Blossom Dearie, “Somebody New”
I have long admired the singing of the late Blossom Dearie, who effortlessly conjured up a world of rueful sophistication with immaculate phrasing. “Blossom Dearie” was he real name. This…
Category: reflection
“Compassion can never coexist with judgment because judgment creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.” – Henri Nouwen on solitude and compassion
From Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers Here we reach the point where ministry and spirituality touch each other. It is compassion.…
A Holy Well in Kilcash Wood?
Kilcash Wood is a Coillte site in the village on the lower slopes of Slievenamon. I guess climbing Slievenamon takes the focus away from here as a walking destination. It…
“Mankind must join a sort of resistance movement. What will become of our world if it does not look for intervals of silence?”
From “The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise” by Robert Cardinal Sarah, Nicolas Diat: Mankind must join a sort of resistance movement. What will become of our…
Oisin Kelly frieze and Stained Glass from Church of St Theresa, Sion Mills, Tyrone
The exterior of the Church of St Theresa in Sion Mills is most notable for a frieze of the Last Supper by Oisin Kelly: Detail: Inside there are some interesting stained…
Funeral of Arcabas, Saint-Hugues-de-Chartreuse
Via Le Dauphiné, a report with two photos of the funeral of Arcabas, the recently deceased French painter of the Sacred.: Mardi matin, l’église de Saint-Hugues-de-Chartreuse a accueilli les obsèques de Jean-Marie…
A prayer of gratitude for creation – Fiona Murdoch, Eco-Congregation Ireland
On the Irish Franciscan’s Praying Nature page, there is a section of “eco prayers”: A Franciscan presence and spirit requires living a way of life that cherishes Gospel values as St. Francis…
Arcabas paintings of the Passion and Resurrection
More work by the late French sacred artist Arcabas – this online gallery of paintings related to the Passion and Resurrection:
Séamus Sweeney 