Congratulations to the children who made their First Reconciliation last night especially to the St Mary's students:

Bella Alchin, Adelaide Brown, Finn Brown, Bodhi Cattle, Zack Gaynor, Ruby Glasgow, Hugo Harper, Marley Loudon, Nixon Loudon, Toby Nielsen, Jay Player, Leo Rees and Sadie Rees.

   

Throughout our life, no matter how young or old we are, we all have the opportunity to begin again.

by Colin McCarty

One of the best things we can do in our lives is this:

Begin again.

Begin to see yourself as you were

When you were the happiest and strongest you've ever been.

Begin to remember what worked for you

(and what worked against you),

And try to capture the magic again.

Begin to remember how natural it was when you were a child -

To live a lifetime each day.

Begin to forget the baggage you have carried with you

For years:

The problems that don't matter anymore,

The tears that cried themselves away,

And the worries that are going to wash away

On the shore of tomorrow's new beginnings.

Tomorrow tells us it will be here every new day of our lives;

And if we will be wise,

We will turn away from the problems of the past

And give the future - and ourselves - a chance

To become the best of friends.

Sometimes all it takes is a wish in the heart to let yourself...

Begin again.

Or you may prefer the simplier Irish blessing:

May you have the hindsight to know where you've been,

the foresight to know where you're going,

and finally, the insight to know when you've gone too far.