant world so it is sometimes hard to be patient and to silently wait. Scripture readings remind us that God is very much with us in the waiting. We have nothing to fear and so much to look forward to.