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Posted on May 24, 2018May 15, 2018

“no longer did immediate this-worldly success have to be decisive”

From “God’s Gamble: The Gravitational Power of Crucified Love” by Gil Bailie: The Resurrection delivers men from the fear of death,” writes John Meyendorff, “and, therefore, also from the necessity…

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Posted on May 16, 2018May 20, 2018

Crusader tomb, St Patrick’s Church, Marlfield, Clonmel

The medieval grave-slab to the church interior and that in the graveyard wall, the latter thought locally to be from a crusader’s grave, adds archaeological and historical interest to the…

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Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018

First Conversation, “The Practice of the Presence of God”, Brother Lawrence

More on this book. The first time I saw Brother Lawrence was upon the third of August, in the year 1666. He told me God had done him a great…

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Posted on May 7, 2018May 7, 2018

From “Quest for God in the Work of Borges”, Annette U. Flynn

I recently started this book by UCD Lecturer Annette U Flynn. Her biography is worth noting and outlines a winding if not forking path into academia:   I grew up…

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Posted on May 5, 2018

Happy #WorldLabyrinthDay 2018

Happy World Labyrinth Day! : Celebrate the 10th Annual World Labyrinth Day on May 5, 2018 and join over 5,000 people taking steps for peace, ‘Walking as One at 1’ in the afternoon.…

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Posted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018

See the Domnach Airgid (or Domhnach Airgid) in Dublin

A while back I blogged about the Domhnach Airgid, an artefact in the National Museum which is a shrine for a manuscript of the Gospels. It turns out that the…

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Posted on April 8, 2018August 25, 2018

What do you want? (or, You Are What You Want)

From Gil Bailie‘s “God’s Gamble: The Gravitational Power of Crucified Love”: “In any case, they were hardly prepared for a colloquy with the Lamb of God, the one poised to…

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Posted on April 3, 2018May 4, 2018

Ray High Cross, Falcarragh, Donegal

Ray is a townland a little beyond Falcarragh on the road to Dunfanaghy (near Joe & Anne Kane’s Studio)  It boasts an ancient Irish Church site associated with Iona and therefore  St Columba , and…

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