There will be a Covenant Service on Sunday 06 January, a renewal of Christian commitment, on the final day of Christmas-tide and the festival of the Coming of the Magi, the strangers who sought Jesus.
Further information about Shannon church to follow.
The picture is by the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Gerrit von Honthurst. He was famous when young as ‘Gerald of the night’, for his painting of light -candlelight or, in the case of nativity scenes, light emanating from the Christ-child. He also painted laughter, joy, as in this work. Later, he became a sucessful court painter, but his best works were produced in his twenties.
Our service from Shannon, broadcast on 18 November, can be heard on the internet at RTE Radio 1 Extra.