Milo's photo, close up of the icon.

My photo of today in Esker, Sunday April 17th: a young boy was with his mother and grandmother, sitting near the icon. I was sitting across the aisle. The boy, Milo, (age 7, –  ’seven and a half’) took his Mom’s iPhone, went up close to the icon, and from about six inches took this close-up of Jesus, who looks about the same age as himself. I saw what he captured, and a little while later asked him if he would take the same photo for me, on my own iPhone. He did. I love it. Thanks, Milo! May he mind you!

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Monday April 4th, Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord (this year), saw the beginning of the Pilgrimage of the Icon, as it was brought from Mount St. Alphonsus Redemptorist Church to St. John’s Cathedral in Limerick- the first of 26 Cathedrals that it will visit over the coming six weeks. Some Photos (by S. Devitt C.Ss.R.) from Day 1:

The Icon in Mt. St. Alphonsus' Church - honour guard by members of the Syro-Malabar Indian Catholic Community in Limerick

The Icon and the Cross of the Risen Christ speak the Gospel together to us.

Blessing of the re-located statue of 'Our Lady of Perpetual Help', by Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Brown.

Stopping outside the Augustinian Church in Limerick City Centre: the Irish Augustinians cared for the original Icon for 200 years, in Rome.

Some of the Augustinian Community, welcoming the Icon again.