The Weight of a Snowflake

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March 9th, First Wednesday in Lent

9 March, 2022

‘Tell me the weight of a snowflake,‘ the bright yellow breasted coal-mouse asked a wild dove.
‘Nothing, nothing more than nothing,‘ was the answer.

‘How come then’, the smart coal mouse asked, ‘I sat on the wee old branch of a fir when it was snowing. Since I didn’t have anything better to do and I counted the snowflakes settling on the branch. Their number was exactly 741,952. One more snowflake dropped onto the branch, and I heard a cracking – ‘nothing, nothing more than nothing’, as you might say – so why did the branch brake ?’
The dove, thought about the story for a while, finally said to herself: ‘It must have been a big snowflake’
The unbelieving coal mouse flew away smiling.

Every good or bad deed we do, every good or bad word we utter, does have consequences.

c/f Our thanks to Kenneth Payne, What shall I say,www.columba.ie