Dear Editor, Text may be the substance of a newspaper but a picture is still worth a thousand words. So thank you for the beautiful photograph you published on page 2 last week (IC 14/7/16) of the newly-ordained Fr Conor McDonough OP giving First Holy Communion to his nephew, James, while his parents looked on. Their hearts must have been bursting with pride and joy – real joy, the kind promised by Christ and which we rarely seem to appreciate.
In a world where horror such as that demonstrated in Nice last week seems to repeat with bewildering regularity, we need islands of hope upon which to relish the joy is not merely a promise, but is a real and tangible manifestation of the Word of God. It was a beautiful photograph of a precious moment. My thanks to you all,
Yours etc.,
Derek Rankin,
Donnycarney, Dublin 9.