Hello from an unusually sunny Ireland to all Sacred Space visitors, or as we say in Irish, a hundred thousand welcomes. It is truly mindblowing for me as a relative newcomer to Sacred Space to witness the popularity of this daily prayer site. We have already passed the 7 million mark showing that there is a real Christian prayer community being built around the world. The amount of correspondence, offering thanks, asking advice, and even asking how to support this important ministry, is further testament to the hunger for prayer in all our lives and the deep human need to fulfil this hunger of the spirit.

As Communications Manager, my hope will be to enable Sacred Space to grow and develop as a space for prayer and reflection. It is our desire that as the website is translated into more and more languages, there would be priests, or trained counsellors, available in those languages to offer help and advice to those who seek it. I would also be delighted to hear your views on how you think Sacred Space could answer your needs more fully.

I would also like to bring to your attention our sister site called Catholic Ireland – www.catholicireland.net- which is a growing resource for all things Christian on this island, and is well worth a visit.

Finally, let me also say that we hope to offer Sacred Space visitors a special Sacred Space Retreat here in Dublin sometime next year, at our Spirituality Centre in Manresa. If you would be interested, please contact me at [email protected] and we can develop it from there. Perhaps the retreat could also be given over the web for those unable to travel? We’ll see.

For now, lets thank God for the goodness He brings constantly to our lives and His assurance, through the witness of Sacred Space, that we are not alone in our quest for Him and that in God alone are our souls at rest.

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