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For us in
Ireland, February begins with the celebration of St Brigid’s feast. She was a
woman who focussed on living the values in which she believed at a time in Wherever
the Spirit of God is at work, there are also strong forces that seek to
block
the Spirit’s action. That God uses unlikely people to be agents of the
Good News is written almost everywhere in the biblical story. While
seeking to
develop a sense of listening, let us beware of the ‘noises’ of opinions
that
may diminish our alertness and drown out the inner voice. Much of faith
is
intuitive, right brain
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history when normally women’s voices would not have been heard. It is
remarkable that 1500 years ago she saw the need for equitable sharing of
resources and made hospitality her special gift. As we seek to find our own way
forward, we are often encouraged to listen to the artists and the poets. A
modern day poet, Emily Dickinson reminds us: “
activity: fluid, mysterious, mystical, non-conceptual,
beyond words… It is we who are threatened by difference not God, who has given
us so many different cultures, temperaments, emotions, histories…all of which
reflect something of who God is and show how God honours each one’s unique
journey. According to Charles Darwin, “it is not the strongest of the species
that survives, not the most intelligent, it is the one that is most adaptable
to change”. In more recent times, John O’Donoghue reminded us to “