These scones were made by Mary Buckley who recently won an All Ireland TV baking show with her prize winning scones. They look great and they taste great too!

In Ireland the Junior and Leaving Cert exams have started. We wish all those doing exams over the coming days the very best

Exam Prayer for Students

Lord pour out your Spirit of Wisdom on me
Help me to remain calm
To attend carefully to the questions asked
To think clearly, to remember accurately
and to express myself well.
Grant that I may reflect the best of the work I have done,
and the best of the teaching I have received.
Help me not to become unduly stressed.
Lord I place all my trust in you. Amen

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We celebrate Pentecost Sunday today June 8th. The following prayer to the Holy Spirit is appropriate for this time of year

Spiritual Thought For The Week

Last Sunday was the Feast of the Ascension. But there is one potential problem with the Feast Day of the Ascension. It gives the impression that Jesus like a rocket took off to some far place, with no meaningful connection with any of us.

I prefer to think of the Ascension as Jesus now all around us, near us and with us. The notion of ‘ascending to heaven’ gives the wrong impression that he is gone and gone for good!! We need to bring it back to more simpler and meaningful explanations.

So what does the Ascension mean for you and me? It means that the presence of Jesus is no longer limited to a small group in one place at a particular time. The Ascension means the presence of Jesus is now everywhere and all around us and especially in us.

And finally to say that The Ascension invites us to celebrate God’s beautiful presence in you and in everything good we do each day. It celebrates God’s presence in the very ordinary moments of our lives. God is not distant or far away. God is closer than we can possibly imagine!

(Thought for the week is updated each Monday)