Great pictures from Howth and Wicklow trips!

These albums belong to my friend Kayla. Copy and paste the links into your browser to see the pics. Included in the Wicklow album is my friends' trip to Bray; I did not go there. If you want to travel to the Wicklow mts alone, just scroll down to the bottom half.

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Much love
Patrick

Welcome! The first 1.5 weeks.

You are at the place where my unworthy words on Ireland can be multiplied and then distributed to be eaten at your pleasure, if it be possible that my words bring pleasure. Welcome!

Some pictures will be posted, but more can be found on facebook. Look on my profile for my posted pictures and those pictures of my friends.

You are free to post questions as comments. I will respond as energy permits.

Highlight reel thus-far:
+My three main church buildings for the sacraments, especially that inconceivable gift of the Eucharist: St. Therese (she gives good words on vocation), Our Lady seat of Wisdom (the UCD chapel), St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral (beautiful music)
+Slowly starting to recover from mental exhaustion
+Oddly, the story of Israel's kings is helping my understanding of my life
+Learning about how poets can affect the modern world.
+Reading TS Eliot, WB Yeats, and Chaucer for class, among others
+Reading Therese, St. John of Cross, Dubay, Merton, several books of the Bible, the Compendium of the Catechism in free time
+A group of ND friends (Kayla, Andrew, Stacey, John, Julianne, Sam[wise] Mary, Molly, and more) and I have eaten dinner together once, seen a movie, and visited Howth fishing village (and cliff walk) and the Wicklow mountains. Both locations were awesome (see pictures). "Sometimes a little bit of immaturity is the only way to the Abbey" (John); "In the mountains, there you feel free" (Eliot), "When the mountains smoke, God has touched them" (Psalms), "That means God has touched us" (Julianne).
+Spent time with Sandra, Francesco (and fam), and Davide of CL at UCD. Sandra came to Wicklow mts; I had dinner and SoC with the others. Sandra of the gaze of Fire and I have had wonderful talks about life.
+Andrew Kidd and I have an apartment with 4 Irish kids. One plays guitar and studies English, one is kind and new, one is an outgoing and party-liking rugby player, and one's name is John. Of course they are all infinite, irreducible people. We are still kind of doing our own thing, not yet all united.
+Visited one pub, did not drink. Had a little wine at a dinner.
+Got lost one time in Dublin. Pedestrians have been friendly.
+Learning about the history of Ireland. Glorious Revolution and protestants, original failed revolution for democracy, etc.
+God is great, yes He is. "There were many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written" (John 21:25)
+I love you all and pray for you often, even if I'm not contacting you directly