Sister Sheila Sheehy - Thomastown Parish

Congratulations to Sister Sheila Sheehy, who celebrates her Golden Jubilee as a Presentation Sister with a well-earned break with her family at Blessington. Sister Sheila has worked in Zambia for the last 34 years, having previously served in England.

Reflection

“Like Simeon, let us also pick up this child, the God of newness and surprises. By welcoming the Lord, the past opens to the future, the old in us opens up to the new that he awakens. “It is not easy for the old man in us to welcome the child, the new one.
“ The newness of God presents itself as a child and we, with all our habits, fears, misgivings, envies, worries, come face to face with this child. Will we embrace the child, welcome the child, make room for the child? Will this newness really enter our lives … ?
Brothers and sisters, these questions are for us, for each of us, for our communities and for the Church. Let us be restless, let us be moved by the Spirit, like Simeon and Anna. If, like them, we live in expectation, safeguarding our interior life and in conformity with the Gospel, if, like them, we live in expectation, we will embrace Jesus, who is the light and hope of life.
Pope Francis