Some Sundays and weekdays, I slip quietly into the chapel of the Poor Clare convent in Galway for Mass. There is something profoundly moving about beginning the Lord’s Day in such stillness, surrounded by women whose entire lives are given to prayer. Sitting in their simple chapel, I often sense that heaven is nearer than…
Sacred pause for thought – wake up and begin again with God
Autumn colours surround Galway
Cathedral. As creation changes, it
reflects the wisdom of the season
- to let go, give thanks, and begin
again in God’s grace. Photo: CNS
/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters.

