Daring to Dream - an autumn reflection from the Archbishops of Armagh

Archbishop Eamon Martin Catholic Archbishop of Armagh Archbishop John McDowell Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh

Archbishop Eamon Martin and Archbishop John McDowell

In recent months our Churches, in our own particular ways, have been giving thanks for what you might call the “coming good” of creation.. The season of Creation in the Catholic Tradition, and Harvest Thanksgivings in the Church of Ireland have celebrated the abundance and variety of nature and the welcome cycle of seed time and harvest.

Some, however, refer to this time of the year as “The Fall” — a description that brings to mind the part of the creation that perhaps finds it most difficult to come good — the human element. Having minds and wills and consciences of our own is both our glory and our vulnerability.