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Via the Wikipedia page devoted to Miguel de Unamono, I came across this wonderfully evocative Spanish idiom: Thinking about the immortality of the crab (Spanish: Pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo) is…
When I became aware of “serious” literature in the late 80s/early 90s, Brian Moore was quite a substantial figure – repeatedly nominated for the Booker Prize, his books made into…
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…
“In the special darkness of the northern winter, where life was centered in small pools of candlelight, beyond which shadows draped and flickered mysteriously, the mind explored the dark side…
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…
I taught myself to live simply and wisely, to look at the sky and pray to God, and to wander long before evening to tire my superfluous worries. When the…
I first discovered Neil Young’s “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” via St Etienne’s version. If a “standard” can be defined as a song whose essence and meaning transcend the…
I have posted Fr Robert Hugh Benson’s meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, along with Haydn’s Seven Last Words Here is the Introduction “Father, forgive them,…
Séamus Sweeney 