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As a child, I was somewhat mystified why a certain hymn in our religion books was called “St Patrick’s Breastplate” but went: Christ be beside me, Christ be before me,…
Originally posted on Signs of Life:
“Words and measures do not give life; they merely symbolize it” (Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity 48). For any kind of beauty there…
Adam DeVille has a fascinating pair of posts (one here, one here) on Maggie Ross‘ Silence: A User’s Guide. Both posts are worth reading in full (and I must now…
One of the delights of blogging about stained glass in Tipperary (and beyond) has been the discovery of the work of Murphy Devitt studios. I was therefore delighted to discover…
Originally posted on The Broken Towers:
Today is Ash Wednesday and although I did not want to provide a reading of a long poem for some time, I thought not…
From the sermon Forgiveness by Herbert McCabe: It is very odd that people should think that when we do good God will reward us and when we do evil he…
Originally posted on Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland:
Saint Gobnait: first impressions I first came across St Gobnait when I wandered in to the Honan Chapel around 14 years ago. The…
I previously posted on the ceramic work of Joe and Anne Kane from their studio at Moyra Rectory near Falcarragh in Donegal. The photos illustrating that post weren’t great and…
Séamus Sweeney 